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Seim

19.06.2018 - 16:23

The rectory at Finnes

Finnås rectory

31.03.2018 - 20:19

Statue of Magnus Erlingsson by the Town Hall in Etne.

Støle

19.05.2018 - 20:53

High above the sea and the beach flats, on one of the wide terraces shaped by the sea and the ice, lies the farm Støle (Stødle). The Old Norse name of Studla is derived from studill “support, shelf”. As far back as Viking times Støle has been a chieftain’s farm, a good farm on the plains formed by the moraine masses.

From the old road along the Åkrafjord

Åkrafjorden

19.06.2018 - 18:46

Coat of arms, Orning

Orninggård

19.06.2018 - 16:35

Stordøens Seminarium

Stord Teacher Training College

19.09.2018 - 10:27

Onarheim

19.06.2018 - 17:45

Knute Nelson (no. 3 from right) at Kvilekvål in 1899.

Kvilekvål

19.06.2018 - 18:03

The story of Knute Nelson is like the story of Jack the Dullard. From narrow and poor conditions in his home country he worked his way up to become governor and senator in the US.

Ygre Station around 1920.

Ygre

06.06.2020 - 13:13

Ygre Station lies hidden away for highway travellers, just below the road Vossevangen-Mjølfjell. The station building at Ygre was constructed at Nesttun station in 1879-80. Almost all the stations at the Voss railway were identical. The architect was Balthazar Lange, and the type was called subsidiary station No.4. It is built in the Swiss style, as fashion of the times demanded.