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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Mjømna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Mjømna church is a so-called longchurch made of wood situated on the island of Mjømna, in the far western outskirts of the municipality of Gulen. Th...

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 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 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 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...

Memorial stone for - Niels Griis Alstrup Dahl

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"Bread of stone and spirit of 'Striile' (local people), Dahl forced at Eivindvik". These are the frequently quoted words by Henrik Wergeland about the...

Memorial stone at Eivindvik for bailiff Bredvik

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Augustin Bredvik (1868-1952) was bailiff in Gulen for more than 40 years. "One of the pillars of western Norway" as the newspaper Firda put it in an o...

Memorial stone for war victims at Eivindvik

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The municipality of Gulen has four memorial stones for war victims from the Second World War. One stands at Byrknesøy, one on the churchyard at Mjøm...

Memorial stone for soldier Halvard Trædal

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Halvard Benjamin Trædal from Indre Oppedal lost his life in action in Valdres on 26 April 1940. He was first buried in Valdres, but his remains were...

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...

Memorial stone for Konrad Byrknes at Mjømna church

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 10.06.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
After the mobilization on 9 April 1940, men from the whole county of Sogn og Fjordane mustered at Bømoen at Voss. From 19 April, some 2000 men were tr...

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...

Gulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Gulen church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the village of Eivindvik. With a seating capacity of 700, the church was consecrated ...

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 Rutledal

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
As early as in May 1940, the Germans came to Rutledal and built a land-based facility for launching torpedoes. Later on they started building a coasta...

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...

Brekke church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Brekke church is a longchurch built in wood, located in the village of Brekke on the Risnesfjord in the municipality of Gulen. The church has a seat...

The Wergeland monument at Verkland

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
"Forget not, you are dust! Forget not, you are more than dust!" With these words from Henrik Wergeland Dagne Groven Myhren unveiled the new memorial...

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...

"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

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...

Byrknesøy chapel

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 27.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Byrknesøy chapel was originally a "bedehus" (a lay evangelical house) located in the extreme western part of the municipality of Gulen. The chapel, ...

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...

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...

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 "Trondhjemske" postal road in Gulen

Communications
Veg / Road
Published: 26.09.2005
Author: Kristin Ese
The postal road in Gulen was formerly a part of the "Trondhjemske" postal road. In 1868, the road was no longer used as a postal road as the post was ...

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...

Memorial stone for war victims at Byrknesøy

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 14.02.2002
Author: Hermund Kleppa
By the school at Byrknesøy stands a memorial for eight men who lost their lives during the Second World War. They were all from Mjømna "sokn" (sub-p...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

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...

1905 - Gulen municipality

People and Society
Unionsoppløysing / Union resolution
Published: 29.11.2004
Author: Karianne Schmidt Vindenes
In 1905, Norway became a completely free and independent country. The union with Sweden was dissolved by the Norwegian Storting's resolution of 7 June...

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 ...

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 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 for Ivar and Andrine Svardal

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.10.2006
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the summer of 1956, the temperance people in the municipalities of Brekke and Gulen met at Rutledal. There was a special solemn atmosphere that day...

Memorial stone for Edvin Færøy

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 13.10.2006
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Edvin Færøy lost his life in action in Valdres on 20 April 1940. He was first buried in Valdres but was later moved home and buried on the churchyard ...