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Section from a sea map from the Danish Sea Map Archive from 1798, drawn by Poul Løvernørn.

Fitjarøyane

18.06.2018 - 20:30

If we study the group of islands south of Selbjørns Fjord from the air or on a sea map, we will notice that many of the islands are elongated and lie systematically in rows. The islands are divided by long sounds, for example Trollosen, Nuleia and Hjelmosen, which are oriented in a south-southeast to north-northwesterly direction.

Strandflat and scree by land

Landa

19.06.2018 - 16:06

Huglo

Huglo

19.06.2018 - 16:30

The majority of Huglo is bare rock. A bit of dwarf pine forest is the only vegetation able to put down roots. Along the west- and east sides, to the contrary, the landscape is unusually green and lush. The reason lies both in the bedrock and in the ice that covered the area 12 000 years ago.

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

Bordalsgjelet

Bordalsgjelet

13.01.2019 - 13:52

Deep down between the stone polished phyllite bedrock in Bordalsgjelet canyon, there is a cascading river. In close cooperation with hard polishing stones, the water has carved into the bedrock for thousands of years - and is still doing so today.

Bømoen toward the north.

Bømoen

12.01.2019 - 16:32

Jordalsgjelet

Jordalen

13.01.2019 - 17:22

During the last ice ages, parts of the Voss river system were stolen and sent down Nærøydalen valley to Nærøy Fjord (Nærøyfjorden). Before this big river theft all of the rivers ran all the way from their sources in the mountains near the innermost part of the Sognefjord further southwards towards Voss. Evidence of the theft is still clearly visible in the terrain.

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.

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