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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.

The Sivle farm, Voss

Brekke

19.06.2018 - 17:55

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.

The home of Sjur Bygd

Myrkdalen

19.06.2018 - 17:55

SJUR BYGD

Ole Bull-akademiet

19.06.2018 - 17:55

Sigbjørn Berhoft Osa and Ole Bull - Akademiet

Rekve

19.06.2018 - 17:55

Ulevn Camp around 1915.

Ulven camp

16.06.2018 - 16:03

Rosemåling

Frette

06.03.2019 - 15:48

Lysøen, Os

Lysøen

27.03.2019 - 12:54

Lysøen, this fairytale castle with its Russian-inspired onion dome on the corner turret, stands as a reminder of the diversity of the period called Historicism and a monument to a versatile artist; a key figure in the Norwegian National Romanticism.