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Sunnfjord Hotell

Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Sunnfjord Hotell opened for business in 1968. The initiative was local, many local shareholders were behind it, and the inhabitants of Førde have al...

The bailiff farm at Bruland

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The bailiff farm at Bruland is held to be one of the best preserved examples of a high-ranking official¿s residence in western Norway. The main buil...

Kirkevollen

Bolig / Residence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Kirkevollen is one of two listed public officials' buildings in Førde, the bailiff residence at Bruland being the other. It is beautifully situated at...

The captain farm

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Of all the farms at Skei the captain farm Ytre Skei has been owned by public officials, most of them military officers, for the longest uninterrupted ...

The agricultural school at Mo

Skule / School
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
The farm Mo became an agricultural school in 1858, and it is now the second oldest agricultural school in the country still in operation. The farm i...

Sjøahola

Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Sjøahola is the name of the first built-up area in Førde, and throughout several centuries it was the centre of the community, of communication, com...

Firda Billag

Billag / Bus company
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Firda Billag is the biggest automobile company in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. It is owned by 13 municipalities and has its headquarters in Førde...

The author Ole Wilhelm Fasting

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Ole Wilhelm Fasting (1852-1915) was a vicar's son from Førde. He was an engineer, and worked for many years at Bergens Tekniske Skole (school of eng...

The author Kristian Elster the Younger

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Kristian Elster the Younger (1881-1947) had deep roots in the upper public officials circle in Førde. Evidence of this can be found in his writings....

Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane

Forretningsbygg / Commercial building
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Starting in the 1960s, comprehensive mergers of banks into larger units have taken place. This process started only in the 1970s in the county of So...

Herdlevær

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ronny B. Skaar
Herdlevær lies on one of the small islands west of Hjeltefjorden, facing the North Sea and the big ocean. Today you may arrive there by car. The numer...

Hjelmo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On the farm Hjelmo, furthest north in Øygarden, in the innermost part of a long bay, there is a fine boatshed collection with a church beside it. From...

Hernar

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigrid H.H. Kaland
Hernar is a small group of islands northwest of Seløy, an old outlying harbour on the western route. This is where ships were lying in wait for favour...

Tjeldstømarka

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Nils Georg Brekke
There is no place in Hordaland where there are so many over-wintering song swans as in Tjeldstømarka. And there are few places in the county that have...

Skogsøyna

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There isn't much forest on Skogsøyna today, but that there is, has been planted. There is not much wildlife, either. But, quite a lot of birds pass by...

Blomvågen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Jan Mangerud
"One of the big scientific sensations", was the title in the Bergens Times newspaper on the 22nd of November, 1941. It was the geologist Isal Undås wh...

Turøyvegen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The earthquake was caused by movements along fault zones in the bedrock where the blocks of rock chafed against each other. In Devonian time, there we...

Toftøyna

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
FOLDS: NATURE'S ART ...

Toftestallen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Herman G. Gade
The large coastal waves that crash down on the islands west in the sea gather their energy from storms and winds all the way out in the North Atlantic...

Breiviksundet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Sigmund Alsaker
There are still fishing sheds standing that were in use right up until the former turn of the century during the winter fisheries. The owners of these...