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Mannseidet - royal road and national cultural site

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
In former days travelling along the Norwegian coast took mostly place on sea. The old roads across the strips of land called Mannseidet and Dragseidet...

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 poet vicar Claus Frimann

Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person
Published: 20.06.2002
Author: Elin Pehrson Grytting (1952 - )
Claus Frimann (1746-1829) was born at Selje. There he grew up as the eldest of four brothers at the vicarage. Poetry and preaching went hand in hand a...

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...

War grave at Selje church - Oluf Ingebrigtsen Aarsheim

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 03.04.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On Friday 19 October, 1945, the Selje church was filled to capacity by village people and others. The occasion was the funeral for Oluf Ingebrigtsen A...

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...

War grave at Selje - Peder Sandvik

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 14.01.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"In a statement from the chief command of the Norwegian Royal Navy he died on his post for the country." These words are written in the death notice o...

War grave at Selje - Reidar Drage

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 14.01.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On 15 April, 1946, the cargo on a motor boat loaded with German ammunition caught fire on her way to a dumping site in Nordfjord. People jumped overbo...

The Tunold stone at Selje

Monument / Monument
Published: 18.02.2004
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The artist Bernt Tunold, born at Selje on 25 February, 1877, died in Bergen on 23 January, 1946, is held to be one of the great painters from wester...

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)...

The shirt factory at Selje

Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 25.11.2002
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
"Selje Skjortefabrikk" is located in the centre of Selje. The factory was built in a village without any other industry after the Second World War. Th...

The runic stone at Barmen

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the island of Barmen there is rune stone ¿south along the shore". The runes date from the elder futhark alphabet with 24 signs. The inscription has...

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 track around Selja

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
Selja, the holy island which has such an important place in our history, is situated about one kilometre off the mainland. The island covers an area o...

The old warning beacons in Selje

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
In former times burning beacons formed part of a network of warning system that the enemy was on their way. At times of unrest and national emergencie...

The coastal fort at Storeneset

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
At the point of Storeneset on the road out to Eltvik the Germans in 1942 built a coastal fort with six French field guns and a number of smaller guns ...

War memorial at Hovden in Ervik, and at Kjerringa

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
As early as in the winter of 1942-43, the Germans started the construction of a road from Ervik and up to Hovden, but it was only in the summer of 194...

Selje vicarage

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
The vicarage at Selje has long-established traditions dating back to the Middle Ages, with the first written reference about 1350. The old name of the...

The 'marsh men' at Stadlandet

Foretak / Association
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
According to the Voting Rights Act from 1814, the right to vote in rural areas was limited to officials and land owners. The Act did not require any m...