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The Loftesnes bridge in Sogndal

Communications
Sund / Strait
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The Loftesnes bridge was the first bridge and road project in the county to be financed by toll money. The bridge was completed in 1958. In a 20-year ...

Store Milde

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
When the merchant Henrich Henrichsen Weinwich bought the property at Store Milde in 1723, he probably rebuilt the entire, or parts of the main house s...

Munkebotn

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Garnes

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Fantoft Stave Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
When a new church was to be built at Fortun in Sogn in 1883, the old stave church was in danger of being demolished. During the years after J.C.Dahl t...

Kyrkjebyrkjeland

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

The Måløy Bridge - Norway's longest bridge in 1974

Communications
Bru / Bridge
Published: 02.09.2005
Author: Kristin Ese
The Måløy Bridge was officially opened for traffic in the summer of 1974. The bridge project was realized by means of a strong local involvement and i...

Leirvåg

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen

Gramshaug

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Lyngholmen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Opposition to the Flåm Railway

Communications
Strid / Strife
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
When the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) in 1883 decided that the line for the Bergen Railway would go by way of Myrdal and Finse, the county counci...

Vikse

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Totland - Måløy - "a highly suitable road"

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
Totland-Deknepollen was the last remaining distance before there was a continuous road between Måløy and Oppland across the mountain pass of Strynefje...

Bergenhus

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
FROM CASTLE TO FORTIFICATION ...

Korskirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Memorial stone for Anna Myklebust at Bryggja

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 18.07.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Anna Myklebust (1868-1942) from Bryggja put down an unusually high number of hours for the temperance movement. She established a children's lodge at ...

Leirvik - The trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
Already in the Middle Ages the good harbour at Leirvik provided a connecting point. Here was a court of law, and a guesthouse was established here in ...

Orninggård

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ådlandsstova

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The Ådland house is one of the biggest medieval houses still existing in West Norway. It is constructed from unusually large, hard fir wood, beautiful...

Kåravika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Stord Teacher Training College

People and Society
Skule
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1838 Stordøens Seminarium was established by the parish priest Claus H. Daae as head. This was the first seminary in West Norway and likewise one o...

Nordhuglo

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Liarbø

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll Ivar Skre

Selsøya

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid, Arne Tislavoll

Færøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Johan Sandvik
The old trading post lies at the sound between Stord and Færøy in Langenuen. There was a country store and steamship forwarding agent up to 1964. The ...

Smedholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll

Onarheim

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ernst Berge Drange

Årbakka - The trading center

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE TRADING CENTRE...

Flakka

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Dalland

Solstråleøya

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Dalland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Harald Dalland Arne Emil Christensen

Neshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Neshamn must be an ancient place for meeting and spending the night for travellers. The place blossomed in connection with the times of economic expan...

Bekkjarvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Road building in Solund - scramble for state road

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
Funds for new public roads were in the 1930s mainly allocated to interior regions and to linking roads. The need for roads in the county of Sogn og Fj...

Eidsbøen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Where the school and the sports facility lie at Eidsbøen there was previously a bog surrounded by small hillocks. More than 1000 years ago this was a ...

The main road at Bremangerlandet

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
A continuous road connection along the Bremangerlandet with ferry across to Måløy came in 1949. In 1977, the island of Frøya was connected to the high...

Memorial stone at Leikanger church in Selje

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 09.08.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
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"Folkelånsvegen" (the people's loan road) - in the connection Askvoll-Førde

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
State road 609 connects the Askvoll peninsula with Førde through Stongfjorden without ferry. The 16-kilometre-long section from Øygard in Førde to Sel...

Hiskjo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjørn Moe
THE TRADING POST AT HISKHOLMEN...

Kvalesund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Døso

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Gerd Bolstad
On the farms Døso and Skeie there has been a burial site with at least 6 burial mounds – probably a burial site for the most powerful men and women of...

Vargavågen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Gerd Bolstad Tor Lunde

Os rectory

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Ole Landmark
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Like so many other communities, Os community has also derived its name from the farm where the parish church was situated. Thus it is that the farm Os...

Ulven camp

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Os station

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ralph Wilson Anders Kåre Engevik
On Sunday July 1st 1894 the Nesttun-Os railway was opened. “On the platform Consul Gade wished the railway the best of luck, whereupon the first train...

Søvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jon Søvik

Skjelbreid

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
On the east side of Lake Skjelbreidvatnet, clearly visible along the road from Eikelandsosen, we notice a farm on a terrace above a grassy hill. The h...

Sundvorøya

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

Outer Håvika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen

Moster amfi

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LIME INDUSTRY IN MOSTER...

Finnås rectory

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
WOODEN CLOGS AND POTATOES ...

Mjånes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Mjånes

Sævareid

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik

The storehouse at Fletene

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Gardshus / Farm house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
With the year 1524 marked into a log, we have factual evidence for the age of this small house at Fletene at Holsen. Most likely Fletene is also the...

Drageid canal

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kåre Dalland

The old bank building

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Administrasjonsbygning / Administrative building Bank / Bank
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
"Gamlebanken" is the popular name of the house which Førde Sparebank (Førde Savings Bank) had built in 1901 and moved into in 1902. Its address is K...

Hammarsland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigrid H.H.Kaland

The vicarage in Førde

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The vicarage in Førde has most likely always stood on the site where the old vicarage now stands, 350 metres south-east of the church, on the edge o...

Vinnesholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Erik Vangsnes

Selsneset

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kåre Dalland

Frekhaug

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Frekhaug has been a large farm with well-off owners through many generations. The main house, a two storey building with a hipped roof, must have been...

Fløksand

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE MEAT KNIFE FROM FLØKSAND...

Iden

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
IDEN – A NOBLE ESTATE ...

Landsvik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE CHIMNEY ROOM FROM LANDSVIK ...

Skaråsmyri

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
PEAT EXTRACTION IN SKARÅSMYRI...

Sylta

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Memorial stone commemorating the teachers training college student - Tomas Fondenæs

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 24.06.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the oldest part of the churchyard at Norum church there is a somewhat tall, obelisk-shaped memorial stone. The inscription indicates that a student...

Ystebøtræet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Road stone monument at Standal - and road history source material

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 29.06.2005
Author: Odd Standal Hermund Kleppa
On the boundary between Øvre (Upper) Standal and Nedre (Lower) Standal there is a road stone monument. The year 1904 and the number 230 are carved int...

Mangersnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Bård Kolflåth
SMALL BOATS IN THE IRON AGE At Mangersnes, in a bog just by the sea, there is a layer about one metre thick with wood that has traces of cutting, sh...

Memorial commemorating shipwreck at Vågsøy 1931

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 16.09.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In December 1931, the Panama-registered wessel "Venus" was wrecked off Vågsøy. Only two out of a crew of 13 were rescued. Nine men hailed from Shetlan...

Førland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Sætre

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LONGHOUSE AT SÆTRE ...

Kvalvågen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
TOFTEGÅRD AT KVALVÅGEN...

Kvalvågstraumen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
WHALE HUNTING ...

Fedje traffic office

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Frank Johnsen

Alverstraumen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The hostelry in Alverstraumen was in operation in 1660, but we do not know for certain how old the place really is. From the time of the sagas the inn...

Isdalstø

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
POST AND TRANSPORT STATION ...

Tofting

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Litleoksa

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE LONGHOUSE AT LITLEOKSA...

Verås

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
VERÅS – A FARM IN THE HEATH...

1905 - The Storting representative Ivar Lind

Unionen oppløses 1905
Person / Person Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 06.12.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Storting resolution of 7 June. This artic...

1905 - Gjert Holsen, member of the Storting

Unionen oppløses 1905
Person / Person Politikk / Politics Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 06.12.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution in the Storting on 7 June. This article is abou...

De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Museum / Museum
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aage Engesæter
De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum is the cultural-historical museum for the people of Sogn. It is located at Kaupanger, comprising a large op...

1905 in Florø - memories from that year written 40 years later

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.01.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent nation. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's resolution of 7 June....

Haugatun

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Torgeir Alvsaker
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
Close to the main road at Bru lies a large well-proportioned building with classical features; of size most like a church, with church vestibule and a...

Strandebarm

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Atle Ove Martinussen
BOAT-BUILDING IN STRANDEBARM Doing work in addition to farming has long traditions in Strandebarm, and work connected to various craft activities has...

The mountain farm Langhuso in the valley of Undredalsdalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 13.03.2006
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The farms of Undredal and Hjøllo are located close together on the western side of the Aurlandsfjord, about five kilometres south of the entrance to...

Vika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The old smokehouse still left in the farmyard at Vikjo a little south of Omastrand, was protected in 1924. The smokehouse is from the 1500's. ...

Vikingnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
STONE MOUNDS ALONG THE FJORD ...

Jondal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Torgeir Alvsaker
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kari Losnedahl
THE HOUSE FOR THE YOUTH MOVEMENT – STRONGHOLD OF NORWEGIANNESS...

Indre Vikane

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
INDRE VIKANE – A TRACE OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE LANDSCAPE ...

Herandsholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1754 the law officer Andreas Heiberg advised that a guesthouse location be established at Herandsholmen, as there were no lodging places for travel...

Bakko

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Everyone knows the famous painting by Tidemand & Gude “Brudeferden i Hardanger” (The Wedding Party in Hardanger) one of the great icons in the Nationa...

Hardanger Folk Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik

Håhaugsteinen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Årekol

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
GUNNAR ANFINSEN ÅREKOL ...

Kinsarvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Kinsarvik has probably been a centre for the inner Hardanger districts back in prehistory. History tells us that in medieval times there was a marketi...

Bu

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Memorial stone on the war grave at Reksta - shipmaster Bernhard Reksten

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.04.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the spring of 1942, 10 Norwegian ships left Gothenburg heading for England. Only two managed to break through the German blockade. Many ships were ...

The memorial at Ospa - the MTB 345 tragedy

People and Society
Slag / Battle
Published: 20.04.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On Monday 28 July, 2003 a memorial of a wartime occurrence was unveiled in Solund. It was sixty years to a day after the seizure of the Norwegian moto...

Room to commemorate Russian prisoners of war

People and Society
Minne / Reminder
Published: 12.05.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
After the Second World War, 21 corpses were found at the camp for prisoners of war at Ervik in Selje. They were first buried on the graveyard at Ervik...

War grave at Selje church - Ole Dagfinn Eide

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 12.05.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Both during and after the war fatal accidents happened when people inadvertently stepped on mines. At Osmundvåg, the 18-year-old Ole Dagfinn Eide died...

Brekke

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
PER SIVLE ...

Seberg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
HALLSTATT - LEKVE ...

Ulvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
CROSS CHURCH AND STAVE CHURCH...

Hallingskeid

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE MARKETPLACE AT HALLINGSKEID ...

Sponheim

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Vallaviki

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjarne Sørensen
When Anders Paulson Wallevik (1874-1965) took over the sloop “Haabet” after his father around 1900, he established a wide-ranging business, merchant, ...

Trå

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland
A WOMAN’S GRAVE FROM VIKING TIMES In a woman’s grave on the farm Trå remains of a bronze ladle and runic inscriptions were found many years ago. Buri...

Kjerland

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farms Kjerland and Røynstrond, east of the river that flows into the fjord, we find many decorative painters who belong to the so-called sòleki...

Ystås

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE JOINED HAMLET AT YSTÅS ...

Nedre Folkedal

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner ...

Øystese - Ingebrigt Vik museum

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas
INGEBRIGT VIK – A CLASSICIST WITHIN NORWEGIAN SCULPTURE ...

Ålvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
BRONZE FIND FROM ÅLVIK...

Rosseland

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Around 50 years ago a runic stone came to light in a barn wall at Rosseland. On one of the flat sides 25 runic signs had been carved. The letters are ...

Sandven

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE COASTAL COMMUNITY AND SANDVEN HOTEL ...

Hardanger Maritime Museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Madsen

Tveit

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Reidar Storaas

Hårbrekke

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Skogasel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
A RENAISSANCE LODGING HOUSE ...

Trodalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Kjetland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farm Kjetland there is an old house with a loft – probably from the 1600s or early 1700s. The exterior is not radically different from other ho...

Rambjørg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
IRON BARS AT RAMBJØRG ...

The Tingastad saw mill

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Sagbruk / Sawmill
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aage Engesæter
Like a green oasis the farm of Tingastad lies in between steep and polished rocks and hostile screes on the shore under the mountain of Storehogen and...

Matre - Bjørn West museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jonas Risnes Erling Virkesdal
THE BJØRN WEST MUSEUM...

Kringlebotnen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jonas Risnes
Close to Hummelfossen (waterfall) there is a narrow path leading up the steep mountainside. The path leads to the farm Kringlebotnen, which lies in th...

Andviki

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Anchor at Værlandet - memorial of shipwreck

People and Society
Ulukke / Accident
Published: 30.11.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the night of 30 December 1919, the SS "Orm Jarl" ran aground to the west of Alden. Two salvage vessels arrived at the disabled ship, and for some t...

Mjelddalen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Valestrand

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
OLE BULL AND THE FOLK MUSIC ...

Memorial stone commemorating women's graves at Skaim

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 08.12.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa Svein Indrelid
On the northern side of the church at Aurlandsvangen there is a stone linked to a prehistoric find of a grave at the farm Skaim. The stone has been er...

Valestrandsfossen - Youth centre

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
VALESTRAND – A CLASSICAL YOUTH CENTRE ...

Raknes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
THE EMPEROR’S COIN AT RAKNES...

Gjerstad

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Andersen

Kossdalen

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Nils Nonås
KOSSDALSVEGEN (The Kossdal road) ...

Mjøsvågen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Andersen
Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises ...

Herlandsfossen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE POWER STATION AT HERLANDSFOSSEN...

Mo

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farms in Modalen are situated on old, fertile sediment beds from the river or the sea – between Mofjorden and Steinslandvatnet. As far back as the...

Vaksdal

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Leif Grung
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Christopher Harris

Dale

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Haaland
THE INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENT OF DALE ...

Straume - maritime environment

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE FRAME-BUILT BOATSHEDS AT STRAUME ...

Dalseid - Eidslandet road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Høvik

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
NECK RINGS FROM HØVIK ...

Brekkhus

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
BREKKHUS IN TEIGDALEN – A CRAFT CENTRE...

Byrkjehaugen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
On the farm Bø, close to the highway between Bulken and Voss lies Byrkjehaugen, one of the largest burial mounds in West Norway. Originally it was aro...

Lydvo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
LYDVALOFTET ...

Olavskrossen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker

Fleischers Hotel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve

Ole Bull-akademiet

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
Sigbjørn Berhoft Osa and Ole Bull - Akademiet...

Sverrestigen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
In the year 1177 king Sverre was travelling from East Norway towards Bergen, but at Voss he was met by an army of farmers who forced him to turn round...

Sledasteinen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
“THE DANCERS” ON THE SLEDA STONE...

Rekve

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland
FIDDLERS FROM REKVE...

Gjernes

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ole Didrik Lærum
MAGNUS DAGESTAD ...

Mula

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Johannes Gjerdåker
MULA – A DESERTED FARM FROM THE MIDDLE AGES...

Nesheim

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aslak T. Helleve
NESHEIMSTUNET ...

Myrkdalen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Johannes Gjerdåker
SJUR BYGD...

Gjøstein

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Skredhaugen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Reisete

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
CROSSING THE GLACIER ...

Espe

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
HORSE DEALERS AND CATTLE TRADERS...

Heggjagarden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The transport exchange on the farm Vik in Eidfjord was an important part of the communication network in older times. This is where people secured tra...

Bjørsvik

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Byrkjeland
The industrial settlement Bjørsvik...

Varberg

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Sigrid H.H. Kaland

Måbødalen - road construction

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per M. Bremnes
THE ROADS THROUGH MÅBØDALEN...

Memorial stone for Ivar and Andrine Svardal

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.10.2006
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the summer of 1956, the temperance people in the municipalities of Brekke and Gulen met at Rutledal. There was a special solemn atmosphere that day...

Fjærland church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Fjærland church is a so-called longchurch built of wood situated on the farm of "nedre Mundal" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church was built in...

Memorial stone for Edvin Færøy

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.10.2006
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Edvin Færøy lost his life in action in Valdres on 20 April 1940. He was first buried in Valdres but was later moved home and buried on the churchyard ...

Stend station

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Memorial stones commemorating Bolette Pavels Larsen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The Bergen author Bolette Christine Pavels Larsen died on 8 December, 1904. Mrs Pavels Larsen was born in Sogndal, lived in Bergen, and over a long pe...

Horda Museeum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik

Håkonshella

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik