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![A silled lake at Ekse](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/vaksdal_23.jpg?itok=FFeLX3xo)
Eksingedalen- hydropower development
Water discharge at the outlet of the Ekso into Eidsfjord was halved after the big hydropower development in the mountainous area between Modalen and Eksingedalen and further southward toward Evanger in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. In an attempt to amend the changed environmental conditions in the waterway the developer built 35 small dams in the river.
![Moastølen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/vaksdal_15.jpg?itok=eKvTMzAB)
![Boatshed](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_335-3.jpg?itok=egD0W5wD)
![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.
![Avalanche - landslide accident at Kalvanes in Odda in January, 1993.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/odda_1.jpg?itok=D01BzdF_)
Kalvanes
On the 17th of January, 1993, the area between the towns of Odda and Eitrheimsneset were struck by a giant avalanche. One person was killed, and there was a lot of material damage.
![The stave church in Røldal](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/kvh_55-1.jpg?itok=s4rVLQ2e)
Røldal
The stave church in Røldal was one of the key pilgrimage churches in West Norway. The church was probably built between 1250 and 1350, and in the high Middle Ages Røldal was the most important destination for pilgrims in the country beside the Nidaros cathedral. It was the crucifix that attracted people to midnight mass on midsummer night. That was when it excreted its miraculous sweat.
![Tyssedal power station](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_397-1_obs.jpg?itok=jm_PI6LQ)
Tyssedal
Today Tyssedal appears like a classical industrial community, a picture of modern Norway from the turn of the former century until today. A/S Tyssefaldene was established in 1906, and on 1 May 1908 Tyssedal power station was put into operation. The work on the first stage of the facility was completed in a short time, with a work force of 500 men. They built water tunnels, regulation reservoirs, power station, penstocks, harbour, cableways, office buildings, houses and 6 km of power lines in the wild mountains above Odda to provide the new melting plant with power.