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Cover against the seal, hiding places at the water's edge
Felle / Trap
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In a number of places along the coast, seal hunting from land has taken place. A sheltered bay with skerries and rocks near the shore was a good platf...
Farm flour mills in Solund
Mølle / Mill
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Few associate grain cultivation with the Solund landscape. Nonetheless, even in the smallest of streams there are visible signs of flour milling. Le...
Ospa - idyll with dramatic war history
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In 1943, the motor torpedo boat MTB 345 had to go in to Ospa in Solund because it ran out of fuel. It could not go on, and was detected by German pl...
The sheepfold - beauty shop of the wild sheep
Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Granite stone fences on to a crag, with green patches around and stones rolled to the side on the beach to make room for the rowboat: the sheepfold ...
Oyster cultivation in Solund
Fiske / Fishing
Jordbruk / Farming
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The rugged Solund coastline has a wealth of small, round fjords with narrow outlets, called "polls", bays, and coves which are well suited for the cul...
The boat repairman - essential element in the coast community
Båt / Boat
Reparasjon / Repair
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
When the fisherman had had the misfortune to bump the boat into the sea floor so hard that the bailing pump had to work non-stop, and despair was gett...
Johan Schumann - sheep farmer at Hovden
Person / Person
Published: 27.09.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On a crag on the island of Hovden to the west of Florø stands a three-metre-high stone in commemoration of Johan Schumann. The memorial stone was e...
Oldra - big arms depot in rock cave
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
During the Second World War, there was on the island of Oldra a depot with large quantities of weapons and other war materials. The depot was disclo...
Storsundet - important base for resistance activity during the war
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Storsundet in Solund became an important base and a hub for resistance activity in the Sogn district during the war. The Shetland traffic used the p...
Utvær lighthouse - the landmark furthest to the west
Communications
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From 1900 to 1920, 37 lighthouses were built in this country. One of these was the Utvær lighthouse, and its impressive and solid construction was bui...
The Solund shipping lanes - communication arteries between north and south
Sund / Strait
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Many a travelling sailor at the helm has wished that the Solund sea-lanes were much shorter. A good thing, then, that the islands were blessed with go...
The pirate case at Utvær 1667
Historisk hending / Historical event
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
In the summer of 1666, an English privateer forced some fishermen to pilot them to Utvær, where the chapel was looted. The fishermen were tried in c...
Ships going down and running aground in Solund
Ulukke / Accident
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The archipelago of Solund was brutal for sailing vessels in strong westerly winds. But motor vessels went wrong as well, with tragic consequences. A...
Herring bays and seine rocks
Vik / Inlet
Published: 29.03.2000
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Nature was generous in providing herring bays and mackerel coves in Solund. Fjord branches from north to south were ideal places for plankton in the s...
The steamship quay - economic and social innovation
Kai / Quay
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
With the steamship quays, the communities got a new look. In the 1920s, after years of hazardous toil in boarding boats, the first quays in Solund a...
The first roads in Solund
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Slim and agile, state road 606 winds through the Solund landscape. But it came at a price to knock one's way through the conglomerate, in order to con...
"Springar" from Solund
Musikk / Music
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A variant of the traditional folk dance "springdans" is the Solund "springar". This dance, and fiddle music written down after fiddle players in wes...
Husefjellet - signal station in the mountain
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From the signal station on Husefjellet the Germans could monitor the traffic through the shipping lane of Indre Steinsund. In addition, they had an ...
Tungodden - signal station in a rain of bullets
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
It is hard to believe that the Germans would build a signal station on the outermost point of Oddenova. The temptation became too great for the alli...
People from Solund go to the North
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
During the 30-year period 1860-1890 around eighty people from Solund moved north to fishing stations in Namdalen and Nordland. Their main reason was ...
Hugøy - signal station on Hugøyknolten
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Drawn back on the highest knoll, and built into the terrain, the lookout post at Hugøy was located, difficult to detect from the shipping lanes in t...
The sea warehouse foundation walls on the islands in Flora
Sjøbu / Sea house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Trond Strømgren
In connection with the rich herring fisheries in the Kinn parish in the 19th century, hundreds of fish salteries were built to process the enormous qu...
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, ...
The Svanøy estate
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Furthest south at the entrance to the Førdefjord, with the Stavfjord to the south and the Brufjord to the north, lies the beautiful and fertile island...
The Olaf cross at Svanøy
Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Svanøy was in former times a central place in the outer Sunnfjord region with a bailiff's residence and a church of its own. On the old churchyard o...
The Erikstad farm on the island of Svanøy
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Erikstad - locally pronounced er'sta - is located in the western part of Svanøy. The farmyard is situated a short distance up from the bay of Erstad...
Traces of mining on the island of Svanøy
Gruve / Mine
Published: 07.07.1999
From the quay at Svanøybukt there is a gravel road going east to Nordneset. At the last house, the road continues as a tractor road or path. A rusty i...
The Ytterøyane lighthouse
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
The Ytterøyane lighthouse, the biggest in Sunnfjord, was built in 1881, and has withstood hurricanes and airplane attacks. This lighthouse is one of...
The Stabben lighthouse
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
In 1866/87, a sturdy lighthouse with a solid reinforced stone and mortar foundation was built on a slippery, rounded-off skerry in the middle of the...
The Kvannhovden lighthouse
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
In 1895, a lighthouse was built at Kvannhovden, and it became operational on 5 November the same year. It had a common wick lamp, and only in 1932, ...
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...
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 ...
The fishing village of Rognaldsvåg
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Trond Strømgren
Rognaldsvåg is the main village on the island of Reksta, in the westernmost part of the municipality of Flora. The settlement on Reksta probably goe...
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 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...
The Church Site at Utvær
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 11.10.2000
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Anders Gjerde
The chapel at Utvær was most likely built some time in the 12th century. It was consecrated to St Clement - the patron saint of sailors - and it wa...
The Church Site at Husøy
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Anders Gjerde
Husøy chapel was most likely built in the autumn of 1717 or in spring, 1718. At the same time the chapel at Utvær was torn down. The Husøy chapel ¿s...
Filippiner-Lund famous and loved missionary
People and Society
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
David Olai Lund, better known as Filippiner-Lund, is regarded as one of our greatest missionaries. He saw early where he had to go and prepared very c...
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...
Memorial stone for Jon J. Hop
People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone
Person / Person
Published: 10.01.2001
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Jon J. Hop was the first person from Solund to lose his life in the war 1940-1945. He was a crew member on a vessel on its way to pick up flour at V...
The potato shipwreck at Seglsteinen
Skipsvrak / Ship wreck
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In the pitch-dark night in December 1944, a German convoy is sailing north across the waters of Sognesjøen. No lighthouses are lit, yet the leader b...
The old schoolhouse at Hardbakke
People and Society
Skulehus / School building
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hardbakke was the second place in Solund which had a schoolhouse. From 1870 onwards, the schoolchildren could climb up the stone steps to a spacious c...
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...
"Påting" - environment friendly young coalfish fishing
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In early evening in the summer, a fleet of motor boats from western Solund headed west. Their destination was the numerous fishing grounds far out, ...
The old youth association house at Hardbakke
Forsamlingshus / Assembly house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
After years on the road between schoolhouse, private homes, and vicarage barn, it was an unbelievable relief for the Hardbakke youth association when ...
Water level marks in Solund
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 19.12.2001
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Along the entire Norwegian coast, so-called water level marks were chopped into the rock in the 19th century. 123 such marks are known today, and two ...
Clip fish-drying in Solund
Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 19.12.2001
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
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...
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...
Road building in Solund - scramble for state road
Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
Funds for new public roads were in the 1930s mainly allocated to interior regions and to linking roads. The need for roads in the county of Sogn og Fj...
Yellow central road stripe between the two Sunnfjord cities
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
In the summer of 2005, the Minister for Transport Torild Skogsholm opened the section Storebru-Knapstad on highway (RV) 5 between Førde and Florø. Thi...
The Hess family business at Buskøy
Handel / Trade
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The old patrician seat of Buskøy, with a trade and inn-keeping license from 1705, has been the home of several enterprising and successful people. For...
The Losna knights - important men in our national history
People and Society
Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
During the 1300s and the 1400s, Losna was the seat and the base of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country. A good nose for fi...
1905 - Solund Municipality
People and Society
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author:
Kjerstin Risnes
In 1905, Norway became a free and independent state. The union with Sweden was dissolved by resolution of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) on 7 Jun...
Memorial stone over fallen on Hersvik churchyard
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...
Shore seine fishing for fat herring in Solund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A rusty bolt in a bay can be the only visible memory of shore seine fishing, from times when the sheer momentum of the herring shoal coming from the w...
Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing - big fisheries in the 1950s
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In the course of the 1950s, tuna fishing became big fisheries, which in the summer season employed a great many fishermen and vessels from Solund. The...
Solund church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.02.2003
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Solund church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the municipal centre of Hardbakke in Solund. The church has a seating capacity of 20...
Bernhard Færøyvik - pioneer in coast vessels history
Person / Person
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Bernhard Færøyvik from Solund was one of our most prominent vessel historians. He was a pioneer as well as an adviser in drawing and visualizing the o...
Memorial stone over fallen on Solund churchyard at Hardbakke
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. F...
Memorial stone for fallen on Husøy churchyard at Straumen
People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...
Many-sided activities vital in Solund
Fiske / Fishing
Jordbruk / Farming
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In order to survive on the rugged islands in the west, the people had to harvest from the sea as well as from the land. The money came more easily fro...
Hersvik Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.02.2003
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Hersvik church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Hersvik in the northern parts of the municipality of Solund. The church has a seating ca...
Fishing ground bearings - the key to the harvest of the sea
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Most of the fishing ground bearings (called ¿méd" in Norwegian) are today forgotten. But once, having good fishing bearings for oneself could be compa...
The fishing industry at Færøy
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The seine-drying facility at Færøy is enormous. Yet it is only one part of the fishing industry which grew up and expanded in this place in the course...
The school at Svanøy
Skule / School
Published: 24.06.2004
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
The Svanøy school is located in the centre of the island. There are two buildings, the old school from 1874, and a new, modern building from 1982, wit...
The salteries - sea houses moved from the trading posts
Sjøbu / Sea house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A large number of houses from the westernmost parts of Solund have been on the move. Still, none have been more exposed and have tasted more of the ...
Begla - weapons depot with sinister shadows
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The bay of Beglevågen in westernmost Solund must be the smallest in the country. Here the resistance movement had a weapons depot during the Second ...
Ancient relics in bog and stone
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The rocky ground in Solund did not invite people to carve art into it. But there were numerous shelters which were suitable as living quarters for t...
The county quay and the house called Haffen
Kai / Quay
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
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Utvær "skipreide" - area of defence with "leidang" ships and beacons
Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The Solund islands are on the doorstep of communication across the North Sea, centrally and strategically, with good harbours and plenty of hiding p...
The point of Stakaldeneset
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
Stakaldeneset is a barren and west-facing point that rises steeply from the Eikefjord at the strait of Helgøysundet. In the late 1970s, Svein Brands...
Wartime Shetland traffic - fishing boats go west
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
A short distance to Shetland and a rugged coastline with good harbours and excellent hiding places for people and vessels were the reasons why Solun...
Sloops in the Sognefjord trade
Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
From times immemorial, the people from Solund have bartered and sold their produce in Bergen and in communities along the Sognefjord. The cargo vess...
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 ...
Mate from Florø - on a memorial plaque in Bergen
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 24.01.2006
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
During the First World War from 1914 to 1918, more than 2000 Norwegian seamen lost their lives at sea. Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab (BDS - The Berge...
Solund emigrants go west
Amerikareisa
Utvandring / Emigration
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Alf Strand
In 1848, the first family emigrated from Solund. Up to 1924, some 200 persons from Solund had found a new home in the USA, and most of them settled ...
Florø Hospital
Sjukehus / Hospital
Published: 25.11.2002
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
The first county hospital in Sogn og Fjordane was completed in Florø in 1933. It was based on the old Red Cross Hospital from 1926, which again was es...
Conglomerate for nuisance, benefit, and decoration
Naturformasjon / Natural structure
Published: 25.03.2003
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
The glacier did not reach out to the westernmost islands of Solund. In return, it left a rich collection of conglomerate stone eastward on the islands...
The farmyard tree at Skorpeidet - memorial tree for a navy serviceman
Plante / Plant
Published: 20.02.2004
Author:
Malvin Toft
Hermund Kleppa
''Close to the house was a birch so wide / there the magpies had their old nest,'' sings Ivar Aasen in his song Gamle garden. (The old farm). In forme...
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...
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 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 ...
The memorial at Ospa - the MTB 345 tragedy
People and Society
Slag / Battle
Published: 20.04.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
On Monday 28 July, 2003 a memorial of a wartime occurrence was unveiled in Solund. It was sixty years to a day after the seizure of the Norwegian moto...
Memorial stone on the war grave at Reksta - shipmaster Bernhard Reksten
People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone
Person / Person
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 ...
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...
The canal through the strip of land called Florø-eidet
Communications
Kanal / Canal
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
Before the city of Florø was established in 1860, the trade at Florelandet was located in the bay of Gaddevågen and at Eidet. In 1872/73, a canal wa...
War memorial at Florølandet
People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Minne / Reminder
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kjell-Ragnar Berge
Only in the spring of 1942 did the major influx of German soldiers start at Florølandet. At the same time, an extensive construction of fortifications...
The Furesund inn
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The farm of Furesund is located on the island of Furøy just southwest of Florø. The strait itself lies between Furøy and Ausa. The water is deep wit...
The inn Hellevik
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 14.02.2002
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The Hellevik farm is situated at the strait of Stongasundet just to the north of Stavang in the municipality of Flora. From the late 17th century un...
The trading post of Steinsundholmen
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Steinsundholmen is an islet in Indre Steinsund, the strait between Steinsundøy and Sula in Solund municipality. On this islet there were an inn and ...
Indrøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Clearly visible in the shipping lane of Ytre Steinsund, the trading post of Indrøy is situated. It is a striking example of how a self-made man buil...
Husøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Husøy is one of the westernmost islands in the western Sogn district. The topography is one of rocks, islets, and islands. Blue ocean and grey rock....
The trading post of Gåsvær
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 30.08.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The island of Gåsvær is located far to the west in the sea between the Lågøyfjord and Gåsværosen in Solund. From the Lågøyfjord the one-kilometer-lo...
The Thor Solberg statue
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
At Florø Lufthamn (Airport) there is a statue of a stocky man in his forties. The man looks towards the sky, and he is about to fulfil the dream of hi...
1905 - The Storting representative Ivar Lind
Unionen oppløses 1905
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...
1905 in Florø - memories from that year written 40 years later
Unionen oppløses 1905
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....
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