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The memorial stone from Nornes at Sogn Folkemuseum

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 18.06.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At Nornes in Sogndal there used to be three ancient memorial stones. Bishop Neuman refers to three of these in the early 19th century. I. C. Dahl pain...

The runic stone at Stedje

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aud Ross Solberg
About 100 metres to the east of the Stedje church in Sogndal there is a runic stone measuring 1.89 metres in height and 0.39 metres in width. The st...

Sogns Tidend - local newspaper 1877-1947

Avis / Newspaper
Published: 06.06.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The local newspaper 'Sogns Tidend' was published in the years between 1877 and 1947 - the first few decades in Lærdal, but from 1903 in Sogndal. Durin...

The Eggja runic stone

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aage Engesæter
The Eggja stone is one of the best known runic stones ever found in Norway. It contains the longest known inscription of the old futhark (early runic)...

Plaque commemorating the missionary Hans Schreuder at Kjørnes

Plakett / Plaque
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The missionary Hans Schreuder - the apostle of the Zulu people - was born in Sogndal. In 1992, mission friends erected a memorial stone in his honour....

Steigastølen mountain farm

Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Liv Janne Kvåle
Steigastølen, which is located straight under the Ølnesstølen mountain farm and close to Bergastølen, used to be the summer mountain farm for the farm...

The mountain farms at Lidal

Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 03.12.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The isolated farm of Lidal is situated down towards the sea on the east side of the Fjærlandsfjord. A narrow and steep valley leads up to the more o...

Gravestone to commemorate German naval officer in Fjærland

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On 29 July, 1910, a German naval officer lost his life when he fell down the mountainside on the south side of the valley of Bøyadalen. His parents, H...

Monument commemorating Georg Distad

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 19.04.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On an oval-shaped stone on a grave at Fjærland church we find this inscription: GEORG DISTAD * BORN 18. June, 1915 * DIED IN ACTION IN * VALDRES 2...

Monument commemorating Henrik and Mette Dahl

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 16.08.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
17 May, 1914. "The day was solemn and fine in all respects. The weather was beautiful and calm. Just a soft breeze to open up the flags on the poles. ...

Memorial stone commemorating - the county governor Hans Seip

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 20.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Hans Seip (1881-1945) was county governor in Sogn og Fjordane from 1929 until he was removed from office by the Nazi regime in the summer of 1941. He ...

Memorial commemorating the museum founder - landowner G. F. Heiberg

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 27.11.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
At the entrance to the museum "De Heibergske Samlinger - Sogn Folkemuseum" at Kaupangerskogen there is a memorial commemorating the founder, landowner...

Memorial stone commemorating the teachers training college student - Tomas Fondenæs

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 24.06.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the oldest part of the churchyard at Norum church there is a somewhat tall, obelisk-shaped memorial stone. The inscription indicates that a student...

Memorial stones commemorating Bolette Pavels Larsen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The Bergen author Bolette Christine Pavels Larsen died on 8 December, 1904. Mrs Pavels Larsen was born in Sogndal, lived in Bergen, and over a long pe...

Memorial stone to Oscar II in Fjærland

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
King Oscar II visited Fjærland in the summer of 1879. Those who accompanied him up to the Bøyabre glacier and back, did not want any money for this jo...

Monument commemorating Hans Schreuder - the apostle of the Zulu people

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in 1842. Two years later, the Society sent its first missionary to Africa, Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder...

Memorial stone commemorating Anna Cathrine Schreuder

People and Society
Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The memorial stone on the grave of Anna Cathrine Schreuder, mother of the missionary Hans Schreuder, is found at Stedje church in Sogndal. The idea to...

Memorial stone at Fardal commemorating soldiers in the war years between 1807 and 1814

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
There are two memorial stones in the municipality of Sogndal commemorating soldiers who took part in the war against Sweden in the years between 1807 ...

The Tingastad saw mill

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Sagbruk / Sawmill
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Aage Engesæter
Like a green oasis the farm of Tingastad lies in between steep and polished rocks and hostile screes on the shore under the mountain of Storehogen and...

Norum church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Norum church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type) made of wood and located on the area belonging to the farm Ylmeim in the municipality of Sognda...