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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...

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...

Millennium stone at Holsen

Monument / Monument
Published: 23.11.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At the turn of the millennium 1900-2000millennium stoneswere erected in many places. At Holsen a stone was put up on the millennium spot in the distri...

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 fishermen monument at Bremanger

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...

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 boat stop Steinen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Steinen became the port of call for Førde. Several activities grew up here, for example the first manufacturing industries. Yet, like so many other bo...

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 on the grave of Martin Luther Storm, principal of agricultural school

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 03.02.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Martin Luther Storm, born 1836, is one of the most important names in the history of the agricultural schools in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. When ...

Memorial stone for Johannes Haarklou

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 04.12.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Johannes Haarklou (1847-1925), born at Hårklau in Haukedalen, is one of the most versatile music composers Norway ever had. He studied in Germany an...

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...

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule - memorial stone for principal

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In front of the oldest building at the Sunnfjord folkehøgskule there is a memorial stone. The stone was erected in 1933, in memory of Rasmus Øvrelid, ...