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Kvernhusvågen

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

Leirvik - The prison

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The district prison in Leirvik officially started operations in 1863. Together with the corresponding institutions in Voss and Bergen, this was Søndre...

Sagvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Egil Nysæter
The pit saw on the property of the farm Valvatna, is the origin of the name Sagvåg. The sawmill is mentioned as early as 1564. The name of the place a...

Litlabø

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The first finds of pyrite at Litlabø in Stord came to light in 1864. Forty years later sulphuric ore was mined from an open mine. From 1874 to 1880 it...

Hystad - burial mounds

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visib...

Sørhuglo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The tax collector’s farm at Sørhuglo is one of the many farms for state employees in Hordaland. According to history, “Futastovo” was built by the tax...

Hopland

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Svein Indrelid
The farmhouses at holding No. 15 at Hopland are built together to form a long, continuous building, with dwelling house, hayshed and cowshed built in ...

Kjelstraumen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
If you take the sea route north you have several options. The various routes have been dealt with in history, and through the Middle Ages the traffic ...

Krossøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Aud Karin Skagen
Furthest north in the island community Rongevær, at the entrance to Fensfjorden, lies Krossøy. Belonging to the farm are the islands of Krossøy, Husøy...

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

Dalskarvatnet–Dyvikvågen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Neumann
Many of the fossils one finds on Stord are related to fossils of the same age found in North America. Scientists thinks this indicates that the bedroc...

Sævarhagsvikjo

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Most of the shoreline toward the sea in Sunnhordland is stony and steep. Therefore, flat tidal areas are scarce, yet these are especially important fo...

Hystad - the black alder forest

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjelan
One of the biggest black alder forests in the country is in Hystadmarkjo. Along the well prepared trail through the forest you can experience an excep...

Hovaneset

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE - A TYPICAL MOUNTAIN PLANT - BY THE SEA ...

Ådlandsvatnet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
Plants that grow in and beside water have to be prepared for marked and rapid changes in their living conditions. They must be able to tolerate living...

Tveitavatnet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
It is difficult to imagine that a plant can grow at the same place for many thousands of years: Climate and local environment change. Different specie...

Iglatjødno

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Digernes

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Bjørn Moe
Despite the fact that the animal life on Stord is better investigated and studied than most other places in Hordaland, we were not clear about the div...

Storsøya Island

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
On Storsøya Island, English ivy grows nearly everywhere. It creeps along the ground and climbs all the way to the top of the tree trunks. Together wit...

Brandvikneset

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Per Harald Salvesen
ENGLISH YEW TREE FOREST AT BRANDVIKNESET ...

Huglo

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Inge Aarseth Anders Lundberg
The majority of Huglo is bare rock. A bit of dwarf pine forest is the only vegetation able to put down roots. Along the west- and east sides, to the c...

Tveit Mine

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Øystein Jansen

Kattnakken–Stovegolvet

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The highest mountainous area on Stord, including Kattnakken, Midtfjellet and Stovegolvet, has more in common with the mountainous terrain on the mainl...

Børtveit

Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
Børtveit is known to be a place with a lot of rain. We must go to Samnanger or Indre Matre to find a higher rainfall. The average rainfall on Børtveit...

Vardetangen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
WESTERN CAPE ...

Lyngoksen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Peter Emil Kaland
The swamp layer at Lyngoksen is unusually thick, and the island therefore stands out from the rest of the islands along the coast. Even up on the ridg...

Purkebolsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Lake Purkebolsvatnet is perhaps western Norway's largest sleeping city - for birds. They come in the thousands, usually in later summer and autumn. Th...

Leirvågen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Inge Aarseth Stein Byrkjeland
A marsh is a grassy meadow that is strongly influenced by salt from the sea. This type of nature is abundant in Denmark, among other places. The flatl...

Grunnosen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
A PROTECTED NERITIC ...

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 ...