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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...

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...

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...

War grave at Novelandet

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
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 composer Johannes Haarklou

Musikk / Music Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Johannes Haarklou (1847 - 1925) won for himself a prominent position in Norwegian music in the period 1880 - 1925. He was a composer, a music review...

The author Kristian Elster the Elder

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Kristian Mandrup Elster (1841-1881) was the first of four authors whose background was in the senior public official environment in Førde, and who a...

The author Ole Wilhelm Fasting

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Ole Wilhelm Fasting (1852-1915) was a vicar's son from Førde. He was an engineer, and worked for many years at Bergens Tekniske Skole (school of eng...

The author Kristian Elster the Younger

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
Kristian Elster the Younger (1881-1947) had deep roots in the upper public officials circle in Førde. Evidence of this can be found in his writings....

The artist Oddvar Torsheim

Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Rolf Braadland
Oddvar Torsheim was born in 1938. He grew up in Naustdal but made Førde his home. He is known as a popular graphic artist, painter, and in later years...

Johan Schumann - sheep farmer at Hovden

Person / Person
Published: 27.09.1999
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On a crag on the island of Hovden to the west of Florø stands a three-metre-high stone in commemoration of Johan Schumann. The memorial stone was e...

Anna Karina Stang

Musikk / Music Musikkverk / Musical work Person / Person
Published: 28.09.1999
Author: Liv Fridtun (1970 - )
Anna Stang (1899-1996) is a fine representative of the singing tradition in the western Sunnfjord district. Her repertoire was varied and comprised di...

Paul Berstad - local singer and folk-tune collector

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...

War grave at Nord-Vågsøy church - Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The brothers Ragnvald and Arthur Torheim lost their lives during the Second World War due to war actions. Both brothers are buried in the same grave o...

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...

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...

War graves on Shetland - captain Kristoffer Lutenthun

Person / Person Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 17.03.2006
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On 3 February 1940, the SS "Hop" left Bergen for England in ballast. The boat never got there. Three weeks later, the newspaper Firda Folkeblad had a ...

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...