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The Fjord - a blue lung
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Herman G. Gade
The West Coast of Norway, with its deep fjords that carve far into the high mountains, is one of the most characteristic and - many would say - beauti...
Last Ice Age
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Jan Mangerud
The continental glacier that covered Hordaland was like a great power that had decisive influence over our natural history. The glaciers which at the ...
Earth and stone
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
"Humus" is a word with great meaning. It is the soil we live from, in addition to the resources we get from the ocean. This layer of earth - sometimes...
Glaciers
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Atle Nesje
Svein Olaf Dahl
Arve Tvede
Jostein Bakke
Two of Norway's - and mainland Europe's - largest glaciers, in addition to a number of smaller glaciers, lie in Hordaland. This eternal ice is easily ...
Urnes stave church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Urnes stave church is considered to be the queen of stave churches, and is one of the four Norwegian cultural heritage sites to be found worthy of bei...
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 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...
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...
Lavik
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Karl Egil Johansen
THE LAYMAN CHIEFTAINS FROM LAVIK...
Hausberget
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
The Landscape
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Johan Naterstad
If you have passed Fossli on your way eastwards, where the Vøringsfossen waterfall plummets down the ravine carved by the Ice Age, a little further ah...
Vilnes church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Vilnes church is a longchurch built of logs located at Vilnes on the southern tip of the island of Atløy in the municipality of Askvoll. The church wa...
Askvoll church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Askvoll church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Askvoll. The church has a seating capacity of 425, and it was consecrated on 13 Decemb...
Bulandet 'bedehus' chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Bulandet "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood, located on the point of Kjempeneset on the island of Musøya in the municipality of A...
The Kinna church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of Sunnfjord, ...
Florø Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Florø church is a so-called longchurch built in wood in the centre of Florø city. The church, which has a seating capacity of 650, was consecrated o...
Eikefjord church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Eikefjord church is a cruciform church built in wood located in the village of Eikefjord in the municipality of Flora. The church - with 350 seats - w...
Nordal church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Nordal church is a wooden longchurch located on the farm of Nordalen far to the north-east in the municipality of Flora. The church, which can seat ...
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...
The old church yard at Grotle
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
In the year of culture 1997, the people of Bremanger decided that the old churchyard at Grotle should be the memorabilia of the county. The church of ...
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...
Kapellneset - the first church site on the island of Vågsøya
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
The first church building on Vågsøy, a chapel church, was built in 1580 on a point south of Raudeberg. This point was later called "Kapellneset". This...
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...
Nord-Vågsøy church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 19.02.2001
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Nord-Vågsøy kyrkje is a longchurch built in concrete in the village of Raudeberg in the municipality of Vågsøy. The church, with a seating capacity of...
Sør-Vågsøy church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 19.02.2001
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Sør-Vågsøy church is a wooden longchurch located in the municipal centre of Måløy in the municipality of Vågsøy. The church, with a seating capacity o...
Totland church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 21.02.2001
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Totland church is a wooden longchurch at Indre Totland, in the far eastern part of the municipality of Vågsøy. The church, which can seat 250, was con...
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...
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 ...
Askrova "bedehus" chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 14.12.2000
Author:
Harald J. Stavang
Askrova "bedehus" chapel was consecrated by bishop Ragnvald Indrebø on 14 April, 1957. However, the planning was started much earlier, actually as far...
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...
Mariakirken
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Apart from the king’s estate at Holmen, Håkonshallen and the lower floors of the Rosenkrantz tower, the three parish churches in the centre of Bergen ...
Fana church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Frederik Konow Lund
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
In the Middle Ages the stone church in Fana was a place for pilgrimage, containing a miraculous silver crucifix that could heal the sick. A hill to th...
Lyse Monastery
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Marit Nybø
The Church and the Monastery
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Hans Emil Lidén
THE MOVING FORCE IN LOCAL SOCIETY “I recall the church’s exterior, the black tar-clad timber walls with the black pan tiles; I remember it made a glo...
Holdhus church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Anne Marta Hoff
The old church at Holdhus is one of the oldest timbered churches left in the west of Norway. The new church at Eide, built in 1889, replaced the churc...
Vangen church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Vangen church is a longchurch built of stone at Aurlandsvangen. The church, in an early Gothic style, is probably built in two turns in the 13th centu...
Flåm church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Flåm church is a wooden longchurch from 1670. The church has a seating capacity of 160 and was built by the master builder Magne Essen. This church...
Undredal church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Undredal church is a stave church from the mid-12th century. The church, with a seating capacity of only 40, has since the early 18th century been cla...
Bakka church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Bakka church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, located in the hamlet of Bakka in the Nærøyfjord. The church, with a seating capacity of 200, was...
The graveyard in the valley of Aurdalen
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Ingvar Vikesland
The high farm of Østerbø in the valley of Aurdalen got its own graveyard in 1858. It was used until 1911, when the last person was buried there. Peopl...
Vangskyrkja
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidé
Vangskyrkja (Vangen church) is the largest of the medieval churches in Hordaland; one of the four “fjordung” churches in the county. A royal letter fr...
The Wooden Calendar - Tradition and popular belief
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Brynjulf Alver
The old Norwegian farmers’ calendar, the wooden calendar staff, follows the Norse system of reckoning time, and divides the year into a summer half, a...
The Chapel and the Layman’s Movement
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Karl Egil Johansen
Den kristelege lekmannsrørsla, den frilynde norskdomsrørsla og den politiske sosialradikalismen er ideologiske motpolar, men kulturelt og politisk er ...
Møvik
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Tore Lande Moe
In the winter of 1849 the impoverished Fjell municipality was forced to put money into new burial places at Møvik and Bildøydalen, because of the ragi...
Ådland
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Ådland, innermost in the Samnanger Fjord is an old church centre and transport centre; a nodal point in the transport from sea to land. The white pain...
Lyse chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
The small white-painted chapel with the red brick tiled roof just south of the monastery ruins at Lyse was built in 1663 as a local chapel for the mon...
Landa
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
STRANDFLAT AND SCREE BY LAND...
Botnavatnet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
BOTNAVATNET - A RESULTOF EFFECTIVE GLACIER WORK ...
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, ...
Herdla Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Liden
A letter from the Pope Eugenius 3 in 1146 mentions St. Nikolaus church at Herdla. This church belonged under Munkeliv monastery, which was founded in ...
Stavang Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.12.2002
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Stavang church is a longchurch in brick at Stavang in the municipality of Flora. The church, with a seating capacity of 312, was consecrated on 16 J...
Batalden "bedehus" chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 05.12.2002
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Batalden "bedehus" chapel is an extended "bedehus" built in wood on the island of Fanøya in the municipality of Flora. The "bedehus" chapel, which has...
Stongfjorden 'bedehus' chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 11.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Stongfjorden "bedehus" chapel is a rebuilt "bedehus" built in wood. It is situated in the village of Stongfjorden in the municipality of Askvoll. The ...
Værlandet "bedehus" chapel
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 11.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
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Bremanger church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Bremanger church is a longchurch built in wood and located at Hauge, in the innermost part of the bay of Bremangerpollen in the municipality of Brem...
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...
Frøya church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Frøya church is a wooden longchurch located at Frøyalandet in the municipality of Bremanger. The church - with a seating capacity of 400 - was conse...
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...
Møshovd
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Gjønavatnet and Kikedalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
Peter Emil Kaland
Precipitous cliffs tower over a thousand metres straight up into the air in wild and narrow Kikedalen at the end of Lake Gjønavatnet. Even in mid-summ...
Skjelbreid
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
On the east side of Lake Skjelbreidvatnet, clearly visible along the road from Eikelandsosen, we notice a farm on a terrace above a grassy hill. The h...
Vinnesleira
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Anders Lundberg
Stein Byrkjeland
Bays that are shallow far out into the sea, with fine sand and clay, are rare in Hordaland. Where they are found, the reason is usually that the edge ...
Holmedal church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 03.09.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Holmedal church is a wooden longchurch in the village of Holmedal in the municipality of Askvoll. The church seats 432 and was consecrated on 24 Novem...
Førde church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Førde church is a basilica church in wood located on the farm Skei in the centre of Førde. It has 600 seats and was consecrated on 1 October, 1885 b...
Haukedalen church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Haukedalen church is a basilica church in wood located at the farm of Gjerland in Haukedalen in Førde Municipality. The church, which accommodates 1...
Holsen church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Holsen church is a basilica church in wood located at Holsen in the municipality of Førde. The church, which accommodates 200 people, was consecrate...
Lona
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
One does not need much imaginationto see that where the river bends down in Røssebotnen, there has once been a lake. The landscape tells this - more c...
Ulvensletta
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Stein Bondevik
Os valley
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Eikelandsosen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
"So many and such big potholes as are found at Eikelandsosen, we don't see other places in western Norway, and as beautifully polished as the mountain...
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...
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 ...
Fjell river network
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Geir H.Johnsen
There are many river networks out by the coast and they tend to be small and unassuming. The farmer has relied upon the watercourses to run his mill a...
Haganes
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
The gneiss landscape west and north of Bergen viewed in profile can remind us of a saw blade of the kind that has long, slanted sides that get broken ...
Blomvågen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Jan Mangerud
"One of the big scientific sensations", was the title in the Bergens Times newspaper on the 22nd of November, 1941. It was the geologist Isal Undås wh...
Fossen Bratte
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The steep drop by Fossen cliff has been the biggest challenge for those who wished to make a road over Kvamskogen through the years. Leave the car by ...
Herdla – glacial deposits
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Haakon Fossen
The shift in the landscape is striking between the barren craggy moors north on Askøy and the green fields of Herdla, which has the county's biggest f...
The altarpiece in Førde church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkjekunst / Church art
Måleri / Painting
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Quite a few people have become interested in the altarpiece in Førde church once they have seen it. It is unique, rich in motif, fine in the carving...
Korskirken
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
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...
Domkirken
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Klosteret
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
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...
Fantoft Stave Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
When a new church was to be built at Fortun in Sogn in 1883, the old stave church was in danger of being demolished. During the years after J.C.Dahl t...
Kyrkjebyrkjeland
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Osa
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Espen Eide
At the bottom of the Osa fjord there is a cultural landscape marked by great contrasts; the wide terraces and the river delta at the fjord contrast wi...
Storegraven
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centra...
Botnen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Fyksesundet and Botnagrenda present a fine experience of the landscape and cultural history; a geographically isolated local settlement with extensive...
Hamre Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
Hamre Church has, by all accounts been one of the four main churches in Horda County in the Middle Ages. Hamre was a main church for the whole of Hord...
Hosanger church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
On Christmas Day 1795, at 5 a.m., the lightning struck the church in Hosanger. After three hours, the timbered church from the 1600s, which had replac...
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...
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 ...
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 Valen Fault
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
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...
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...
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...
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
Gjerde church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
Røldal
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
Harald Jordal
The stave church in Røldal was one of the key pilgrimage churches in West Norway. The church was probably built between 1250 and 1350, and in the high...
Eidfjord church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Anne Marta Hoff
The old stone church at Eidfjord has an open position on the terrace at Lægreid. In a diploma from 1310 it transpires that Torgeir on Sponheim donated...
The West Country
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Knut Fægri
Hordaland er en scene for naturens mange vekslinger – i topografi, berggrunn, vegetasjon og dyreliv, gjennom klimaperioder og årstider. ...
Åsane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Most associate Åsane with ridges, naturally enough (the Norwegian word for "ridge" is "Ås"). A lesser noticed trait in the landscape are the unusual f...
Kinsarvik church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Peter Helland-Hansen
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
By all accounts the church in Kinsarvik must have been one of the four main churches in the old Horda County. The stone church standing today was rest...
Ullensvang church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Ullensvang church, situated beside the vicarage, in idyllic surroundings on the headland just inside Lofthus municipality, is mentioned for the first ...
Vidden
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bjørn Moe
Tokagjelet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Nils Georg Brekke
There is a sharp transition between the wide valley at Kvamskogen and the narrow Tokagjelet. The transition is no less dramatic when we come out of th...
Steinsdalsfossen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
William Helland-Hansen
Inge Aarseth
Øvsthusfossen, or Steinsdalsfossen waterfall, as it is called today, attracts tourists by the thousands, and always has done as long as there have bee...
Fyksesundet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
"GIANT FEMALE TROLL" ...
Fykse
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
LANDSLIDE AT FYKSE ...
Hereiane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Bjørn Moe
At Hereiane on warm summer days one you can walk barefoot up the hill from the fjord all the way up to 400 metres elevation. The naked, furrowed bedro...
Folgefonna
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Endre Skaar
Inge Aarseth
Stein Byrkjeland
The glacier is not only white – it is full of colour. The colours have several sources: glacial flour, desert dust, or living algae. And the light ref...
Haugsdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Stein Byrkjeland
Early in the 1900s there were much larger salt water deltas in Hordaland. But, essentially all of the larger river deltas got filled in and regulated ...
Dyrdal
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
If you journey along Austfjorden, you at the same time turn the pages of time back through Ice Age history. The landforms show how the landscape has d...
War grave at Grotle churchyard - seaman Arthur Hauge
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Person / Person
Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 07.01.2004
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
The former municipality of Bremanger had 13 war victims from the Second World War. Most of these were lost at sea. Only three got a grave at their hom...
Storavatnet - shoreline
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The regulation of Lake Storavatnet has created a rare geological phenomenon: When Herlandsfossen power station taps the reservoir during the spring an...
Mostraumen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Until 1743 the people from Modal had to wait for a flood in MOSTRAUMEN before they could draw their boats up the river current, and then row back acro...
Nedre Helland - skred
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Many still remember when the avalanche struck Nedre Helland, on the 14th of August, 1953 14:30 o'clock. All of the buildings at one of the farms and t...
Steinslandsvatnet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
SNOW AVALANCHE FANS AND DEPRESSIONS ...
Eksingedalen - landscape
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Eksingedalen alternates between wide, flat flood plains with good farmland, and narrow passages with waterfalls where the roads cling to the mountains...
Skjervet - river theft
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
At the end of the last ice age the ice flowed out of Hardanger fjord in such a fury that it forced the meltwater from Voss to run back uphill toward G...
Mundheim
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bjørn Moe
At Mundheim there is a dangerous stretch of the highway. The mountainside has given way several times in this area. Typically, it happens in the sprin...
Vesoldo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Bjørn Moe
Folds are to be found everywhere in the remains of the Caledonian mountain chain. Some were formed during the collision with Greenland, others stem fr...
Rindarne moraine
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
MORAINE RIDGES The Rindarne moraine is visible from the right stretch of road in Eikedalen, toward Kvamskogen. Northeast of Lake Eikedalstvatnet it s...
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...
Davik church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Davik church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Davik in the municipality of Bremanger. The church, with a seating capacity of 500, was ...
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...
Vardetangen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
WESTERN CAPE ...
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...
Opedal
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
FRUIT-GROWING ON FLOOD DEPOSITS The old road through Opedal and Helland in Lofthus gives a beautiful introduction to the Fruit Kingdom, both when in ...
Hårteigen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Hårteigen, «the grey signpost», as the name suggests, is a landmark for mountain hikers on the western plateau. The piece of mountain is also a monume...
Buardalen Valley
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Atle Nesje
Bjørn Moe
Buarbreen glacier was one of the first destinations during the period of increasing tourism in Odda in the 1800s. Foreigners came by the thousands, mo...
Opo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
OPO – THE RIVER THAT DOESN'T CARVE DEEPER River Opo in Odda has a fall of 88 metres over the two kilometres from Lake Sandvinvatnet to Sørfjorden. Th...
Låtefossen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Låtefossen waterfall, or more correctly, waterfalls, plunge 165 metres down the mountainside, 51 of them in free fall - to the enchantment of the many...
Grytøyrelva
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
A WELL-ACCOMMODATED RIVER...
Valldalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Arvid Odland
Kåre Utaaker
Valldalen or Valdalen, the name that the locals used in past times, had been a permanent settlement for a long time, and later the biggest mountain-fa...
Hæreid - geology
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Olaf Dahl
The Eidfjord terrace is a gigantic ridge that reaches up more than one hundred metres from the city centre in Eidfjord. It serves as a powerful natura...
Tussafoten
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Skytjedalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
War grave at the Frøya church - seaman Dagfinn Frøyen
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Person / Person
Gravstein / Gravestone
Published: 04.05.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Dagfinn Frøyen escaped to England and served in the merchant marine. While working as a seaman on SS Balduin, he fell ill and died in the spring of 19...
Måbødalen - geology
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The old pack road had 1500 steps, where cars today gas through the mountain. The time of this hard work is over, and of getting used to the steep terr...
Vøringsfossen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
William Helland-Hansen
The official height of Vøringsfossen is 182 metres. A long time before modern measuring methods were invented, natural historians and other curious pe...
Dalsøyra "bedehus"
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 02.06.2006
Author:
Olav Molde
The layment movement was very strong around 1900. Laymen preachers from various Christian organizations travelled around in the villages, holding meet...
Jordalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
During the last ice ages, parts of the Voss river system were stolen and sent down Nærøydalen valley to Nærøy Fjord (Nærøyfjorden). Before this big ri...
Bømoen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Bordalsgjelet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing st...
Rekvesøyane
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Bjørn Moe
Stein Byrkjeland
The sediment that was deposited from the river Dyrvo has created the fan-shaped delta Rekvesøyane. The bit of land farthest out toward the water gets ...
The Vosso river network
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Arve Tvede
The Vosso is Hordaland's main artery, she has never run more richly than in our times, and no other river in western Norway carries so much water. The...
Teigdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Nils Georg Brekke
It is not surprising that there are several folk tales connected to the large and unusual scree deposit that is found at Langeland, uppermost in Teigd...
Ulvik-village
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The ice cap that covered the land during each of the 40 past ice ages over the past 2 million years of Earth's history pressed down the crust of the e...
Rallarvegen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Haakon Fossen
Inge Aarseth
They rest there, all as one, the silent witnesses of Western Norway's saga of creation: Precambrian basement, phyllite and thrust sheet. In the end ca...
Jomfrunuten
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Svein Olaf Dahl
Atle Nesje
Freezing and thawing are processes that influence plant cover, move enormous blocks, stretche long mounds of earth, break open bedrock and create patt...
Fruo
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
At Fruo, nature has built its own little "Chinese wall ". Some kilometers south of the Vøringsfossen waterfall, there are a number of moraine ridges, ...
Nordstranda "bedehus" chapel at Stadlandet
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Bedehus / Chapel
Published: 22.05.2005
Author:
Laura Marie Fure
In 2003, the Nordstranda "bedehus" chapel at Stadlandet could celebrate its centenary. This chapel has throughout the years been well known and much u...
Langavassfjellet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
ESKERS ...
The churchyard at Svanøy
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 24.06.2005
Author:
Hermund Kleppa
Borgund stave church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Borgund stave church is situated in the village of Borgund in the municipality of Lærdal. The church is said to be built about 1150, and is consider...
Norum church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Norum church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type) made of wood and located on the area belonging to the farm Ylmeim in the municipality of Sognda...
Mo
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
The farms in Modalen are situated on old, fertile sediment beds from the river or the sea – between Mofjorden and Steinslandvatnet. As far back as the...
Ulvik church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Hans Emil Lidén
CROSS CHURCH AND STAVE CHURCH...
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...
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...
Hopperstad stave church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Arne Inge Sæbø
Hopperstad stave church in Vik was built in the latter half of the 12th century. In order to save the church from demolition, the Society for the Pres...
Stedje church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Stedje church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type), built of wood and located at "Øvre Stedje" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church has a s...
Fjærland church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Fjærland church is a so-called longchurch built of wood situated on the farm of "nedre Mundal" in the municipality of Sogndal. The church was built in...
Hallaråker
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
John-Inge Svendsen
RAISED BEACHES BY HALLARÅKER-SØNSTABØ ...
Romarheimsdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
Toska
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Anders Lundberg
Stein Byrkjeland
The peat bogs on Toska have been mined for peat since 1946, when the island got electricity. In this treeless coastal landscape, peat was the most imp...
Bygda Dyrdal
Landscape
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 01.10.2007
Author:
Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
A small greenstone (greenschist) axe from the Stone Age may be an indication that there has been a settlement since prehistoric times in the village o...
Ervik church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 05.09.2002
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Ervik church is a longchurch built in brick and concrete, located in the bay of Ervika, far to the west at Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje....
Isdalen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
The valley on the inside of the Svartediks dam, a five minutes' bus ride from Bergen centre, is often referred to by Bergen folk as Isdalen ("Ice Vall...
Kaupanger Stave Church
Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Margrethe Henden Aaraas
Sigurd Vengen
Anders Gjerde
Kaupanger church is a stave church from about 1190. It is located on the grounds of Kaupanger Manor. The church has a seating capacity of 125, and it ...
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