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The Ytterøyane lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
The Ytterøyane lighthouse, the biggest in Sunnfjord, was built in 1881, and has withstood hurricanes and airplane attacks. This lighthouse is one of...

The Stabben lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
In 1866/87, a sturdy lighthouse with a solid reinforced stone and mortar foundation was built on a slippery, rounded-off skerry in the middle of the...

The Kvannhovden lighthouse

Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
In 1895, a lighthouse was built at Kvannhovden, and it became operational on 5 November the same year. It had a common wick lamp, and only in 1932, ...

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 ...

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 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...

War memorial at Florølandet

People and Society
Krigsplass / War site Minne / Reminder
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...

The Thor Solberg statue

Monument / Monument
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
At Florø Lufthamn (Airport) there is a statue of a stocky man in his forties. The man looks towards the sky, and he is about to fulfil the dream of hi...

The county quay and the house called Haffen

Kai / Quay
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
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The canal through the strip of land called Florø-eidet

Communications
Kanal / Canal
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
Before the city of Florø was established in 1860, the trade at Florelandet was located in the bay of Gaddevågen and at Eidet. In 1872/73, a canal wa...

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

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 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 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...

Memorials for war airmen at Askvoll

People and Society
Plakett / Plaque
Published: 03.12.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On Midsummer Eve, 23 June 1943, an Allied airplane crashed on the shore near the home of Chester Saltskår at the point of Stavenes. The two Norwegian ...

The mountain farms at Lidal

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 03.12.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The isolated farm of Lidal is situated down towards the sea on the east side of the Fjærlandsfjord. A narrow and steep valley leads up to the more o...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

Memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 02.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Beside the church at Eikefjord there is a memorial stone commemorating Andreas Hesjedal who died in a terrible accident in Florø on 1 September 1945...

Menhir at Holmedal

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 02.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the summer of 1999 Harald Bakke from Holmedal rescued a menhir from ending up at the bottom of the sea. The stone had lain in the pebbles, and ...

Memorial stone at the farm of Ytre Ålen for fallen soldiers in the war 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
A short distance from the sea at the farm of Ålen in Askvoll, there is a memorial stone for three young boys who lost their lives in the war 1940-...

Memorial stone at Askvoll church for fallen soldiers 1940-1945

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
In the churchyard at Askvoll, there is a memorial stone with 16 names, - all from the municipality of Askvoll, who lost their lives during the war...

Memorial stone for the brothers Asbjørn and Vemund Melvær

Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Magnus and Marie Melvær lost their two sons during the war 1940-1945. Asbjørn, born 1908, died in captivity in Germany. Vemund, born 1922, was los...

Memorial stone for Andrias Bryn at Gudvangen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the main road at Gudvangen there is a memorial stone commemorating the seaman Andrias Bryn, born 1918. He went to sea before the Second World...

Memorial for flight sergeant Erling Julin Olsen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the churchyard at Midtgulen there is a memorial dedicated to Erling Julin Olsen. The stone was erected in 1947 by the people of Svelgen c/o "Svelge...

The runic stone at Barmen

Historisk monument / Historical monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
On the island of Barmen there is rune stone ¿south along the shore". The runes date from the elder futhark alphabet with 24 signs. The inscription has...

Memorial stone commemorating those who lost their lives during the Second World War from Selje.

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
18 persons from Selje lost their lives as a consequence of the Second World War. Many of these were seamen. The people of Selje erected the memorial...

Memorial stone at Fardal commemorating soldiers in the war years between 1807 and 1814

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
There are two memorial stones in the municipality of Sogndal commemorating soldiers who took part in the war against Sweden in the years between 1807 ...

Memorial stone commemorating Anna Cathrine Schreuder

People and Society
Gravstein / Gravestone Person / Person
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The memorial stone on the grave of Anna Cathrine Schreuder, mother of the missionary Hans Schreuder, is found at Stedje church in Sogndal. The idea to...

Monument commemorating Hans Schreuder - the apostle of the Zulu people

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The Norwegian Missionary Society was founded in 1842. Two years later, the Society sent its first missionary to Africa, Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder...

Plaque commemorating the missionary Hans Schreuder at Kjørnes

Plakett / Plaque
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Hermund Kleppa
The missionary Hans Schreuder - the apostle of the Zulu people - was born in Sogndal. In 1992, mission friends erected a memorial stone in his honour....

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...

Steigastølen mountain farm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Støl / Mountain farm
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Liv Janne Kvåle
Steigastølen, which is located straight under the Ølnesstølen mountain farm and close to Bergastølen, used to be the summer mountain farm for the farm...

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...

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...

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

People and Society
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...

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...

The pirate case at Utvær 1667

Historisk hending / Historical event
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Alf Strand
In the summer of 1666, an English privateer forced some fishermen to pilot them to Utvær, where the chapel was looted. The fishermen were tried in c...

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...

Solund emigrants go west

Historier om migrasjon
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 ...

Hardangervidda – Crossing the Uplands

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per M. Bremnes
Slepa, the ancient “drove roads” across the plateau, date back to prehistoric times. Through the centuries cattle have been driven to the markets in t...

"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...

Hordaland – a historic region

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Geir Atle Ersland
“It was on such a chilly, silver-grey morning that the Hørde folk, the Harudes of Caesar and Tacitus, must have come running in from the sea on the wi...

Demographic Growth – A Drive to Development

Themes
Utvandring / Emigration
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ståle Dyrvik
The cultural landscape or that part of it which is still green and inviting to the eye has been shaped by the farmers’ toil down through the generatio...

"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 ...

The families Landmark and Lillingston at Tysse

Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
Throughout a period of nearly two centuries the farm of Tysse was the property of the upper middle-class families of Landmark and Lillingston....

The private graveyard of Fredensborg

Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
Fredensborg is situated in a beautiful park close to a small lake, about half-an-hour's walk from the Lillingston residence. This used to be the priva...

From Dense Forest to Open Heathlands

Themes
Plante / Plant
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Mons Kvamme
The outer frame - the coast, the fjord and the mountains - are an inheritance from the country's geological history. But what, more than anything else...

The Great Landowners, Gentry and Monasteries

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ernst Berge Drange
REGIONS, ESTATES AND A GOOD MARRIAGE “The aristocracy is a gang of rough, impudent blokes. They came here to the country and make a lot of themselves...

Ryvarden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In the Islandic Landnåmabok there is a story that the explorer Floke Vilgjerdsson built a cairn “where meetest Hordaland and Rogaland” and the cairn w...

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...

Årsand

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Below a south facing, steep rock at Årsand, there is one of the strangest ancient relics in the whole of Hordaland. The jutting rock wall forms a shal...

Espevær - the Trading Post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kari Shetelig Hovland
In the sea west of Bømlo lies Espevær, half an hour’s rowing trip across the sound from Vespestadvågen. This is a well-run and well-maintained local c...

Rubbestadneset

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
THE ENGINE FACTORY AT RUBBESTADNESET...

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 ...

Mosterhamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Mosterhamn is one of the old privileged trading posts situated centrally in the shipping lane, whether the ships sailed on Langenuten, Nyeleia through...

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...

Exciting history in a closed-down school building

Skule / School
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
The closed-down school building at Holevik at Staveneset has been changed into a museum where the main theme is World War II. ...

Askvoll nursing home

Sjukehus / Hospital
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
At Ask in Askvoll municipality, the county of Sogn og Fjordane for more than 40 years provided a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients. Tuberculosi...

Memorial stone for Bernt Askevold

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 31.10.2001
Author: Hermund Kleppa
Close to the church at Askvoll there is a three-meter-high memorial stone commemorating Bernt Askevold. Into the back is carved: "Venner paa begge...

Geita lighthouse

People and Society
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
On the eastern Geita (literally: the Goat), a small island in the Buefjorden between Aralden and Værlandet, the Geita lighthouse is located. The easte...

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 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...

Askvoll during the Viking Period

Slag / Battle
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
Askvoll is centrally located on the sea lane, and in the surrounding area several sea battles were fought during the Viking Period. The Norse saga lit...

The Landscape

Themes
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...

Brandasund

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
On Gisøya Island, on the west side of Brandasund Sound, there is a very privileged trading post and traveller's Inn from the 1600s, with the North Sea...

Leirvik - The prison

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The district prison in Leirvik officially started operations in 1863. Together with the corresponding institutions in Voss and Bergen, this was Søndre...

Sagvåg

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Egil Nysæter
The pit saw on the property of the farm Valvatna, is the origin of the name Sagvåg. The sawmill is mentioned as early as 1564. The name of the place a...

Litlabø

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The first finds of pyrite at Litlabø in Stord came to light in 1864. Forty years later sulphuric ore was mined from an open mine. From 1874 to 1880 it...

Hystad - burial mounds

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
The biggest collection of prehistoric burial relics in Stord is to be found in Hystadmarka. There are still 16 burial mounds and two stone rings visib...

The Stegastein Lookout Point

Utsiktspunkt / Viewpoint
Published: 18.09.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The lookout point and the adjacent car park of Stegastein are located on the old mountain road between Aurland and Lærdal - county road 243 - has been...

Sørhuglo

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
The tax collector’s farm at Sørhuglo is one of the many farms for state employees in Hordaland. According to history, “Futastovo” was built by the tax...

Tjernagel

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
For almost three thousand years Tjernagelshaugen (the Tjernagel cairn) has lain as a landmark at the Bømlo fjord. The poet Torarin mentions the cairn ...

In Memory of Fartein Valen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ronny B. Skaar Bjarne Kortsen
“Fartein Valen is the key figure within newer Norwegian music. Not by way of being more popular than other younger composers, but because he aims at t...

Einstapevoll - the farm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Einstapevoll (from einstape: “bregne” (fern)) lies on the west side of the Tittelsnes peninsula. Up to 1831 the farm was a vicarage belonging to Stord...

Haugsbø

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The single unit farm without a road to it, Haugsbø, is situated on the east side of the Tittelsnes peninsula facing Ålfjorden. As far back as the Mid...

Borgåsen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Bjørn Myhre
In Etne there are no less than four defensive refuges. They are all situated in strategic positions, so that they have served as places of refuge and ...

Helgaberget

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
Helgaberget – the holy hill – is a little rocky crag which thrusts itself a few metres above the terraced surface of Støle. The surface of the rock is...

Sæbøtunet

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Mo
When you come into the well-tended farm steading at Sæbø just above Etne centre, you get the impression of a Sunnhordland farm from well before the ti...

Rosendal Barony

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Per Jahn Lavik Anne Grete Honerød
The Barony of Rosendal lies in the grounds of the old noble estate of Hatteberg, on the north side of the Hatteberg river, around one kilometre up fro...

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...

Skånevik - the trading post

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
There are only two buildings left of the old trading and guesthouse settlement in Skånevik. They are in the centre, close to the main road passing thr...

Kyrping

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Kjell Andresen
The trading post down by the fjord at Kyrping does not belong to the oldest group of trading posts from the 1600s and 1700s. It was only after the lib...

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...

Sunde

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Geir Røssland
In 1852 Haktor Thorsen erected two large warehouses on one of his farms in Sunde and started trading and salting herring. This was the start of an ind...

Rød

Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
In 1969 Sigurd and Margreta Dønhaug donated a collection of around 170 historical cultural objects to Kvinnherad municipality. They wanted their gift ...

The rock carvings at the point of Staveneset in Askvoll

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
On the weather-exposed Staveneset, one of the westernmost points on mainland Norway, we find ancient traces of human activities. ...

The great transformation in Stongfjorden

Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
Stongfjorden was one of the first industrial sites in Norway, and its aluminium plant was the first in Scandinavia....

Names in the Landscape

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Botolv Helleland
A tale of man and the environment...

The mines at Grimelia

Gruve / Mine
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
In June 1759, "Grimmeliens Kobberværk" was given royal privilege to run mining operations within a radius of about 20 kilometers. This included Sørd...

Trollefos Uldvarefabrik

Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Gaute Losnegård
For more than thirty years the Trollefossen waterfall on the farm of Engjabøen at Holmedal provided the woollen mill by the same name with electric ...

Helle Teglverk

Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
From the 1890s until around 1920, the old municipality of Fjaler was the most industrialized of the municipalities in the county of Sogn og Fjordane...

Vårdal teglverk

Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
From the 1890s until around 1920, the old municipality of Fjaler was the most industrialized of the municipalities in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. ...

Helle Factories

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fabrikk / Factory
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Finn Borgen Førsund
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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...

Civil Servants in Small Societies 1650 – 1850

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anne-Hilde Nagel
The white painted Rococo building on Hesthamar, the magistrate’s estate just north of Utne in Hardanger, with its steep, pointed gable roof stands out...

Årstad

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Alrekstad (later Årstad) is the birthplace of Bergen. The estate was an estate for Harald Hårfagre and several of his descendants: Eirik Blodøks, Håko...

Håkonshallen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In 1266 “brann hallin i Biorgyn” (the hall in Biorgyn burned down) the Icelandic annals recount. The building we call Håkonshallen must be one of the ...

The Rosenkrantz tower

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the Scholeus engraving (section on the right) from the 1850s the fortified king’s estate at the entrance to Vågen has become a modern Renaissance p...

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 ...

Bryggen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the 1300s Bergen was a trading centre of European dimension. The town is thought to have had around 7000 inhabitants and was the largest and most i...

Vågsbunnen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Vågsbotn was the name of the innermost part of the eastern part of town from Auta-almenning (today’s Vetrlidsalmenning), skirting the bottom of Vågen ...

Strandsiden

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
During the 1300s Strandsiden changed from a rural area with a monastery to a pulsating trading centre with boathouses, storehouses and embankment....

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...

Bergen – The Urban Community

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Bergen - our first royal residence city – has for centuries been Norway’s, and for long periods, Scandinavia’s biggest city. The historical monuments ...

The City and the Stril country

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Bjarne Fossen
The relationship between Bergen and its neighbouring districts, normally known as “Strilelandet”, has, over the centuries, given rise to greater confl...

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...

Alvøen

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Alvøen is one of the oldest industrial places in Norway. As early as the 1620s a gunpowder mill was built here. The place itself was well situated for...

Damsgård

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
As a fairytale castle Damsgård Hovedgård lies on the slope rising up from the Puddefjord. The old connection between the farm and the sea, as we see i...

Salhus

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Salhus has been a connecting point for sea travellers far back in time. The name probably derives from the Old Norse word sáluhús, “house for travell...

Lying-Down Cat or "The Little Cat Stone"

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 08.07.2026
Author: Kari Klæboe Årrestad
A beloved subject goes by many names. The beautiful cat figure on Skuteviksveien in Sandviken and Lille Markevei at Nordnes have become internet pheno...

Hufthammar

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Karl Johan Haugland
Farming in Austevoll has nearly all been in combination with fishing as the main industry. The farms in the district are therefore small, even in a we...

The hamlet of Frønningen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 23.10.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The hamlet of Frønningen is located between Revsnes and the entrance to the Aurlandsfjord in the municipality of Lærdal. The hamlet borders to Kaupang...

Krosshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Krosshamn lies in the shipping lane northeast of Hundvåkøy, near Sandtorv. The name probably derives from the fact that this is Austevoll’s harbour si...

Grødalshaug

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid
At the bottom of Vargavågen on Halhjem lies Grødalshaug, a 30 metres high rocky outcrop between the bay and a moist valley cleft. On the south side of...

The village of Fresvik

Archaeology
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The village of Fresvik is located on the southern side of the Sognefjord close to the entrance to the Aurlandsfjord. The village now belongs to the mu...

Ferstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Ferstad is well worth a visit. The farm lies on a little hillock south of Lekven: a beautiful official residence from the 1700s....

Osøyro

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The coastal settlement of Os begins to take form in the middle of the 1800s. This is when craftsmen and traders begin to settle at the river delta....

The village of Vassbygdi

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
"The people who live above this lake are called 'Vassbygder' and the parish stretches eastwards up to the road leading to the valley of Hallingdal in ...

The village of Flåm

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm

Gåssand

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The 28th November 1914 was a day to remember for the Os inhabitants. This was the day they could turn the switch on the wall and have electric light i...

Aurlandsvangen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Bygd / Village
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The place name of Aurlandsvangen comprises a large area, corresponding to the Vangen "sokn" (sub-parish). This includes the farms along the fjord from...

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...

The hamlet of Stalheim

Archaeology
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 12.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The hamlet of Stalheim consists of the farms Stalheim, Brekke, Sivle and Sivlesøy in the municipality of Voss. The hamlet can be looked upon as a gate...

Lyse Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Marit Nybø

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Published: 03.06.2025

Lysøen

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Jostein Mæland Stephan Tschudi Madsen
Lysøen, this fairytale castle with its Russian-inspired onion dome on the corner turret, stands as a reminder of the diversity of the period called Hi...

The waterfalls in the valley of Nærøydalen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
The impressive waterfalls in the innermost part of Nærøydalen - Sivlefossen and Stalheimsfossen are famous tourist attractions. They are both examples...

The Church and the Monastery

Themes
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...

The waterfalls in the Nærøyfjord

Weather and climate
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
There are as many as 25 waterfalls of various sizes along the Nærøyfjord. The waterfall called Kjelfossen is the most impressive of these, but there a...

Engevik

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik
Halfway into the Sævareidfjord lies the officer’s farm Engevik. In the beginning of the 1700s the farm was in part estate of the crown and owned by fa...

The waterfalls in Flåm and along the Aurlandsfjord

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Foss / Waterfall
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
In the valley of Flåmsdalen and along the Aurlandsfjord the landscape is dominated by a number of waterfalls. Some of them are among the most famous t...

Engevikhavn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Kåre Engevik
The guesthouse activity in Engevik in the 1700s could not have been very extensive. But a hundred years later a trading and guesthouse centre develope...

Beitelen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Fjell / Mountain
Published: 15.11.2007
Author: Trude Knutzen Knagenhjelm
Beitelen is one of the most famous landmarks in the Nærøyfjorden World Heritage area. The characteristic mountain top offers an excellent view of the ...

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...

Øpstad

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Samson L. Øpstad
The post house at Øpstad stands out in the landscape. An ochre yellow house with a loft and a white-painted house in Swiss style with ochre edgings, b...

Holsund

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke

Arnatveit

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
On the farm of Arnatveit, high up on the slope above the highway, an old smokehouse remains standing in the courtyard of the main farm property, in th...

Stend

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Garden Stend høyrde i mellomalderen til Nonneseter kloster. Etter reformasjonen var han i eiga til Vincents Lunge fram til 1680. Då overtok generaltol...

Transport and Communication

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Bård Kolltveit Erling Virkesdal Anders K. Engevik
THE FJORD STEAMER BOAT “On the quay at Bergen, there lay a boat, So beautifully polished that it shone, With fine masts and a funnel with tone...

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...

Farmers from the Fjords

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Kåre Engevik
Eitt av dei store samferdsleprosjekta på Vestlandet mot slutten av 1800-talet var opninga av Nesttun-Osbanen i 1894 – ei oppbløming av lokalhandel, tu...

From “Spearway” to National Highway

Communications
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Johannes Gjerdåker
1. “SPEARWAY (public road), tracks to the mountain pasture and cattle tracks shall remain as they were from ancient time). 2.When the spearway runs ac...

Strusshamn

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
On the south side of Askøy, just west of Bergen, lies Strusshamn. The sheltered bay is one of the best harbours in Byfjorden, on the route south. At t...

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...

Hop - Thomas Erichsens Minde

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
From the 1500s Hop was noble estate for the law speaker in Bergen and Gulen judicial districts. Several of the law speakers were of noble descent, suc...

Notaholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The fishnet shed at Notaholmen stands as a reminder of the days when people used to row out on the fjord to set their nets. On Notaholmen the nets wer...

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

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...

Church Art – a Message in Pictures

Themes
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Henrik von Achen
In the still and dim church interiors of the Middle Ages the performances of belief came to life in the gleam from the wax candles. Here the essential...

The burial mounds at Ytre Moa

Archaeology
Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
In addition to six house sites, 20 burial mounds and a menhir (memorial stone) are located on the Moa terrace. Some of the burial mounds are found in ...

The Women in Farmhouse Life

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Eldbjørg Fossgard Ågot Gammersvik
Kvinnene hadde ein sentral plass i det gamle bondesamfunnet. Fiskarbonden på kysten og langs fjordane var ofte ei kvinne, og i mangesysleriet på garda...

The Warp-Weighted Loom - A thousand year tradition in weaving

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ivar Skre
The art of spinning, the art of weaving and the art of dyeing wool is knowledge which has been an important resource in the natural household for seve...

Ytre Moa – Life in and among the houses

Historisk plass / Historical site
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
A rich selection of objects has been found at Ytre Moa, both meant for ornaments and ordinary use. The objects tell us something about the life and wo...

Textile tools and textile production

Verktøy / Tool
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
There is a relatively high occurrence of textile tools in the finds at Ytre Moa. With our knowledge of grazing conditions, finds of tools for gatherin...

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 ...

Kitchen utensils and cooking

Kjøkkenutstyr / Kitchen accessory
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
At Ytre Moa kitchen utensils and cooking equipment make up an interesting category of objects. Each utensil as well as the objects seen as a whole can...

Jewellery and personal objects

Tilbehøyr / Accessory
Published: 24.01.2008
Author: Kari Larsen
Few but various types of jewellery and personal objects have been found at Ytre Moa. These objects demonstrate that the people who lived at Ytre Moa p...

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...

Folk Music and the Hardanger Fiddle

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Jostein Mæland
It is in Hordaland County that we find the oldest traces of a folk music stemming from our national instrument, the Hardanger fiddle. And it is still ...

The Norwegian Language Movement and the Two High Cultures

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Wigdis Jorunn Espeland
The year 1849 was the breakthrough year for the National Romantic movement in Norway. It was in that year that Ole Bull, the renowned fiddler brought ...

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...

Langøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
Up to 1842 it was necessary to have a royal letter of privilege in order to carry out trade. According to the law only city dwellers were allowed to o...

Landro

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Ågot Gammersvik
Landro has been the largest estate on Sotra, including 15 farms with reasonable conditions for agriculture. Their boathouses have had an excellent har...

Høybøen

Archaeology
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Kjersti Randers Sigrid H.H. Kaland
In connection with the planned developments in the oil sector at Vindenes around 1980, excavations were carried out under the auspices of Bergen Histo...

The School

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Asbjørn Tveiten
The little white painted school house, the village school, often set between knolls and little woods in the outer fields, placed as centrally as possi...

Local Dialects in Hordaland

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Helge Sandøy
Language tells us both about social distance and human contact in many different ways. The dialects show how people who have had connections and deali...

The Literary Landscape

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Idar Stegane
Naturopplevinga hjå lyrikarane våre gjev ofte vår eiga landskapsoppleving ein djupare resonnans-botn, men styrken i naturens krefter kjem også fram, ...

The Artist and his Experience of Nature

Dialects and arts
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Gunnar Danbolt
På ferd mot vest over Hardangervidda opplever vi det dramatiske panoramaet når vidda går over i djupe bergkløfter og høge fossefall – eit utsyn som ha...

The Tourists, the Landscape and the Fantasy Hotels

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Randi Bårtvedt Axel Mykleby
Tourist travel in western Norway experienced its great breakthrough with the regular scheduled steamship traffic....

A True Gold Mine

Industry, Energy and Natural Resources
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Kolle
THE GREAT HERRING ADVENTURE FROM THE 19TH CENTURY In that year the adventure started at Christmas time. The scene is a rural district on the fjord in...

Trading Posts And Guest Houses

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Jan Henrik Munksgaard
“A NECESSITY FOR THE COMMON MAND AND THE TRAVELLER” On the way to the west Today a motorist in Bergen has many choices. The roads lead north, south...

The Urban Settlements

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Anders Haaland
The development of urban settlements after 1850 is a historic process of great significance for the cultural landscape. Besides the great land reforms...

Brattholmen

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The old guesthouse location in Brattholmen on the east side of Litlesotra, was probably established in the first half of the 1700s. A list from 1748 m...

Vernacular Architecture and the Landscape

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
”It is strange what expensive dwelling houses are being erected many places in the villages now.  Supposedly people think that they can do good b...

Ramsøy

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Svein Indrelid Nils Georg Brekke
“At thick of night a thundering knock on the door; the man in the house wakes up, jumps out and demands: Who cries? Yes, now you must out, the beacon ...

Herdla farm

People and Society
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Anders Bjarne Fossen
Numerous finds show that the settlement at Herdla goes back to prehistoric times, and the large estate at Herdla has enjoyed a central place in the na...

Bukken

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden
In Christian IV’s diary from Norgesreisa (trip to Norway) in 1599, we find the reference or anecdote that is the origin of the name Bukken. A Dutch fu...

Herdlevær

Settlements, Villages, Towns
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Ronny B. Skaar
Herdlevær lies on one of the small islands west of Hjeltefjorden, facing the North Sea and the big ocean. Today you may arrive there by car. The numer...