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Cover against the seal, hiding places at the water's edge
Felle / Trap
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In a number of places along the coast, seal hunting from land has taken place. A sheltered bay with skerries and rocks near the shore was a good platf...
Farm flour mills in Solund
Mølle / Mill
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Few associate grain cultivation with the Solund landscape. Nonetheless, even in the smallest of streams there are visible signs of flour milling. Le...
Ospa - idyll with dramatic war history
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In 1943, the motor torpedo boat MTB 345 had to go in to Ospa in Solund because it ran out of fuel. It could not go on, and was detected by German pl...
The sheepfold - beauty shop of the wild sheep
Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Granite stone fences on to a crag, with green patches around and stones rolled to the side on the beach to make room for the rowboat: the sheepfold ...
Oyster cultivation in Solund
Fiske / Fishing
Jordbruk / Farming
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The rugged Solund coastline has a wealth of small, round fjords with narrow outlets, called "polls", bays, and coves which are well suited for the cul...
The boat repairman - essential element in the coast community
Båt / Boat
Reparasjon / Repair
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
When the fisherman had had the misfortune to bump the boat into the sea floor so hard that the bailing pump had to work non-stop, and despair was gett...
Oldra - big arms depot in rock cave
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
During the Second World War, there was on the island of Oldra a depot with large quantities of weapons and other war materials. The depot was disclo...
Storsundet - important base for resistance activity during the war
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Storsundet in Solund became an important base and a hub for resistance activity in the Sogn district during the war. The Shetland traffic used the p...
Utvær lighthouse - the landmark furthest to the west
Communications
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From 1900 to 1920, 37 lighthouses were built in this country. One of these was the Utvær lighthouse, and its impressive and solid construction was bui...
The Solund shipping lanes - communication arteries between north and south
Sund / Strait
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Many a travelling sailor at the helm has wished that the Solund sea-lanes were much shorter. A good thing, then, that the islands were blessed with go...
The pirate case at Utvær 1667
Historisk hending / Historical event
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
In the summer of 1666, an English privateer forced some fishermen to pilot them to Utvær, where the chapel was looted. The fishermen were tried in c...
Ships going down and running aground in Solund
Ulukke / Accident
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The archipelago of Solund was brutal for sailing vessels in strong westerly winds. But motor vessels went wrong as well, with tragic consequences. A...
Herring bays and seine rocks
Vik / Inlet
Published: 29.03.2000
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Nature was generous in providing herring bays and mackerel coves in Solund. Fjord branches from north to south were ideal places for plankton in the s...
The steamship quay - economic and social innovation
Kai / Quay
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
With the steamship quays, the communities got a new look. In the 1920s, after years of hazardous toil in boarding boats, the first quays in Solund a...
The first roads in Solund
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Slim and agile, state road 606 winds through the Solund landscape. But it came at a price to knock one's way through the conglomerate, in order to con...
"Springar" from Solund
Musikk / Music
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A variant of the traditional folk dance "springdans" is the Solund "springar". This dance, and fiddle music written down after fiddle players in wes...
Husefjellet - signal station in the mountain
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From the signal station on Husefjellet the Germans could monitor the traffic through the shipping lane of Indre Steinsund. In addition, they had an ...
Tungodden - signal station in a rain of bullets
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
It is hard to believe that the Germans would build a signal station on the outermost point of Oddenova. The temptation became too great for the alli...
People from Solund go to the North
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
During the 30-year period 1860-1890 around eighty people from Solund moved north to fishing stations in Namdalen and Nordland. Their main reason was ...
Hugøy - signal station on Hugøyknolten
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Drawn back on the highest knoll, and built into the terrain, the lookout post at Hugøy was located, difficult to detect from the shipping lanes in t...
The Church Site at Utvær
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 11.10.2000
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Anders Gjerde
The chapel at Utvær was most likely built some time in the 12th century. It was consecrated to St Clement - the patron saint of sailors - and it wa...
The Church Site at Husøy
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Anders Gjerde
Husøy chapel was most likely built in the autumn of 1717 or in spring, 1718. At the same time the chapel at Utvær was torn down. The Husøy chapel ¿s...
Filippiner-Lund famous and loved missionary
People and Society
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
David Olai Lund, better known as Filippiner-Lund, is regarded as one of our greatest missionaries. He saw early where he had to go and prepared very c...
Memorial stone for Jon J. Hop
People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone
Person / Person
Published: 10.01.2001
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Jon J. Hop was the first person from Solund to lose his life in the war 1940-1945. He was a crew member on a vessel on its way to pick up flour at V...
The potato shipwreck at Seglsteinen
Skipsvrak / Ship wreck
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In the pitch-dark night in December 1944, a German convoy is sailing north across the waters of Sognesjøen. No lighthouses are lit, yet the leader b...
The old schoolhouse at Hardbakke
People and Society
Skulehus / School building
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hardbakke was the second place in Solund which had a schoolhouse. From 1870 onwards, the schoolchildren could climb up the stone steps to a spacious c...
"Påting" - environment friendly young coalfish fishing
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In early evening in the summer, a fleet of motor boats from western Solund headed west. Their destination was the numerous fishing grounds far out, ...
The old youth association house at Hardbakke
Forsamlingshus / Assembly house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
After years on the road between schoolhouse, private homes, and vicarage barn, it was an unbelievable relief for the Hardbakke youth association when ...
Mariakirken
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Apart from the king’s estate at Holmen, Håkonshallen and the lower floors of the Rosenkrantz tower, the three parish churches in the centre of Bergen ...
Bryggen
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
In the 1300s Bergen was a trading centre of European dimension. The town is thought to have had around 7000 inhabitants and was the largest and most i...
Vågsbunnen
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Vågsbotn was the name of the innermost part of the eastern part of town from Auta-almenning (today’s Vetrlidsalmenning), skirting the bottom of Vågen ...
Strandsiden
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
During the 1300s Strandsiden changed from a rural area with a monastery to a pulsating trading centre with boathouses, storehouses and embankment....
Verftet
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Today the name “Verftet” is linked to both a district and conglomeration of buildings lying protected by Fredriksberg castle. The original shipyard wa...
Sandviken
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Trygve Fett
Close to the tunnel opening at Amalie Skrams vei in Ssandviken, there is a cultural monument of European dimensions; a rope making works that produced...
Alvøen
Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Alvøen is one of the oldest industrial places in Norway. As early as the 1620s a gunpowder mill was built here. The place itself was well situated for...
Damsgård
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
As a fairytale castle Damsgård Hovedgård lies on the slope rising up from the Puddefjord. The old connection between the farm and the sea, as we see i...
Salhus
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Salhus has been a connecting point for sea travellers far back in time. The name probably derives from the Old Norse word sáluhús, “house for travell...
Stend
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Garden Stend høyrde i mellomalderen til Nonneseter kloster. Etter reformasjonen var han i eiga til Vincents Lunge fram til 1680. Då overtok generaltol...
Fana church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Frederik Konow Lund
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
In the Middle Ages the stone church in Fana was a place for pilgrimage, containing a miraculous silver crucifix that could heal the sick. A hill to th...
Water level marks in Solund
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 19.12.2001
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Along the entire Norwegian coast, so-called water level marks were chopped into the rock in the 19th century. 123 such marks are known today, and two ...
Clip fish-drying in Solund
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 19.12.2001
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Årstad
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Alrekstad (later Årstad) is the birthplace of Bergen. The estate was an estate for Harald Hårfagre and several of his descendants: Eirik Blodøks, Håko...
Håkonshallen
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
In 1266 “brann hallin i Biorgyn” (the hall in Biorgyn burned down) the Icelandic annals recount. The building we call Håkonshallen must be one of the ...
The Rosenkrantz tower
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
In the Scholeus engraving (section on the right) from the 1850s the fortified king’s estate at the entrance to Vågen has become a modern Renaissance p...
Road building in Solund - scramble for state road
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
Funds for new public roads were in the 1930s mainly allocated to interior regions and to linking roads. The need for roads in the county of Sogn og Fj...
The Hess family business at Buskøy
Handel / Trade
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The old patrician seat of Buskøy, with a trade and inn-keeping license from 1705, has been the home of several enterprising and successful people. For...
Kalandsvika
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Bjørn Moe
There is little to say about the opportunity for surveying from the bird observation tower in Kalandsvika: 155 different bird species have been sighte...
Bergenhus
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
FROM CASTLE TO FORTIFICATION ...
Korskirken
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Domkirken
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Klosteret
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Stadsporten
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Fjøsanger road
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Troldhaugen
Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Store Milde
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
When the merchant Henrich Henrichsen Weinwich bought the property at Store Milde in 1723, he probably rebuilt the entire, or parts of the main house s...
Munkebotn
Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Garnes
Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Fantoft Stave Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
When a new church was to be built at Fortun in Sogn in 1883, the old stave church was in danger of being demolished. During the years after J.C.Dahl t...
Kyrkjebyrkjeland
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
The Losna knights - important men in our national history
People and Society
Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
During the 1300s and the 1400s, Losna was the seat and the base of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country. A good nose for fi...
Åsane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Most associate Åsane with ridges, naturally enough (the Norwegian word for "ridge" is "Ås"). A lesser noticed trait in the landscape are the unusual f...
Gaupås
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Reppadalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
The unusual bog landscape, with enormous peat deposits surrounded by steep mountainsides, makes Reppadalen in Arna an exciting, but little visited tou...
Kråmyrane
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Sandviksfjellet
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
On Sandviksfjellet there are old boulders that have been made into mountains. The stones have been stretched out or squeezed together between huge sla...
Byfjorden
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Herman G.Gade
Swimming and fishing is fully possible in Byfjorden (By Fjord). The water is of good quality most places, after considerable resources have been used ...
Store Lungegårdsvannet
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Herman G.Gade
LUNG IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING...
Byparken
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
It isn't true that hungry students have hunted down basking ducks in the city park Byparken in their spring fervour, as rumours may have it. But, it i...
Nygårdsparken
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Fjellsiden
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Møllendal graveyard is the winter home of the urban crows in Bergen. Those that do not want to stay overnight in the graveyard, perch in the lush deci...
Fløyfjellet
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Munkebotsdalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Vidden
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bjørn Moe
Rambjøra
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
In Sanddalen and Helldalsåsen the building of houses has increased dramatically. Where there eariery was grazing land, hundreds of families now live. ...
Fjøsanger
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Jan Mangerud
Fjøsanger is known among ice age researchers from around the world. Under an excavation in 1975-77, geologists from the University of Bergen found lay...
Nordåsvatnet
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Herman G.Gade
The Post-war Era came to Fana with its population growth and modern sanitary equipment. This had nearly catastrophic consequences for Nordåsvatnet as ...
Marmorøyen
Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Rådalen
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bernt-Håvard Øyen
"...it would not be of any particular economical interest to support the planting of forest as the forest that can be cultivated will leave much to be...
1905 - Solund Municipality
People and Society
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author:
Kjerstin Risnes
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 over fallen on Hersvik churchyard
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...
Shore seine fishing for fat herring in Solund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A rusty bolt in a bay can be the only visible memory of shore seine fishing, from times when the sheer momentum of the herring shoal coming from the w...
Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing - big fisheries in the 1950s
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In the course of the 1950s, tuna fishing became big fisheries, which in the summer season employed a great many fishermen and vessels from Solund. The...
Solund church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.02.2003
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Solund church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the municipal centre of Hardbakke in Solund. The church has a seating capacity of 20...
Bernhard Færøyvik - pioneer in coast vessels history
Person / Person
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Bernhard Færøyvik from Solund was one of our most prominent vessel historians. He was a pioneer as well as an adviser in drawing and visualizing the o...
Memorial stone over fallen on Solund churchyard at Hardbakke
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. F...
Memorial stone for fallen on Husøy churchyard at Straumen
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...
Many-sided activities vital in Solund
Fiske / Fishing
Jordbruk / Farming
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In order to survive on the rugged islands in the west, the people had to harvest from the sea as well as from the land. The money came more easily fro...
Hersvik Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.02.2003
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Hersvik church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Hersvik in the northern parts of the municipality of Solund. The church has a seating ca...
Stend station
Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Horda Museeum
Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Håkonshella
Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Kalandsvatnet and Klokkarvatnet
Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Byrkjeland
Fishing ground bearings - the key to the harvest of the sea
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Most of the fishing ground bearings (called ¿méd" in Norwegian) are today forgotten. But once, having good fishing bearings for oneself could be compa...
The fishing industry at Færøy
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The seine-drying facility at Færøy is enormous. Yet it is only one part of the fishing industry which grew up and expanded in this place in the course...
The salteries - sea houses moved from the trading posts
Sjøbu / Sea house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A large number of houses from the westernmost parts of Solund have been on the move. Still, none have been more exposed and have tasted more of the ...
Begla - weapons depot with sinister shadows
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The bay of Beglevågen in westernmost Solund must be the smallest in the country. Here the resistance movement had a weapons depot during the Second ...
Ancient relics in bog and stone
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The rocky ground in Solund did not invite people to carve art into it. But there were numerous shelters which were suitable as living quarters for t...
Utvær "skipreide" - area of defence with "leidang" ships and beacons
Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The Solund islands are on the doorstep of communication across the North Sea, centrally and strategically, with good harbours and plenty of hiding p...
Wartime Shetland traffic - fishing boats go west
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A short distance to Shetland and a rugged coastline with good harbours and excellent hiding places for people and vessels were the reasons why Solun...
Sloops in the Sognefjord trade
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From times immemorial, the people from Solund have bartered and sold their produce in Bergen and in communities along the Sognefjord. The cargo vess...
Solund emigrants go west
Amerikareisa
Utvandring / Emigration
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
In 1848, the first family emigrated from Solund. Up to 1924, some 200 persons from Solund had found a new home in the USA, and most of them settled ...
Bergen – The Urban Community
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Bergen - our first royal residence city – has for centuries been Norway’s, and for long periods, Scandinavia’s biggest city. The historical monuments ...
Conglomerate for nuisance, benefit, and decoration
Naturformasjon / Natural structure
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The glacier did not reach out to the westernmost islands of Solund. In return, it left a rich collection of conglomerate stone eastward on the islands...
The memorial at Ospa - the MTB 345 tragedy
People and Society
Slag / Battle
Published: 20.04.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On Monday 28 July, 2003 a memorial of a wartime occurrence was unveiled in Solund. It was sixty years to a day after the seizure of the Norwegian moto...
Bergen - Rain City
Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Endre Skaar
Karsten Eitrheim
"With its strange situation (surrounded by high mountains), this city has the advantage of a beautiful port and considerable shipping, but also the di...
Isdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The valley on the inside of the Svartediks dam, a five minutes' bus ride from Bergen centre, is often referred to by Bergen folk as Isdalen ("Ice Vall...
Arnatveit
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
On the farm of Arnatveit, high up on the slope above the highway, an old smokehouse remains standing in the courtyard of the main farm property, in th...
Rosesmuggrenden
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Trygve Fett
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND SANDVIKEN...
Skuggestranda
Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
PARADISE FOR MOSSES ...
The trading post of Steinsundholmen
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Steinsundholmen is an islet in Indre Steinsund, the strait between Steinsundøy and Sula in Solund municipality. On this islet there were an inn and ...
Indrøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Clearly visible in the shipping lane of Ytre Steinsund, the trading post of Indrøy is situated. It is a striking example of how a self-made man buil...
Husøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Husøy is one of the westernmost islands in the western Sogn district. The topography is one of rocks, islets, and islands. Blue ocean and grey rock....
The trading post of Gåsvær
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The island of Gåsvær is located far to the west in the sea between the Lågøyfjord and Gåsværosen in Solund. From the Lågøyfjord the one-kilometer-lo...
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