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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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 ...
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
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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