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![«Hesthammer»](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/artikkel/admin/kvh_61-1lol.jpg?itok=oKXT_1Lz)
Civil Servants in Small Societies 1650 – 1850
![The captain's farm at Fet in Uskedalen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_195-1.jpg?itok=7AcmSR3a)
![Gildrehola](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/awfawf.jpg?itok=2AAfbxlk)
![Stained glass painting in “Målabuo”.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_199.2x.jpg?itok=QjuFUhzb)
![Halsnøy](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_15.jpg?itok=mn2F8JKB)
Halsnøy
Hadde ikkje Hardangerfjordbreen mot slutten av istida rykt fram over fjordbotnen, ville Halsnøy ikkje eksistert som éi øy, men som mange småøyar. Breen skuva framfor seg så mykje leire frå havbotnen at Brattåsen, Toftåsen, Landåsen og Svartaberg vart samla i eitt landområde.
![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.
![Kvinnherad Church](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_198_x.jpg?itok=yh2bEzjf)
Kvinnherad Church
The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of being present in a historic landscape as you come around Nes and face the well-kept houses at the Skåla farm. The church at Skåla is one of four “fjordungskirker” (one of four main district churches) and this farm was the centre of this coastal administration district.
![Langhaugane, Ulvanosa in the background.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_38.jpg?itok=bdNUBUC5)
![Skorpo (Svein Nord)](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvi_49.jpg?itok=i4VQIqsW)
Skorpo
Skorpo - Polished by glaciers and meltwater
![Chest from Huglo, painted in 1820 by Gunder Gundersen Handeland](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_193-1.jpg?itok=lDn-kBR3)