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The first ferry connection in western Sogn

Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
One of the most important road and ferry connections today with a high volume of traffic is the connection between Lavik and Oppedal in western Sogn. ...

The master builder Anders O. Korsvold

Person / Person
Published: 28.04.2003
Author: Anders Gjerde
Along the Sognefjord and in the mountains between Sogn and eastern Norway and elsewhere in the county there are many elegant buildings that the mast...

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 road Oppedal-Instefjord - an important part of the main road network

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The road construction between Instefjord and Oppedal was an important link in the so-called Coastal Highway between Stavanger, Bergen and Ålesund, the...

Road and ferry between Byrknesøy and the mainland

Communications
Bru / Bridge
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
The road connection between the islands of Mjømna and Byrknesøy was officially opened on 13 September 1997. This was 40 years after the county governo...

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 ...

Cholera gravesites in Gulen

Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the 19th century, there were two outbreaks of cholera in Norway, in 1831 and 1848. The first one did not reach western Norway but the second one ...

The trading post of Børholmen

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The small island of Børholmen is located on the ocean just to the south of the entrance to the Sognefjord. The islet is located between Kversøy to the...

The trading post of Skjerjehamn

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Skjerjehamn is located furthest to the north-west on the island of Sandøy, on what used to be an islet, but now linked to the main island by means o...

The Anglian stone cross at Eivindvik

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
Two ancient stone crosses at Eivindvik have probably experienced the "Gulating" (a judicial and legislative assembly) and the introduction of Christia...

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 Celtic stone cross at Eivindvik

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
Two stone crosses at Eivindvik have probably experienced "Gulatinget" (a judicial and legislative assembly) and the introduction of Christianity. On...

Herresalen - the vicarage at Eivindvik

Bolig / Residence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
The elegant white house below the church at Eivindvik is called "Herresalen" and was the residence of "the second creator of Eivindvik", dean Niels ...

Dean Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl - public educator and welfare reformer

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Ellingsen
Dean Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl (1778 - 1852) was called a public educator and a patriot. His work as a vicar is somewhat overshadowed by everything he ...

Gulatinget - the judicial assembly for western Norway

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
Gulatinget was the assembly site for the jurisdiction of western Norway. From the early 10th century and for a period of about 400 years, the assembly...

War remnants at Risenes

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In June 1942, the Germans issued an evacuation order to the owners of the four farms at Rise, and the farmers and their families were only given three...

The inn at Glavær

Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Glavær is located just to the south of the entrance to the Sognefjord between Hille and Hisarøy. Glavær actually consists of several islands, and th...

The wooden clog factory at Selvågen

Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
The farm of Selvågen is located in a small bay on the east side of the strait of Brandangersundet in Gulen. In 1900, a wooden clog factory was estab...

Memorial stone for British war graves at Eivindvik

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 16.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the churchyard at Eivindvik there is a small low stone with a text plaque. It was raised in remembrance of 16 British naval soldiers who lost their...