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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...

1905 - Askvoll Municipality

People and Society
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 7 Jun...

Memorial stone at Askvoll church for fallen soldiers 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the churchyard at Askvoll, there is a memorial stone with 16 names, - all from the municipality of Askvoll, who lost their lives during the war...

Memorials for war airmen at Askvoll

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 03.12.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On Midsummer Eve, 23 June 1943, an Allied airplane crashed on the shore near the home of Chester Saltskår at the point of Stavenes. The two Norwegian ...

Askvoll nursing home

Sjukehus / Hospital
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
At Ask in Askvoll municipality, the county of Sogn og Fjordane for more than 40 years provided a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Tuberculosi...

Askvoll during the Viking Period

Slag / Battle
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
Askvoll is centrally located on the sea lane, and in the surrounding area several sea battles were fought during the Viking Period. The Norse saga lit...

Road between Askvoll and Stongfjorden

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
Stongfjorden was one of the first industrial villages in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, with the first aluminium plant in Scandinavia. The industrial...

The cannery at Askvoll

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Sunnfjord Fabrikk / Factory Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
When Norway Foods' cannery at Askvoll was closed down in 1992, the production of sardines had gone on for a longer time at Askvoll that at any other p...

Askvoll church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Askvoll church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Askvoll. The church has a seating capacity of 425, and it was consecrated on 13 Decemb...

The rock carvings at the point of Staveneset in Askvoll

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
On the weather-exposed Staveneset, one of the westernmost points on mainland Norway, we find ancient traces of human activities. ...