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The farm Dyrdal

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 03.05.2007
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The Dyrdal farm is located down by the fjord on the northwest side of the Nærøyfjord and west of the river Dyrdalselva. The old farmyard lies on a ter...

The small town of Undredal

Bygd / Village
Published: 25.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Undredal is a very special small town, located about half-way into the Aurlandsfjord. Until the late 1980s, the town could only be reached by boat. To...

Styvi

Grend / Hamlet
Published: 26.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Styvi is one of the four hamlets or main farms along the Nærøyfjord. It consists of two farms and the "spring farm" of Hølmo. In addition, the farm ha...

Vingen rock-carving site

Archaeology
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
The Vingen site is today the second biggest rock-carving field in Norway with some 2000 figures. Nevertheless, it was a stroke of good luck that made ...

The burial mounds at Botnane

People and Society
Gravplass / Cementery Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the mainland side of Bremanger, close to the border to the municipality of Flora, lies the hamlet of Botnane with the farms of Øvrebotnen, Sørbotne...

The old church yard at Grotle

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the year of culture 1997, the people of Bremanger decided that the old churchyard at Grotle should be the memorabilia of the county. The church of ...

Vetvik - the big farm that was deserted

People and Society
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the northwest coast of Bremangerlandet - with the ocean as its neighbour, we find the deserted hamlet of Vetvik. Earlier this was a small rural com...

The warehouses and boathouses at Kalvåg

Bygd / Village
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Kalvåg enjoys a sheltered location on the eastern side of the island of Frøya. Throughout many centuries this was a good harbour for fishermen in the ...

The fisherman shacks at Liset

People and Society
Fiske / Fishing Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the western side of the farm Liset at Bremanger, there is a peaceful place. Only a few old foundation walls remain, bearing witness to hectic ac...

The mountain farm of Myklebustsætra at Ålfoten

People and Society
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the road between Ålfoten and Svelgen is the valley of Myklebustdalen with the mountain farm of Myklebustsætra located close to the lake of Sætrav...

Ålfoten church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Ålfoten church is a cog-joint wooden longchurch in the village of Ålfoten in the municipality of Bremanger. The church can seat 100, and it was buil...

"Knut" and two other six-oared boats

Communications
Båt / Boat Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
The "Sunnfjord boat" used to be the common boat type in the Sunnfjord area, but already 150 years ago, it was beginning to lose ground to a modified...

Memorial for the poet vicar Claus Frimann

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Claus Frimann, born 1746, was vicar at Davik for 42 years. He is known as the poet vicar in Nordfjord, best known perhaps for his book "Almuens sanger...

Hydroelectric power and industry at Svelgen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Bygd / Village
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
In Bremanger the water resources formed the basis for the development of the industrial town of Svelgen. It took some time before any establishment ...

The German coastal artillery fortifications at Tangane

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In the autumn of 1940, The German navy started the construction of a coastal fort at Tangane. The construction work was led by Germans, but much work ...

The memorial monument at Ålfoten

Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
A short distance below the church at Ålfoten there is a 4.5-metre-high stone monument to commemorate soldiers from Ålfoten who took part in the war ...

Memorial stone at Ålfoten for Rasmus Nyvoll

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Rasmus Nyvoll, born 1909 at Ålfoten, fell in action in Italy in 1944. In 1951, a memorial stone dedicated to him was unveiled at Ålfoten church. It w...

Memorial stone for fallen soldiers from the Davik "sokn"

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On 17 May 2000, a memorial stone at the Davik church commemorating three men who lost their lives during the Second World War. Two of them died on a j...

Memorial stone for Andrias Bryn at Gudvangen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the main road at Gudvangen there is a memorial stone commemorating the seaman Andrias Bryn, born 1918. He went to sea before the Second World...

Memorial for flight sergeant Erling Julin Olsen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the churchyard at Midtgulen there is a memorial dedicated to Erling Julin Olsen. The stone was erected in 1947 by the people of Svelgen c/o "Svelge...

The waterfalls in the valley of Nærøydalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The impressive waterfalls in the innermost part of Nærøydalen - Sivlefossen and Stalheimsfossen are famous tourist attractions. They are both examples...

The waterfalls in Flåm and along the Aurlandsfjord

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
In the valley of Flåmsdalen and along the Aurlandsfjord the landscape is dominated by a number of waterfalls. Some of them are among the most famous t...

Beitelen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fjell / Mountain
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Beitelen is one of the most famous landmarks in the Nærøyfjorden World Heritage area. The characteristic mountain top offers an excellent view of the ...

Vangen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Vangen church is a longchurch built of stone at Aurlandsvangen. The church, in an early Gothic style, is probably built in two turns in the 13th centu...

Flåm church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Flåm church is a wooden longchurch from 1670. The church has a seating capacity of 160 and was built by the master builder Magne Essen. This church...

Undredal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Undredal church is a stave church from the mid-12th century. The church, with a seating capacity of only 40, has since the early 18th century been cla...

Bakka church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Bakka church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, located in the hamlet of Bakka in the Nærøyfjord. The church, with a seating capacity of 200, was...

The church at Rygg

Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
Rygg is located just above Aurlandsvangen. This is the site of a stave church that was probably erected about 1130. The area adjacent to the church si...

The graveyard in the valley of Aurdalen

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
The high farm of Østerbø in the valley of Aurdalen got its own graveyard in 1858. It was used until 1911, when the last person was buried there. Peopl...

The pale linden tree in the Nærøyfjord - a botanical curiosity

Plante / Plant
Published: 02.02.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the head of the Nærøyfjord, a short distance up from the sea straight across the fjord from Bakka, we find the pale linden tree (lime tree). ...

The village of Vassbygdi

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
"The people who live above this lake are called 'Vassbygder' and the parish stretches eastwards up to the road leading to the valley of Hallingdal in ...

The village of Flåm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Aurlandsvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The place name of Aurlandsvangen comprises a large area, corresponding to the Vangen "sokn" (sub-parish). This includes the farms along the fjord from...

The hamlet of Stalheim

Archaeology
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The hamlet of Stalheim consists of the farms Stalheim, Brekke, Sivle and Sivlesøy in the municipality of Voss. The hamlet can be looked upon as a gate...

The Wiese house at Dombestein

Bolig / Residence
Published: 05.08.2002
Author: Anders Gjerde
The farm Dombestein is located on the southern side of the Nordfjord between Davik and Isane in the Davik parish. Ancient finds show that people hav...

Berle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Berle church is a local church community centre in the village of Berle in the municipality of Bremanger. The church, which can seat 210 persons, wa...

Frøya church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Frøya church is a wooden longchurch located at Frøyalandet in the municipality of Bremanger. The church - with a seating capacity of 400 - was conse...

Midtgulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Midtgulen church is a wooden longchurch located at Kjelkenes, on the mainland part of the municipality of Bremanger. The church, with a seating capa...

Svelgen chapel

Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Svelgen chapel is a local church community centre built in concrete in the municipal centre of Svelgen in Bremanger. The chapel - with a seating capac...

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...

Road between Villevika in Flora and Midtgulen in Bremanger

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The farms on the mainland between Florø and Midtgulen had to wait for a long time before they got any road. Up until 1993, people in this area did not...

Late road connection to the outside world for the industrial town of Svelgen

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
It was the development of hydroelectric power that created the industrial growth in Svelgen from 1914. However, it took a long before any road constru...

The Sivle memorial at Flåm

Monument / Monument
Published: 25.04.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
A number of memorial stones for the author Per Sivle have been erected, - on his grave in Drammen, at Stalheim, at Voss and at Elverum. In Aurland t...

The Royal Postal Road Bleiklindi - Styvi in the Nærøyfjord

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The present main road between Oslo and Bergen follows more or less the same route as the old postal roads did. However, from Lærdal it no longer follo...

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...

The Flåm Railway - built 1923-1940

Communications
Jarnbane / Railway
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
On 10 July 1908, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided to build a railway line between Myrdal and Flåm. The work was not begun until 1923, a...

The poet vicar Claus Frimann

Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person
Published: 20.06.2002
Author: Elin Pehrson Grytting (1952 - )
Claus Frimann (1746-1829) was born at Selje. There he grew up as the eldest of four brothers at the vicarage. Poetry and preaching went hand in hand a...

Local-historical centre at Aurland

Museum / Museum
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
The local-historical centre is located in the old municipal building at Aurlandsvangen. The centre offers a series of exhibits and services for the ge...

The high farm of Sinjarheim in the valley of Aurlandsdalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
In the valley of Aurlandsdalen there are many deserted farms, and Sinjarhiem is one of these. The farm has a high location on a hill with gorges, ca...

The farm Stigen

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
Stigen is located on the western side of the Aurlandsfjord, about 200 metres southeast of Beitelen and the entrance to the Nærøyfjord. The farm is loc...

The farm Nedbergo

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
Nedbergo is located on the eastern side of the Aurlandsfjord, 300-400 metres northeast of Undredal. It is a steep climb up from the fjord, about 540...

The farm Horten

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
Horten is located on the eastern side of the Aurlandsfjord, about 560 metres above sea level, and about one kilometre north of Nedbergo. It is possibl...

The Nærøyfjord

Fjord / Fjord
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
At Beitelen the Aurlandsfjord separates into two fjord branches. The eastern fjord branch is the wider and is considered a continuation of the Aurla...

War grave at Novelandet

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 02.07.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Nearly 120 000 Americans lost their lives in the First World War, most of these at the front in France. One of them was Lorents Bakke from Bremanger. ...

Davik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Davik church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Davik in the municipality of Bremanger. The church, with a seating capacity of 500, was ...

Rugsund church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Rugsund church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Hessevågen on the mainland side of Rugsund in the municipality of Bremanger. The church h...

War grave at the Frøya church - seaman Dagfinn Frøyen

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 04.05.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Dagfinn Frøyen escaped to England and served in the merchant marine. While working as a seaman on SS Balduin, he fell ill and died in the spring of 19...

The track up to the mountain farm of Rimstigen

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 23.02.2006
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The farms of Bakka and Tufto are located on the western side of the Nærøyfjord about six kilometres north of the village of Gudvangen. In the mountain...

Sculpture of Pål Bårdsson - vicar at Undredal and archbishop

Monument / Monument
Published: 06.10.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Many churches have portraits of their own previous vicars going back many centuries. However, no church can match the Undredal church in this respect....

The big "river theft" in the valley of Nærøydalen

Naturformasjon / Natural structure
Published: 19.05.2005
Author: Inge Aarseth
The river of Nærøydalselvi has not always been as big as it is today. Throughout the last few ice ages it has stolen many tributary rivers which previ...

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...

Women's graves at Skaim- settlement for 15 centuries

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 08.12.2005
Author: Svein Indrelid
In the spring of 1964 there was some cultivation work going on at the farm of Skaim. This work included removing some rock heaps left from clearing th...

The hamlet of Bakka

Weather and climate
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The small hamlet of Bakka consists of the farms Bakka and Tufto. In the Nærøyfjord these two farms on the right-hand side are the last two farms that ...

The village of Gudvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 06.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Gudvangen is located at the very head of the Nærøyfjord, covering a distance from Stalheim in the western part of the valley of Nærøydalen to Dyrdal f...

The Stegastein Lookout Point

Utsiktspunkt / Viewpoint
Published: 18.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The lookout point and the adjacent car park of Stegastein are located on the old mountain road between Aurland and Lærdal - county road 243 - has been...

The waterfalls in the Nærøyfjord

Weather and climate
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
There are as many as 25 waterfalls of various sizes along the Nærøyfjord. The waterfall called Kjelfossen is the most impressive of these, but there a...

Bygda Dyrdal

Landscape
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 01.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
A small greenstone (greenschist) axe from the Stone Age may be an indication that there has been a settlement since prehistoric times in the village o...

Memorial stone at the Bremanger church for those who died in action

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At the Bremanger church at Bremangerlandet there is a memorial stone commemorating those who died in the Second World War from the former municipality...

Memorial at Rugsund church for war victims in the Second World War

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 16.12.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The 19-year-old Johan Friis from Rugsund died in the first Norwegian shipwreck after the Second World War broke out in 1939. In 1994, the Rugsund "sok...

Vikingvang Hotel at Gudvangen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Åsmund Ohnstad
The history of the village of Gudvangen starts about 1800. In that year the innkeeper of Arnehus at Dyrdal, Jens Knutsen Kappadal, moved to Gudvange...

Fretheim hotel in Flåm

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Flåm is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. The main reason is the Flåm Railway which winds its way up t...

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...

German coastal fort at Ospeneset

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In the autumn of 1941, German officers came to the point of Ospeneset on an inspection tour. Early in 1942, people in the area had to move from their ...

The fishermen monument at Bremanger

People and Society
Fiske / Fishing Monument / Monument
Published: 06.12.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1962, Amanda Igland in the Bremanger Fiskarkvinnelag (an association of fishermen's wives) launched the idea of erecting a memorial plaque at the...

German coastal fort at Gottraneset

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site Minne / Reminder
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In 1942, the landowner of Gottraneset had to move from his farm to Berle. The following year the Germans moved their guns from Berle out to new positi...

The trading post of Smørhamn

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
At the southernmost point of Bremangerlandet is the old inn of Smørhamn. The sea entrance from the west is narrow, and it is necessary to stay close t...

The Rugsund trading post

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The old trading post of Rugsund is located in a beautiful natural setting on the eastern tip of the island of Rugsundøy. Rugsund, the strait between t...

The road through the Flåmsdalen valley - construction road and tourist road

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
In 1893, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided that the Oslo-Bergen railway line would go by way of Voss and Myrdal. The construction of the...

School districts and school buildings in Aurland

Skule / School
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Ingvar Vikesland
Aurland is a municipality with many fjords and mountains. The road to school was often long for the pupils, and during the winter months it could also...

1905 - The municipality of Bremanger

Unionen oppløses 1905
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Karianne Schmidt Vindenes
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's (Parliament) resolut...