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The statue of the Sars brothers

Monument / Monument
Published: 06.06.2001
Author: Harald J. Stavang
At the centenary of the city of Florø on 16 May 1960, a double bust of the brothers Johan Ernst and Georg Ossian Sars was unveiled. The bust stands ...

The newspaper Firdaposten

Avis / Newspaper
Published: 20.06.2005
Author: Rolf Orheim Hermund Kleppa
Firdaposten issued two papers in 1948, and this is then the year the paper was established. During the first few years, the paper was published twice ...

Road stone monument at Standal - and road history source material

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 29.06.2005
Author: Odd Standal Hermund Kleppa
On the boundary between Øvre (Upper) Standal and Nedre (Lower) Standal there is a road stone monument. The year 1904 and the number 230 are carved int...

Memorial stone on the war grave at Reksta - shipmaster Bernhard Reksten

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 13.04.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the spring of 1942, 10 Norwegian ships left Gothenburg heading for England. Only two managed to break through the German blockade. Many ships were ...

Sunnfjord folkehøgskule - memorial commemorating a pioneer

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Sunnfjord folkehøgskule (folk high school)at Førde in Naustdal was established in 1902. "Ungdomsskolen i Søndfjord" was the headline in an announcemen...

Memorial commemorating those who died during the Second World War - at Stavang church

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the road up to the Stavang church there is a memorial stone. The names of five men are carved into the more than two-metre-high stone. Three ...

Memorial in Florø commemorating those who died in the war 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the park by Florø church stands a towering memorial in commemoration of those who lost their lives in the war 1940-1945. "Our dead deserve a dign...

Memorial stone at the point of Saltverkneset at Svanøy

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"The youths from Sunnfjord will some time in the 20th century spend time and efforts in erecting a stone by the shores of Svanøy in memory of Hans N...

Memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Beside the church at Eikefjord there is a memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal who died in a terrible accident in Florø on 1 September 1945...

Memorial stone for Ragnar Melvær

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 05.09.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"Youths erected this stone in gratitude for your loyalty to many good causes". These words are carved into the memorial stone for Ragnar Melvær on t...

The churchyard at Svanøy

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 24.06.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa

The Kinna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of Sunnfjord, ...

Eikefjord church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Eikefjord church is a cruciform church built in wood located in the village of Eikefjord in the municipality of Flora. The church - with 350 seats - w...

Stavang Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.12.2002
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Stavang church is a longchurch in brick at Stavang in the municipality of Flora. The church, with a seating capacity of 312, was consecrated on 16 J...

Nordal church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Nordal church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Nordalen far to the north-east in the municipality of Flora. The church, which can seat ...

Batalden "bedehus" chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 05.12.2002
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Batalden "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood on the island of Fanøya in the municipality of Flora. The "bedehus" chapel, which has...

Askrova "bedehus" chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 14.12.2000
Author: Harald J. Stavang
Askrova "bedehus" chapel was consecrated by bishop Ragnvald Indrebø on 14 April, 1957. However, the planning was started much earlier, actually as far...

Florø Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Florø church is a so-called longchurch built in wood in the centre of Florø city. The church, which has a seating capacity of 650, was consecrated o...

1905 in Florø - memories from that year written 40 years later

People and Society
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.01.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent nation. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's resolution of 7 June....

1905 - The Storting representative Ivar Lind

People and Society
Person / Person Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 06.12.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Storting resolution of 7 June. This artic...