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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 ...
Hausberget
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
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...
The fishing village of Rognaldsvåg
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Trond Strømgren
Rognaldsvåg is the main village on the island of Reksta, in the westernmost part of the municipality of Flora. The settlement on Reksta probably goe...
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...
"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, ...
Verftet
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Today the name “Verftet” is linked to both a district and conglomeration of buildings lying protected by Fredriksberg castle. The original shipyard wa...
Sandviken
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Per Jahn Lavik
Trygve Fett
Close to the tunnel opening at Amalie Skrams vei in Ssandviken, there is a cultural monument of European dimensions; a rope making works that produced...
Sailing Sloops and Boat Building
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Kolle
Marine activities expanded greatly throughout the 19th century, and provided a livelihood for many people. Fishing and shipping were probably the subs...
Holsund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Berge
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Olav Tveiten
Down by the fjord on the farm Berge in Tørvikbygd, is Stekkavika – a sheltered eastward facing harbour, protected against the fjord by headlands and r...
Herand - Tveiti sawmill
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Sverre Haugen
Amund Tveiten
Tveiti sawmill in Herand is probably the last water-powered sash-saw in the country that has been in regular operation up to our time. There has been ...
Vernacular arts and crafts
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
“Stay in the Peace of the Lord from the evil Eye of Envy as the Envied Earth will not let itself be ploughed. Here I eat my bread here I fear my ...
The Wooden Boat
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Arne Emil Christensen
Craftsmanship through two thousand years ...
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 ...
Liarbø
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Arne Tislavoll
Ivar Skre
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 ...
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...
Fjøsanger road
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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...
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...
Skålafjøro
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
THE SHIPYARD AT SKÅLAFJØRO...
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
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...
Staup
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Aslak T. Helleve
The farm STAUP lies on a shelf in the terrain above Løno. From the highway E16 it is possible to glimpse the houses through the trees. The farm is wit...
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...
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...
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...
Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing - big fisheries in the 1950s
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
In the course of the 1950s, tuna fishing became big fisheries, which in the summer season employed a great many fishermen and vessels from Solund. The...
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...
Vardetangen
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
WESTERN CAPE ...
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
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...
Fishing ground bearings - the key to the harvest of the sea
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Hans H. Steinsund
Most of the fishing ground bearings (called ¿méd" in Norwegian) are today forgotten. But once, having good fishing bearings for oneself could be compa...
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...
Strandebarm
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Atle Ove Martinussen
BOAT-BUILDING IN STRANDEBARM Doing work in addition to farming has long traditions in Strandebarm, and work connected to various craft activities has...
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, ...
Langavassfjellet
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Inge Aarseth
ESKERS ...
Mjøsvågen
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Randi Andersen
Around Mjøsvågen here is still a compact marine use area. Some of the buildings are common boathouses, but most of them also house small enterprises ...
Brekkhus
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Johannes Gjerdåker
BREKKHUS IN TEIGDALEN – A CRAFT CENTRE...
Gjernes
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Ole Didrik Lærum
MAGNUS DAGESTAD ...
Nedre Folkedal
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
For many years the Folkedal scythe had a good reputation. Immediately above the highway through Folkedal there is a long brick building, on the inner ...
Hallaråker
Landscape
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
John-Inge Svendsen
RAISED BEACHES BY HALLARÅKER-SØNSTABØ ...
Odland
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author:
Nils Georg Brekke
Edvin Odland
Johs. Fosse
Atle Ove Martinussen
The auger smithies in Odland and Fosse were amongst those which had the largest production of augers in the period between the Wars. Martinus Fosse bu...
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...
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...
Løkeland cannery at Atløy
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 01.10.2001
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
The business was established by Sigurd Løkeland in 1922. Its principal product has been canned crab, au naturel or as paste. Until the 1960s, ca...
The cannery at Askvoll
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Sunnfjord
Fabrikk / Factory
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
When Norway Foods' cannery at Askvoll was closed down in 1992, the production of sardines had gone on for a longer time at Askvoll that at any other p...
Cannery at Sauesund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 01.10.2001
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
The production of canned crab on the Sogn og Fjordane coast was started and had the largest volumes at Askvoll. Crab fishing is also rich in this di...
Helle Factories
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
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The shirt factory at Selje
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 25.11.2002
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
"Selje Skjortefabrikk" is located in the centre of Selje. The factory was built in a village without any other industry after the Second World War. Th...
Sunnfjord Hotell
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Finn Borgen Førsund
Sunnfjord Hotell opened for business in 1968. The initiative was local, many local shareholders were behind it, and the inhabitants of Førde have al...
Vikingvang Hotel at Gudvangen
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Åsmund Ohnstad
The history of the village of Gudvangen starts about 1800. In that year the innkeeper of Arnehus at Dyrdal, Jens Knutsen Kappadal, moved to Gudvange...
Førde Hotell
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Torkjell Djupedal
Førde Hotell is today the smaller of the two hotels in Førde, but has a longer tradition. In older photos of Førde the hotel is always there, both b...
Fretheim hotel in Flåm
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Flåm is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. The main reason is the Flåm Railway which winds its way up t...
The Furesund inn
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The farm of Furesund is located on the island of Furøy just southwest of Florø. The strait itself lies between Furøy and Ausa. The water is deep wit...
The inn at Glavær
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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 inn Hellevik
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 14.02.2002
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The Hellevik farm is situated at the strait of Stongasundet just to the north of Stavang in the municipality of Flora. From the late 17th century un...
The inn at Sauesund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Losji / Accommodation
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Sauesund, like most places with an inn, is situated on a sound. The old inn is at Atløy, in the municipality of Askvoll, with a view across the narr...
The wooden clog factory at Selvågen
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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...
The trading post of Osmundsvåg
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Osmundsvåg is located on the peninsula between the strait of Ulvesundet and Sørpollen, with the waters of Sildegapet to the north. On the northernmo...
The trading post of Vågsberget
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
On the south side of the island of Vågsøy, at the entrance to the Vågsfjord we find the old trading post and inn of Vågsberget. The trading post with ...
The trading post of Bryggja
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Bygd / Village
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Bryggja is located on the northern shore of the Nordfjord, just to the east of the entrance to the fjord. The place was separated from the farm Runn...
The trading post of Steinsundholmen
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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 ...
Indrøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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...
Husøy trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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....
The trading post of Gåsvær
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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 Smørhamn
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
At the southernmost point of Bremangerlandet is the old inn of Smørhamn. The sea entrance from the west is narrow, and it is necessary to stay close t...
The trading post of Korssund
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Korssund is situated in the bay of Korssundosen, north of the Åfjord and south of the Vilnesfjord. With smaller boats it is possible to sail into the ...
The trading post of Skjerjehamn
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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 Rugsund trading post
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The old trading post of Rugsund is located in a beautiful natural setting on the eastern tip of the island of Rugsundøy. Rugsund, the strait between t...
The trading post of Kjempenes
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
Bulandet is situated on the ocean westernmost in the municipality of Askvoll, comprising ten small islands. The trading post of Kjempenes, where the...
The trading post of Måløyna
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Anders Gjerde
The shipping lane along the coast has always passed through the strait of Ulvesundet, between the island of Vågsøya and the mainland. The small island...
The master builder Anders O. Korsvold
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
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...
The road through the Flåmsdalen valley - construction road and tourist road
Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Veg / Road
Published: 07.07.1999
Author:
Kristin Ese
In 1893, the Norwegian Parliament - Stortinget - decided that the Oslo-Bergen railway line would go by way of Voss and Myrdal. The construction of the...
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