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Husøy trading post

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....

Many-sided activities vital in Solund

Jordbruk / Farming Fiske / Fishing
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...

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...

The trading post of Gåsvær

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 trading post of Steinsundholmen

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 ...

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...

Indrøy trading post

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...

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

Jordbruk / Farming Fiske / Fishing
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...

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...

Havrå

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the sunny, steep fjord landscape along Sørfjorden on the east side of Osterøy is the farm Havrå. The small “hamlet” is one of the few undisturbed f...

Valestrandsfossen - tanning industry

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Haaland
Valestrand became a centre for the tanning industry in Osterøy; one of the old crafts that has developed into a local industry with many places of wor...

Godske farm

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: William Helland-Hansen
GODSKE AND GODSKE FARM ...

Herlandsnesjane

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
Herlandsnesjane, a four-kilometre long peninsula in Lake Storavatnet in the middle of Osterøy, is well known among botanists. Here lies an unusually l...

Storavatnet - Red-throated diver

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The troll-like sounds from the Red-throated diver carry long distances between the mountains around Storavatnet. The high-pitched, haunting screeches ...

Storavatnet - shoreline

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
The regulation of Lake Storavatnet has created a rare geological phenomenon: When Herlandsfossen power station taps the reservoir during the spring an...

Lonelva

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
It is said that the salmon populations with the largest and the smallest salmon in the world both come from the waters that run out into the fjord sys...

Litlandsvatnet

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Nils Georg Brekke
Large quantities of nickel ore have been mined from Litlandsvatnet, between Lonevågen and Hosanger. The discovery was made in 1875. During the period ...

Mjelddalen

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Valestrandsfossen - Youth centre

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
VALESTRAND – A CLASSICAL YOUTH CENTRE ...