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![Gildrehola](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/awfawf.jpg?itok=2AAfbxlk)
![Gjuvsland (Svein Nord)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/navn.jpg?itok=npdQFont)
![Elias Fiigenschoug’s painting of Halsnøy monastery , 1656](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_192-1.jpg?itok=9VO9I-NR)
Halsnøy Monastery
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 island. Gently sloping fields lead down to the sea on both sides, in the south towards the Kloster Fjord, to the north towards the sheltered Klostervågen.
![Burial mounds from the Bronze Age at Skarvaberget, Sydnes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_193_sydnes_gravhaug_150.jpg?itok=Fyg1S_87)
![Ground up bedrock in the Valen Fault, seen under a microscope.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_31.jpg?itok=Hhx1ihCW)
![Mine hole above Kvitebergsvatnet Lake, by Atramadalen.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_52.jpg?itok=-8a1A_lh)
Ølve- Mining
All in all there are ten known copper mines and two iron mines on the Ølve peninsula. Geologically, the nine mines on Varaldsøy Island also should be figured in. The industry began at Lilledal in 1642 wth the mining of iron ore. From Jernsmauget by Dyråsen, the iron ore was sent to the iron works in eastern Norway.
![At lake Gaupåsvatnet.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/nvh_334_gaupas_koronitt_150.jpg?itok=Wq7ffNPu)
![](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/berg_12_0.jpg?itok=hv7XxFE6)
![Årstad in the 1890s](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_253-2.jpg?itok=5wIhsIRt)
Årstad
Alrekstad (later Årstad) is the birthplace of Bergen. The estate was an estate for Harald Hårfagre and several of his descendants: Eirik Blodøks, Håkon den gode og Olav Tryggvason. These first kings moved with their courts and guardsmen from estate to estate. From these estates the king ruled the country.