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Kjerland

26.05.2018 - 11:40

On the farms Kjerland and Røynstrond, east of the river that flows into the fjord, we find many decorative painters who belong to the so-called sòlekistemålarane in Hardanger: Knut and Mikkjel Røynstrand and Johannes Jonsson Kjærland.

Fartein Valen’s house, Valevåg.

In Memory of Fartein Valen

29.03.2018 - 22:55

“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 things higher, which he is fully confident of being able to reach since he commands all techniques. But there is a price to pay for reaching above the ordinary, and there is a price to pay for demanding more than the ordinary from the listeners. This is something Valen has experienced”.

Ålmerket

29.03.2018 - 22:59

The chest from Sekse, painted by Gunnar Årekol in 1813.

Årekol

27.05.2018 - 15:30

Rosemåling

Frette

06.03.2019 - 15:48

Kyrkjegard, Leirvåg

Leirvåg

06.05.2019 - 10:23