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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...

War memorial at Florølandet

Krigsplass / War site
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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

German coastal fort at Ospeneset

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In the autumn of 1941, German officers came to the point of Ospeneset on an inspection tour. Early in 1942, people in the area had to move from their ...

German coastal fort at Gottraneset

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Kjell-Ragnar Berge
In 1942, the landowner of Gottraneset had to move from his farm to Berle. The following year the Germans moved their guns from Berle out to new positi...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...