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The trading post of Osmundsvåg

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Osmundsvåg is located on the peninsula between the strait of Ulvesundet and Sørpollen, with the waters of Sildegapet to the north. On the northernmo...

The trading post of Måløyna

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The shipping lane along the coast has always passed through the strait of Ulvesundet, between the island of Vågsøya and the mainland. The small island...

Alfred Maurstad - from Tuftene in the hamlet of Maurstadgrenda

Musikkinstrument / Musical Instrument Musikk / Music Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The actor Alfred Maurstad (1896-1967) was born and grew up at Bryggja in the western part of Nordfjord. The home of his childhood was the smallholding...

The stone walls at Kvalheim

Steingjerde / Stone fence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Kvalheim is situated north of the bay of Kvalheimsvika on the western shoreline of the island of Vågsøya. In 1900, 188 persons lived th...

Måløyraidet - The Martin Linge memorial

Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Martin Linge, actor and military officer, was killed during the British-Norwegian raid on Måløy on 27 December, 1941. He was buried with German milita...

The Kannestein rock -a unique rock formation

Naturformasjon / Natural structure
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The Kannestein rock is a unique rock formation in the bay of Kvalheimsvika on the island of Vågsøy. The eclogite rock is located on the farm of Nord-...

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 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...

The mountain farm Langhuso in the valley of Undredalsdalen

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...

The Kråkenesveg road in Vågsøy

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 11.07.2006
Author: Kristin Ese
Far to the west towards the ocean lies the hamlet of Kråkenes. A cart road to this place was built in the 1940s. The road could hardly be used in the ...

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...

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 stone house at Åsnes

Gardshus / Farm house
Published: 19.02.2001
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
At Åsnes between Bryggja and Lefdal there is a two-storey house with stonewalls all the way up to the roof ridge. Malvin J. Aasnes used to own the f...

The fire at Refvika in 1872

Brann / Fire
Published: 21.02.2001
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Refvika is located between the beach of Refviksanden to the northwest and the lake of Refvikvatnet to the southeast. Up until 1872, a...

The scenes in the village hall Bygdetun

Måleri / Painting
Published: 21.02.2001
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
When the old Bygdetun village hall was opened at Bryggja in 1935, people could also admire the beautiful scenes painted by the Nordfjord artist Erli...

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...

Cultural monument of the church site on the island of Silda

People and Society
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the island of Silda there was a church from about 1320 to 1580. It was a chapel church in the parish of Selje. It was no longer in use after a new ...

Memorial stone for Anna Myklebust at Bryggja

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
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 ...

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 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...