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Vik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Vik in Jondal has been one of the earliest settled farms in Jondal; a good and fertile farm east of the river. Legends hold that mighty men h...

Torsnes

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Leif Galtung
When bishop J.Neumann was on a visitation in Hardanger in 1825 he also visited Torsnes, the seat of the Galtung family. They were then in the process ...

Svåsand

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Down by the fjord at Svåsand, close to the main highway, there is a long row of boathouses, one of the well-preserved, older boathouse locations along...

Hesthamar

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Bjarne Sørensen
Hesthamar, some kilometres north of Utne, is one of the oldest residences for a district recorder in the country. In 1637, barely 50 years after the o...

Utne

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
When sergeant Peder Larsen Børsem from Strandebarm was “demobilised” in 1721, following the large Nordic War, he married the Bergen lady Elisabeth Sch...

Jåstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Jåstad, situated a few kilometres north of Agatunet, must have been a grand farm in medieval times. Torolf on Jåstad is mentioned as arbitrat...

Aga

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
The grand farm Aga on the west side of Sørfjorden, came under protection in 1937, when the agricultural reform threatened to disperse the old clustere...

Huse

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The farm Huse is situated on a broad terrace in the valley above the church and the commons ground in Kinsarvik. Huse is one of the largest farms in K...

Helleland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
The old “recorder residence” at Helleland has been both residence for the district recorder and officer’s residence. The main building, which came und...

Odda - The tourist town

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Randi Bårtvedt
The pioneering tourists in the 1830s-40s brought a momentum in the tourist traffic to the fjord and mountain country Norway. At the time Odda was a hi...

Reinsnos

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Inge Reinsnos
The mountain settlement Reinsnos is situated at nearly 700 metres above sea level at the end of the Reinsnos lake; an entry point to the Hardanger pla...

Skredhaugen

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

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...

Boga

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the lightly undulating landscape at Boga there lies an old house with several rooms on a small rise. In fact it looks like three houses built into ...

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...

Isdal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Isdal one of the few clustered settlements left in the Hordaland communities, after the extensive changes taking place around the turn of the former c...

Holmeknappen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ture Andersen
If you come by sea to Bergen and come up the Herdle Fjord, the yellow ochre marine shed at Holmeknappen is a well known landmark to starboard as you c...

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...

Kolåseidet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Asbjørn Toft Gunnstein Kolstad
The little cowshed which lies on the fence at Kolåseidet, constructed in connection with the stone fence, has put its mark on the cultural landscape. ...

Litleoksa

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

Landsvik

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

Øvre Tveiten

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On an east-facing slope above Halllandsvatnet lies the farm hamlet of Øvre Tveiten, two kilometres north of Manger. The stone hayshed lies with its ga...

Sylta

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

Vassel

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Skule
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
The small, white-painted schoolhouse at Vassel is a modest, but worthy representative for the school in the rural community – an institution for knowl...

Ystebøtræet

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

Tofting

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