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Mosterhamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Mosterhamn is one of the old privileged trading posts situated centrally in the shipping lane, whether the ships sailed on Langenuten, Nyeleia through...

Brandasund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On Gisøya Island, on the west side of Brandasund Sound, there is a very privileged trading post and traveller's Inn from the 1600s, with the North Sea...

Selsøya

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid, Arne Tislavoll

Bømlahamn

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024

Lykling - soapstone

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Øystein Jansen
SOAPSTONE FOR BERGEN'S CHURCHES ...

Slåtterøy

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

War grave at Nord-Vågsøy church - Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The brothers Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim lost their lives during the Second World War due to war actions. Both brothers are buried in the same grave o...

The fishing village of Torskangerpollen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
On the western shores of the island of Vågsøy, in the innermost part of the bay of Kvalheimsvika, where it tapers off and turns south, the fishing v...

Boat-landing facilities at Kråkenes

Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The people of Kråkenes have always been faced with bad landing sites. There were five known sites: Storehola, Keila, Stiksvika, Bleke and Synstestøa...

Mountain farming in the valley of Skogadalen

Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Until the 1920s, the villages of Allmenningen and Eldevika had a common mountain farm in Skogadalen in the former municipality of Davik. In the 1920...

The old Kvalheim road

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Kvalheim has the ocean as its next-door neighbour and the landing conditions have always proved difficult in bad weather. There was a s...

The old vaulted bridge at Maurstad

Bru / Bridge
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the night of 11 October 1984, the more than 100-year-old vaulted bridge at Maurstad collapsed. A road-historical cultural monument was suddenly gon...

The old road between Rimstad and Berstad

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Between the farms of Rimstad and Berstad there used to be an old road, used by pilgrims, postmen and local people alike. There are still many traces o...

The pilots on the island of Silda

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
In former times pilots lived on the island of Silda. The northern harbour was a "waiting harbour" for ships heading north past Stad. In bad weather ...

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-...