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![Electron Microscope Photo of cyclosporin mushroom Tolypocladium inflatum, magnified 500 times.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/eid_8.jpg?itok=KE6ao1IE)
Skiftesjøen
A microscopic mushroom from Hardangervidda has been like a “golden hen” for the Swiss company Novartis. Everywhere in the world, companies are looking for genetic material from nature that can be used for developing new medicines. Occasionally they succeed.
![Sysendammen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/eid_37.jpg?itok=ibwv5qBG)
![The lobster park in Espevær](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bomlo_39.jpg?itok=QWK2IaA7)
![Swedish Service Tree (Bjørn Moe)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/bo_37.jpg?itok=G2GW6zXE)
![The church at Moster, as drawn by Johan Meyer in 1897.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_206-2.jpg?itok=SGdrZdqC)
Moster- The old church
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 for the first church at Moster when he came there in 995. That building would have been a stave church - the church standing there today – a stone church with a nave and narrower, straight chancel – was probably founded around 1100. In 1874 a new church was built at Moster. Then the old church was bought by The Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments, which is still the owner.
![The defensive refuge at Borgåsen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh-etne-2_img_1.jpg?itok=9l2JAuTi)
Borgåsen
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 protection for central parts of the district
![Gjerde church at Etne](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_186_y.jpg?itok=6BRujecm)
![Grindheim church](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_188_yzx.jpg?itok=aRPBqArF)
Grindheim church
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 before this time.
![Støle church](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_187_stole_kyrkje_150.jpg?itok=QkdeOeRd)
Støle church
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 Skakke, the king’s representative and father of king Magnus Erlingsson, who built the church.
![Stordalen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/304/stordalen_endret_til_rgb.jpg?itok=nn6EunGo)
Stordalen
When the Etne water system was protected in 1994, preservation of the cultural landscape in Stordalen Valley was a a main objective. This is a valley with an exceptional abundance of Different types of plants and animals. In the grey alder forest in Stordalen there are more bird species than in most other places, in fact, denser than one tends to find in a tropical rainforest.