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Paul Berstad - local singer and folk-tune collector

People and Society
Musikk / Music Person / Person
Published: 28.09.1999
Author: Liv Fridtun (1970 - )
Paul Berstad (1908-1993) was an excellent local singer, and, in addition, he was an important source for the folk-tune tradition in the western part o...

Selje church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Selje church is a wooden longchurch located north of the Seljesanden beach in the municipality of Selje. The church, with a seating capacity of 500,...

Leikanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Leikanger church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Leikanger on the eastern side of Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje. The churc...

The memorial chapel at Ervik and the "Sanct Svithun" tragedy

Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the autumn of 1943 the coastal express steamer "Sanct Svithun" was bombed by allied aircraft in the shipping lane off Stad. More than 50 persons pe...

The churchyard at Ervik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"Many were left (out on the sea) and will never rest in consecrated soil. And the ocean is tireless (..) nobody knows who will fall victim to the ocea...

Forest and memorial stone at Ersholmen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
On the small island of Ersholmen between the mainland and the island of Selja the first attempt at afforestation at Selje was carried out by the vicar...

The church site Bø on the island of Selja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
Bø is the name of a farm on the eastern side of the island of Selja. Bø is one of the oldest farm names in Norway, indicating a big, central farm on a...

Dragseidet

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal
Dragseidet occupies a famous place in Norwegian history due to one major event: the christening assembly in 997, when King Olaf Tryggvason assembled i...

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...

The artist Bernt Tunold

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
When were you born, asked the journalist who interviewed Bernt Tunold in 1934. In 1577, replied Tunold. In 1577, asked the puzzled reporter. What happ...

The artist Isak Ræfsnes

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
Isak Refsnæs (1852 - 1928) from Stadlandet painted both landscapes and portraits. Nevertheless, he is best known as a "marine" painter and interpreter...

Lykling - soapstone

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Øystein Jansen
SOAPSTONE FOR BERGEN'S CHURCHES ...

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 ...

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...

Støle

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of...

Slåtterøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Bømlahamn

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024

Støle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The stone church at Støle may have been built around 1160 probably as a private chapel for the mighty Stødle clan. It is likely that it was Erling Ska...

Grindheim church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The first church at Grindheim was a stave church with a free-standing steeple. The church was first mentioned in 1326, but was probably built long bef...

Skånevik - the trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
There are only two buildings left of the old trading and guesthouse settlement in Skånevik. They are in the centre, close to the main road passing thr...

Kyrping

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
The trading post down by the fjord at Kyrping does not belong to the oldest group of trading posts from the 1600s and 1700s. It was only after the lib...

Halsnøy Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the ...

Fjelberg

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The beautiful vicarage on the Fjelberg Island lies a few minutes walk up from the fjord, in a compact enclosure with the church south of the main buil...

Sunde

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Geir Røssland
In 1852 Haktor Thorsen erected two large warehouses on one of his farms in Sunde and started trading and salting herring. This was the start of an ind...

Rød

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1969 Sigurd and Margreta Dønhaug donated a collection of around 170 historical cultural objects to Kvinnherad municipality. They wanted their gift ...

Rosendal Barony

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Per Jahn Lavik Anne Grete Honerød
The Barony of Rosendal lies in the grounds of the old noble estate of Hatteberg, on the north side of the Hatteberg river, around one kilometre up fro...

Kvinnherad Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden
The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of...

Ænes

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Ænes has been one of the prosperous farms at the Mauranger Fjord in medieval times. At the time of Harald Gilles, around 1130, we hear of GAUT at Ænes...

Årsand

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shal...

Espevær - the Trading Post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kari Shetelig Hovland
In the sea west of Bømlo lies Espevær, half an hour’s rowing trip across the sound from Vespestadvågen. This is a well-run and well-maintained local c...

Rubbestadneset

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE ENGINE FACTORY AT RUBBESTADNESET...

Moster - The old church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden
Moster is mentioned as a church site already in the time of Olav Tryggvason. According to the sagas the king is supposed to have laid the foundations ...

Mosterhamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Mosterhamn is one of the old privileged trading posts situated centrally in the shipping lane, whether the ships sailed on Langenuten, Nyeleia through...

Ryvarden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the Islandic Landnåmabok there is a story that the explorer Floke Vilgjerdsson built a cairn “where meetest Hordaland and Rogaland” and the cairn w...

Årskog

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll
Årskog farm is situated in a typical coastal landscape in a gentle terrain that slopes down from the outlying heaths down towards the fjord. The farm ...

Engesund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Stein Erik Gilj
For more than 350 years Engesund has been a place for hostelries and trading in the Fitjar islands. The place is centrally placed in the shipping lane...

Tjernagel

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn ...

In Memory of Fartein Valen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen
“Fartein Valen is the key figure within newer Norwegian music. Not by way of being more popular than other younger composers, but because he aims at t...

Einstapevoll - the farm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Einstapevoll (from einstape: “bregne” (fern)) lies on the west side of the Tittelsnes peninsula. Up to 1831 the farm was a vicarage belonging to Stord...

Haugsbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The single unit farm without a road to it, Haugsbø, is situated on the east side of the Tittelsnes peninsula facing Ålfjorden. As far back as the Mid...

Borgåsen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Bjørn Myhre
In Etne there are no less than four defensive refuges. They are all situated in strategic positions, so that they have served as places of refuge and ...

Helgaberget

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Helgaberget – the holy hill – is a little rocky crag which thrusts itself a few metres above the terraced surface of Støle. The surface of the rock is...

Sæbøtunet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Mo
When you come into the well-tended farm steading at Sæbø just above Etne centre, you get the impression of a Sunnhordland farm from well before the ti...

Fitjar - the King's farm

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
In front of Fitjar Church there is a memorial stone, sculpted by Anne Grimdalen and erected in 1961, for the thousand-year memorial of one of the most...

Rimsvarden

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Rimsvarden lies high and unencumbered, an enormous stone mound on the highest top with a wide view of the Fitjar rural community. With its 30 meters a...

Brandasund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On Gisøya Island, on the west side of Brandasund Sound, there is a very privileged trading post and traveller's Inn from the 1600s, with the North Sea...

Leirvik - The prison

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The district prison in Leirvik officially started operations in 1863. Together with the corresponding institutions in Voss and Bergen, this was Søndre...

Sagvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Egil Nysæter
The pit saw on the property of the farm Valvatna, is the origin of the name Sagvåg. The sawmill is mentioned as early as 1564. The name of the place a...

Litlabø

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The first finds of pyrite at Litlabø in Stord came to light in 1864. Forty years later sulphuric ore was mined from an open mine. From 1874 to 1880 it...

Hystad - burial mounds

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visib...

Sørhuglo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The tax collector’s farm at Sørhuglo is one of the many farms for state employees in Hordaland. According to history, “Futastovo” was built by the tax...

Memorial at Måløy commemorating fishermen lost at sea

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the years between 1756 and 1955, 84 fishermen in all from the municipality of Sør-Vågsøy were lost at sea. In 1957, a memorial was unveiled close t...

Vingen rock-carving site

Archaeology
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
The Vingen site is today the second biggest rock-carving field in Norway with some 2000 figures. Nevertheless, it was a stroke of good luck that made ...

The burial mounds at Botnane

People and Society
Gravplass / Cementery Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the mainland side of Bremanger, close to the border to the municipality of Flora, lies the hamlet of Botnane with the farms of Øvrebotnen, Sørbotne...

Vetvik - the big farm that was deserted

People and Society
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the northwest coast of Bremangerlandet - with the ocean as its neighbour, we find the deserted hamlet of Vetvik. Earlier this was a small rural com...

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 fisherman shacks at Liset

People and Society
Fiske / Fishing Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the western side of the farm Liset at Bremanger, there is a peaceful place. Only a few old foundation walls remain, bearing witness to hectic ac...

The mountain farm of Myklebustsætra at Ålfoten

People and Society
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
On the road between Ålfoten and Svelgen is the valley of Myklebustdalen with the mountain farm of Myklebustsætra located close to the lake of Sætrav...

Ålfoten church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Ålfoten church is a cog-joint wooden longchurch in the village of Ålfoten in the municipality of Bremanger. The church can seat 100, and it was buil...

"Knut" and two other six-oared boats

Communications
Båt / Boat Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Årstein Svihus
The "Sunnfjord boat" used to be the common boat type in the Sunnfjord area, but already 150 years ago, it was beginning to lose ground to a modified...

Memorial for the poet vicar Claus Frimann

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Claus Frimann, born 1746, was vicar at Davik for 42 years. He is known as the poet vicar in Nordfjord, best known perhaps for his book "Almuens sanger...

Hydroelectric power and industry at Svelgen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Bygd / Village
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
In Bremanger the water resources formed the basis for the development of the industrial town of Svelgen. It took some time before any establishment ...

The German coastal artillery fortifications at Tangane

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In the autumn of 1940, The German navy started the construction of a coastal fort at Tangane. The construction work was led by Germans, but much work ...

Kråkenes lighthouse

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
In 1906, a lighthouse station was built at Kråkenes under pressure from the Kristiansund Skipper Association. The lighthouse is located to the west of...

The fishing village of Torskangerpollen

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
On the western shores of the island of Vågsøy, in the innermost part of the bay of Kvalheimsvika, where it tapers off and turns south, the fishing v...

Boat-landing facilities at Kråkenes

Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The people of Kråkenes have always been faced with bad landing sites. There were five known sites: Storehola, Keila, Stiksvika, Bleke and Synstestøa...

The prison at Bryggja

Fengsel / Prison
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Rigmor Navekvien (1935 - )
Encircled by stately old trees is the old Bailiff's farmyard at Bryggja. One of the houses is called "Arresten" (the prison)....

The old road between Rimstad and Berstad

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
Between the farms of Rimstad and Berstad there used to be an old road, used by pilgrims, postmen and local people alike. There are still many traces o...

Cultural monument of the church site on the island of Silda

People and Society
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the island of Silda there was a church from about 1320 to 1580. It was a chapel church in the parish of Selje. It was no longer in use after a new ...

The pilots on the island of Silda

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
In former times pilots lived on the island of Silda. The northern harbour was a "waiting harbour" for ships heading north past Stad. In bad weather ...

Alfred Maurstad - from Tuftene in the hamlet of Maurstadgrenda

Musikkinstrument / Musical Instrument Musikk / Music Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The actor Alfred Maurstad (1896-1967) was born and grew up at Bryggja in the western part of Nordfjord. The home of his childhood was the smallholding...

The stone walls at Kvalheim

Steingjerde / Stone fence
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Kvalheim is situated north of the bay of Kvalheimsvika on the western shoreline of the island of Vågsøya. In 1900, 188 persons lived th...

Måløyraidet - The Martin Linge memorial

Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Martin Linge, actor and military officer, was killed during the British-Norwegian raid on Måløy on 27 December, 1941. He was buried with German milita...

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 ...

Memorial stone at Ålfoten for Rasmus Nyvoll

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.07.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Rasmus Nyvoll, born 1909 at Ålfoten, fell in action in Italy in 1944. In 1951, a memorial stone dedicated to him was unveiled at Ålfoten church. It w...

The stone house at Åsnes

Gardshus / Farm house
Published: 19.02.2001
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
At Åsnes between Bryggja and Lefdal there is a two-storey house with stonewalls all the way up to the roof ridge. Malvin J. Aasnes used to own the f...

The fire at Refvika in 1872

Brann / Fire
Published: 21.02.2001
Author: Gunnar Urtegaard
The village of Refvika is located between the beach of Refviksanden to the northwest and the lake of Refvikvatnet to the southeast. Up until 1872, a...

Memorial for flight sergeant Erling Julin Olsen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the churchyard at Midtgulen there is a memorial dedicated to Erling Julin Olsen. The stone was erected in 1947 by the people of Svelgen c/o "Svelge...

Rimbareid - Vestbøstad

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
At nesting time you cannot avoid hearing the calls of the curlew or the snipe along the narrow road through the cultural landscape from Rimbareid to V...

Landa

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
STRANDFLAT AND SCREE BY LAND...

Grønafjellet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
Mountain plants with their beautiful, colourful flowers are common in high altitude areas in Norway. On the coast there are not so many of them. But, ...

Botnavatnet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
BOTNAVATNET - A RESULTOF EFFECTIVE GLACIER WORK ...

Fluøyane

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
The richest seabird localities in Bjørna Fjord are FLUØYANE, a group of small and medium-sized islets just east of the entrance to Våge. Here, we see ...

Memorial stone for Anna Myklebust at Bryggja

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 18.07.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Anna Myklebust (1868-1942) from Bryggja put down an unusually high number of hours for the temperance movement. She established a children's lodge at ...

Leirvik - The trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
Already in the Middle Ages the good harbour at Leirvik provided a connecting point. Here was a court of law, and a guesthouse was established here in ...

Orninggård

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Ådlandsstova

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The Ådland house is one of the biggest medieval houses still existing in West Norway. It is constructed from unusually large, hard fir wood, beautiful...

Kåravika

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Stord Teacher Training College

People and Society
Skule
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1838 Stordøens Seminarium was established by the parish priest Claus H. Daae as head. This was the first seminary in West Norway and likewise one o...

Nordhuglo

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Liarbø

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll Ivar Skre

Færøysund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Harald Johan Sandvik
The old trading post lies at the sound between Stord and Færøy in Langenuen. There was a country store and steamship forwarding agent up to 1964. The ...

Smedholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Arne Tislavoll

Berle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Berle church is a local church community centre in the village of Berle in the municipality of Bremanger. The church, which can seat 210 persons, wa...

Midtgulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Midtgulen church is a wooden longchurch located at Kjelkenes, on the mainland part of the municipality of Bremanger. The church, with a seating capa...

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 main road at Bremangerlandet

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
A continuous road connection along the Bremangerlandet with ferry across to Måløy came in 1949. In 1977, the island of Frøya was connected to the high...

Memorial stone at Leikanger church in Selje

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 09.08.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
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Late road connection to the outside world for the industrial town of Svelgen

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
It was the development of hydroelectric power that created the industrial growth in Svelgen from 1914. However, it took a long before any road constru...

Dalskarvatnet–Dyvikvågen

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Bjørn Neumann
Many of the fossils one finds on Stord are related to fossils of the same age found in North America. Scientists thinks this indicates that the bedroc...

Sævarhagsvikjo

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Most of the shoreline toward the sea in Sunnhordland is stony and steep. Therefore, flat tidal areas are scarce, yet these are especially important fo...

Hystad - the black alder forest

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth Anders Lundberg Stein Byrkjelan
One of the biggest black alder forests in the country is in Hystadmarkjo. Along the well prepared trail through the forest you can experience an excep...

Hovaneset

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE - A TYPICAL MOUNTAIN PLANT - BY THE SEA ...

Ådlandsvatnet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
Plants that grow in and beside water have to be prepared for marked and rapid changes in their living conditions. They must be able to tolerate living...

Tveitavatnet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
It is difficult to imagine that a plant can grow at the same place for many thousands of years: Climate and local environment change. Different specie...

Iglatjødno

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Digernes

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Bjørn Moe
Despite the fact that the animal life on Stord is better investigated and studied than most other places in Hordaland, we were not clear about the div...

Storsøya Island

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
On Storsøya Island, English ivy grows nearly everywhere. It creeps along the ground and climbs all the way to the top of the tree trunks. Together wit...

Brandvikneset

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Per Harald Salvesen
ENGLISH YEW TREE FOREST AT BRANDVIKNESET ...

Huglo

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Inge Aarseth Anders Lundberg
The majority of Huglo is bare rock. A bit of dwarf pine forest is the only vegetation able to put down roots. Along the west- and east sides, to the c...

Tveit Mine

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Øystein Jansen

Fitjarøyane

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Inge Aarseth
If we study the group of islands south of Selbjørns Fjord from the air or on a sea map, we will notice that many of the islands are elongated and lie ...

Engesundsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland

Fitjar - potatoes

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
The deep agricultural soils in Fitjar are found especially in the area between Lake Storavatnet and Breivika. The many stonewalls in the area reflect ...

Finnås

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
At Flintaneset by Finnåsvika, in the centre of the municipality, we find the most beautiful and best preserved igneous rocks in western Norway. We mus...

Siggjo

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
Siggjo is a cone-shaped, volcano-like mountaintop in the part of Hordaland where one finds the best preserved volcanic rocks. The rock types originate...

Moster

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Urangsvågen-Rubbestadneset

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
In 1868 the first stone workers came to Rubbestadneset to take out the granite for the Skoltegrunns Pier, predecessor of the Skoltegrunns wharf in Ber...

Finnås rectory

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
WOODEN CLOGS AND POTATOES ...

Kattnakken–Stovegolvet

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
The highest mountainous area on Stord, including Kattnakken, Midtfjellet and Stovegolvet, has more in common with the mountainous terrain on the mainl...

Børtveit

Weather and climate
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Endre Skaar
Børtveit is known to be a place with a lot of rain. We must go to Samnanger or Indre Matre to find a higher rainfall. The average rainfall on Børtveit...

Loen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Loen church is an octagonal wooden church situated on a hill overlooking the village of Loen. The church has a seating capacity of 190, and was consec...

The old Olden church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
The old Olden church is a wooden cruciform church located on the site called "Sjøatunet" in the village of Olden in the municipality of Stryn. The chu...

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...

Bjellandsvatnet

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
Lake Bjellandsvatnet is one of the richest wetland areas in Sveio. But, everything has its limit, and the supply of nutrients can be too much. This is...

Hopsfjellet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Stein Byrkjeland
On June 2nd, 1992, a big forest fire broke out in Sveio. The fire started southeast of Hopsfjellet. In a strong wind the flames spread quickly northwa...

Einstapevoll - slates

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
“On the country of Wallestrand…the rock almost everywhere appears to be of a slate-like substance, be it at the seashore, on the farms or in their dis...

Straumen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Skålafjøro

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE SHIPYARD AT SKÅLAFJØRO...

Gjerde

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Varaldsøy - mining

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
There is still a lot of ore in the abandoned mines on Varaldsøy Island. If today's prices and availability of ore continue, it is doubtful whether the...

Gjuvsland

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe Mary Losvik Nils Georg Brekke
For time immemorial, probably all the way back to the Middle Ages, animals from the Homestead at Gjuvsland have grazed on the sunny slopes on the sout...

Gildrehola

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Erik Lauritzen

Møkjedalen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
NORWAY'S BIGGEST YEW TREE ...

Ølve - Mining

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen
All in all there are ten known copper mines and two iron mines on the Ølve peninsula. Geologically, the nine mines on Varaldsøy Island also should be ...

Ølveshovda

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Ølve

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Ølve has a special soil type. Here one finds an extra hard clay soil. This is especially noticed by those who work with excavating for building foun...

Bondhusdalen

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Atle Nesje J. Riis-Simonsen
The Bondhus area in Maruanger has been a magnet for tourists ever since the stream of tourists to Norway's west coast began in the middle of the 1800s...

Ænesdalen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Even far down in the denst forest in Ænesdalen valley the precipitous and mighty Gygrastolen watches over you. Ænesdalen is not the easiest route in t...

Melderskin

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Atle Nesje Endre Skaar
MELDERSKIN - ONCE A NUNATAK? Melderskin, the towering and majestic landmark at Rosendal, rises 1462 metres above sea level. The top area is smooth,...

Ulvanosa

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Some mountains have rounded shapes, while others have steep slopes and sharp edges. Ulvanosa (1246 mos.) has both. The forms reflect the type of bedro...

Langhaugane

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
THE MORAINE RIDGES AT LANGHAUGANE ...

Ingahogg

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen Øystein Jansen
At nearly 1000 metres over sea level, on the north side of INGAHOGG mountain, the remains of a soapstone quarry have been discovered. It is said, acco...

Skorpo

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Skorpo - Polished by glaciers and meltwater ...

Halsnøy

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
Hadde ikkje Hardangerfjordbreen mot slutten av istida rykt fram over fjordbotnen, ville Halsnøy ikkje eksistert som éi øy, men som mange småøyar. Bree...

The Ancient Ash Tree

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Holmedalsberget

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
If you want to be on your own for a long day in a magnificent deciduous forest in demanding terrain, then HOLMESDALSBERGET is the right place. This is...

Tveitabotn

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
VIRGIN FOREST IN THE BOTTOM OF TVEITA ...

The Valen Fault

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Haakon Fossen

Espevær-The UFO-Ring

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Olav Aas
In Svartaneset on the west side of Espevær in October of 1975, a large oval imprint was discovered in an undulating field, where the grass had been fl...

Espevær - lobster park

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland William Helland-Hansen
The first Lobster Park in Espevær was built in 1887, and at the most there were three here. Operations ceased in 1957. The one lobster park that remai...

Skogafjellet

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe
You have to travel to Scotland in order to find pine forests similar to those at Bømlo. The nearness to the sea has contributed in different ways to s...

Lykling - gold

Bedrock
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Brian Robins Haakon Fossen
During the summer of 1979 a rock was found at Lykling in Bømlo that contained 450 grams of gold, and at the end of the 1980s a great many gold samples...

Tjernagelsholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Leirvåg

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen

Gramshaug

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Lyngholmen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Vikse

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid

Etnedeltaet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Sveil Olaf Dahl Stein Byrkjeland
During the latter half of the 1900s the big natural river deltas on Westland disappeared. Until the 1980s there was still a small, but significant rem...

Etne river

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland
There is still life to be found that is just “hanging on a string”. The Etne river has been the most important river for sports- fisherman in Hordalan...

Totland - Måløy - "a highly suitable road"

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kristin Ese
Totland-Deknepollen was the last remaining distance before there was a continuous road between Måløy and Oppland across the mountain pass of Strynefje...

The village of Etne

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Sveil Olaf Dahl Inge Aarseth
Much of the sand and gravel that the town of Etne is built on was laid down at the end of the Ice Age and is evidence of melting glaciers and roaring ...

Krokavatnet

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Kuvvet Atakan Haakon Fossen
On Sunday the 29th of January, 1989, at 17:38 o'clock, Etna shook. The earthquake, with its epicentre ca. 9 kilometres south of Etne centre, had a str...

Stordalen

Wildlife
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Stein Byrkjeland Mary Losvik
When the Etne water system was protected in 1994, preservation of the cultural landscape in Stordalen Valley was a a main objective. This is a valley ...

Floteskaret

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Skånevik - moraine

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Inge Aarseth
In Skånevik there are marks left from the ice edge that advanced during the thousand-year cold spell (Younger Dryas) that marked the end of the Ice Ag...

Tungesvikstranda

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Mosnes

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Arve Tvede
The permanently-protected Mosneselva River, with its meltwater from Folgefonna, runs out into Åkra Fjord by the roadless and uninhabited Mosnes. Those...

Langfoss

Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024

Langebudalen

Plant life
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bjørn Moe

Gjerde church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén

Skånevik - Norwegian engine museum

Museums, nature conservation, cultural heritage
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Åkrafjorden

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Magnus Saltnes Ingvald Skålnes

Frette

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE FRETTE PAINTERS...

The Halsnøy Boat

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Arne Emil Christensen

Skorven

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Sydnes

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
COASTAL STONE CAIRNS AT HALSNØYA ...

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...

Undarheim

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Fet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anne Hilde Nagel

Seim

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Tveito

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
THE HAUGA HOUSE AND THE SKILBECK COLLECTION ...

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...

War grave at Novelandet

Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 02.07.2003
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Nearly 120 000 Americans lost their lives in the First World War, most of these at the front in France. One of them was Lorents Bakke from Bremanger. ...

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...

Rugsund church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Rugsund church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Hessevågen on the mainland side of Rugsund in the municipality of Bremanger. The church h...

War grave at Selje church - Ole Dagfinn Eide

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 12.05.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Both during and after the war fatal accidents happened when people inadvertently stepped on mines. At Osmundvåg, the 18-year-old Ole Dagfinn Eide died...

The Kråkenesveg road in Vågsøy

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 11.07.2006
Author: Kristin Ese
Far to the west towards the ocean lies the hamlet of Kråkenes. A cart road to this place was built in the 1940s. The road could hardly be used in the ...

Nedstryn church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Nedstryn church is a wooden longchurch on the farm of Kyrkjeeide in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 400, was conse...

Oppstryn Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Oppstryn church is a wooden longchurch situated on the farm of Fosnes in the municipality of Stryn. The church has a seating capacity of 300, and wa...

Innvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Innvik church is an octagonal wooden church situated in the village of Innvik in the municipality of Stryn. The church has a seating capacity of 350...

Olden church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Olden church is a wooden longchurch located at the farm of Brynestad in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 500, was con...

Utvik church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Utvik church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Utvik in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 350, was co...

Ljosheim chapel

Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Ljosheim chapel, built in concrete and wood, is situated on the farm of Mykløy in the valley of Oldedalen in the municipality of Stryn. The chapel has...

Nordsida church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
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Randabygd church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Randabygd church is a wooden longchurch situated a short distance up from the quay in the village of Randabygda. The church has a seating capacity o...