Historic Norge

SFFf-1992078.0005..Description: The girl is probably Anna Øye, later married Nordang (1906-1997). The man holding her is Elling J. Øyehol (born 1841) from Heimste-Holen...Photographer: S. J. Beckett...http://ww More

SFFf-1992078.0049..Glittertind - the second highest mountain in Norway. Not counting the icecap, Glittertind reaches 2454 m above sea level. Glittertind is located within the municipality of Lom, in the Jotunhe More

SFFf-1992078.0051..Stalheim Hotel near Voss, overlooking the Nærøydalen valley in Sogn og Fjordane...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=d More

SFFf-1992078.0062..The Bondhuselva river in Sundal, Mauranger...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbf More

SFFf-1992078.0006..The Stalheimsfossen waterfall near Voss...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0006' )

SFFf-1992078.0077..Nibbedalen in the municipality of Stranda...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0077' )

SFFf-1992078.0011..Three women in national costume, "bunad", from the Hardanger region. They're photographed outside Sundal Guesthouse in Mauranger...Photographer:Unknown...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http: More

SFFf-1992078.0015..Fagernes in Valdres. Fagernes is depicted from a different angle in photo number (SFFf-1992078.0056 ( fylkesarkiv/3613848606/ ) ). ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffark More

SFFf-1992078.0022..Original caption: "'Orien Line Cruises'. Part of the Lotefos."..The Låtefossen waterfall near Odda...Photographer: P. Heywood Hadfield..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffar More

SFFf-1992078.0031..The Bondhusbreen glacier and the Bondhusvatnet lake, Hardanger...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto More

SFFf-1992078.0027..Original caption: "'Orient Line Cruises', Bergen, a courtyard in the hanseatic quarter."..Photographer: P. Heywood Hadfield..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff More

SFFf-1992078.0048..The Bondhusbreen glacier in Hardanger...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0048' )

SFFf-1992078.0073..Two horse-drawn carriages by the entrance of a short tunnel. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = More

SFFf-1992078.0016..Scenic view of Gaustatoppen, the highest mountain (1883 m above sea level) in Telemark county. To the left parts of the Rjukanbanen railway line is visible...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( h More

SFFf-1992078.0023..Bergen, view from Puddefjorden...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffot More

SFFf-1992078.0026..The Fantoft stave church in Bergen...Photogrpaher: Samuel J. Beckett...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=s More

SFFf-1992078.0070..Norangsdalen, Møre og Romsdal...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0070' )

SFFf-1992078.0042..Sundal, Mauranger in Hardanger. In the late 1800s/early 1900s a lot of tourists came to Sundal in order to visit the Bondhusbreen glacier...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarki More

SFFf-1992078.0044..Woman in national costume and bridal crown, Hardanger...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf- More

SFFf-1992078.0036..Skjervet in Granvin, Hardanger. The white building is Café Fosheim. The building was moved from Voss and rebuilt in Skjervet in 1902. It had previously been used as a hotel and a school house More

SFFf-1992078.0065..Bergen; view of the city from Fløyen...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0065' )

SFFf-1992078.0010..Hellesylt. At the time the photo was taken, (approx. 1891-1903) there were two hotels in Hellesylt , Grand Hotel and Tryggestad Hotel...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffar More

SFFf-1992078.0038..Glacier and waterfall, Norway. We have not been able to identify where this picture was taken...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&pty More

SFFf-1992078.0039..Hotel Videseter in Stryn. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0039' )

SFFf-1992078.0032..Lighthouse. Is this Stabben lighthouse near Flora?..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992 More

SFFf-1992078.0057..The Sivlefossen waterfall near Voss...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0057' )

SFFf-1992078.0069..The Espelandsfossen waterfall near, Odda, Hardanger...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-19 More

SFFf-1992078.0058..Loen, Nordfjord...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0058' )

SFFf-1992078.0063..Sailboat and steamer at sea...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0063' )

SFFf-1992078.0014..Group of tourists visiting a glacier...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0014' )

SFFf-1992078.0047..View of Skjervet...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0047' )

SFFf-1992078.0050..A group of tourists (?) having a rest/picnic at a mountain farm. We have not been able to identify where this picture was taken...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no More

SFFf-1992078.0054..This photo was probably taken at Seim, Øvre Vassenden in the municipality of Granvin. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=singl More

SFFf-1992078.0028..Bergen...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0028' )

SFFf-1992078.0060..The Skjervefossen waterfall near Granvin, Hardanger...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-19 More

SFFf-1992078.0033..Presumably a view of Norheimsund. The Hardangerfjord in the front, and the Movatnet lake in the far right...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp? More

SFFf-1992078.0020..Geiranger; the yellow building witht the red roof is the Union Hotel. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql= More

SFFf-1992078.0056..View of Fagernes in Valdres...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0056' )

SFFf-1992078.0055..Stalheim Hotel near Voss...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0055' )

SFFf-1992078.0019..Unknown location, western Norway...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0019' )

SFFf-1992078.0076..Woman in national costume posing with a spinning wheel...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf More

SFFf-1992078.0035..Railway line, Norway. We have not been able to identify where this picture was taken...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single More

SFFf-1992078.0067..In 1910 "The Viking" ran aground on the sand bank by Hotel Merok in Geiranger. The steamer was about to make a stop in Geiranger when the accident happened: Instead of reversing the crew gave More

SFFf-1992078.0008..Voss. The building in the centre of the image is Fleischer's Hotel. The hotel was built in 1889 in the then popular Swiss style. Fleischer's Hotel was popular with well-to-do tourists around More

SFFf-1992078.0037..Måbødalen in Hardanger. The road in Måbødalen was under construction for a period of several years. The final stretch of road was finished in 1916...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://htt More

SFFf-1992078.0009..Two male tourists getting their picture taken at the Møll farms, Geiranger...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto More

SFFf-1992078.0024..View from the farm Trå on the eastern side of Granvinsvatnet. The mountains in the background are Ingebjørgnuten and Oksen. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff More

SFFf-1992078.0012..Clothes washing in the creek near Hotell Gerianger...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single& More

SFFf-1992078.0071 ..The Steinsdalsfossen waterfall near Norheimsund. Steinsdalsfossen is one of the most visited waterfalls in Norway. It is possible to walk dryshod on a path behind the falling water...http:// More

SFFf-1992078.0007..Kviknes Hotel, located on the Balholm peninsula in Balestrand, Sogn...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sf More

SFFf-1992078.0046.."Murhvelvingen", the white stone building to the left, was built in 1561 as a private residence for Erik Ottesen Rosenkrantz...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sf More

SFFf-1992078.0018..Men working on a new tram line in Bergen. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0018' )

SFFf-1992078.0059..Scenic view of a bridge and mountain top, western Norway. We have not been able to identify where this picture was taken...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbas More

SFFf-1992078.0043 ..Stalheimskleiva near Voss. The buliding on the top right is Stalheim Hotel...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfo More

SFFf-1992078.0029..View of the Nærøyfjord from Gudvangen, Sogn...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0029' )

SFFf-1992078.0078.."Sketch Map: Coast of Norway. Polytechnic Touring Association. 309. Regent St.W."..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db= More

SFFf-1992078.0052..Four women travellers outside Djupvasshytta mountain lodge. The lodge is situated by the Djupvatnet lake at 1030 metres above mean sea level. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://w More

SFFf-1992078.0072..Måbø bridge in Måbødalen, Eidfjord...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0072' )

SFFf-1992078.0041..Voss...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0041' )

SFFf-1992078.0068.."Laksegilje", a fishing device designed to capture salmon. ..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = ' More

SFFf-1992078.0045..Two tourists walking on the road from Geiranger to Djupvasshytta...Photographer: Unknown...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=si More

SFFf-1992078.0040..A view of Eide (today called Granvin) in Hardanger...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-199 More

SFFf-1992078.0053..Hotel Nordangsdal was located in Fivelstadhaugen by the road between Øye and Hellesylt. The hotel was built in 1885 and received a lot of tourists in the decades before the Second World War. More

SFFf-1992078.0064.."Suldalsporten", view of the Suldalsvatnet lake...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sql=sfffoto = 'SFFf-1992078.0064' )

SFFf-1992078.0034.."'Orient Line Cruises' Bergen. 138.".The Store Lungegårdsvann lake in Bergen...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfo More

SFFf-1992078.0021..Original caption: "Gudvangen, Naerö Nereim fjord"...The village of Gudvangen by the Nærøyfjord...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no More

SFFf-1992078.0013..Original caption: "Norwegian Haymakers"..Two women and a young girl putting grass to dry on a "hesje". The photo is probably from the Steinsdalen valley in Kvam, Hardanger...Photographer: Sam More

SFFf-1992078.0074..The interior of Eidfjord church, formerly called Vik church, in Hardanger...Original caption: "Vik church, Hardanger"...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http:/ More

SFFf-1992078.0061..Original caption: "A married woman of Hardanger". ..Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&d More

SFFf-1992078.0079..Distribution of land, Norway ca.1915. This sketch was probably the basis for an illustration included in Samuel J. Beckett's book "The Fjords and Folk of Norway", first published in 1915, (se More

SFFf-1992078.0017..Tokagjelet, Kvam. The road through Tokagjelet was built in the years 1903-1907...http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=db More

SFFf-1992078.0030..Original caption: "Vik i Eidfjord, Hardanger"...Eidfjord is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. It was and continues to be a popular tourist destination. Sites include the Vøri More

SFFf-1992078.0066..Original caption: "Naerö Nereim Fjord; Village of Bakke"...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=s More

SFFf-1992078.0025..Original caption: "Bergen fish market"...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db=dbfoto&sq More

SFFf-1992078.0075..Original caption: "A peasant wedding, Hardanger"...Photographer: Samuel J. Beckett..http://www.sffarkiv.no/sff... ( http://http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&ptype=single&db More

SFFf-1989091.160404..Workers taking a break from building the dam at Stangsvatnet lake ca 1907. Please add names!..Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160405..Ovidia and Hans Dørhellen. Hans was an aluminium worker at the A/S Stangfjorden Elektrokemiske Fabriker. His wife Ovidia had a sewing machine and made clothes...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160413..Three men outside a wooden building. The man on the left is Peder Dørhellen who worked as storekeeper at the A/S Stangfjorden Elektrokemiske Fabriker. We have not been able to identify the More

SFFf-1989091.160423..Boy on rocking horse, ca 1907-1923...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160418..Post-mortem portait of a child...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160430..Portrait of two women with a dog. The woman on the right, knitting, is wearing a costume similiar to the bunad from the Sunnfjord region (including the characteristic pointed hat). ..Photog More

SFFf-1989091.160439..Olaf Gjertson Haugen and wife Øllegaard with 4 of their 7 children. Olaf was a carpenter and moved to Stongfjorden from Nordfjordeid. The family left Stongfjorden in 1922...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160442..Family portrait from the farm Oslandsbotten...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160443..Jørgine (Gina) and Hans Selstad outside their home. Hans was a dam keeper, and added to his income by working out of his home as a shoemaker as well...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160447..Peder Dørhellen...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160449..Stongfjorden Rifle Club. ..Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160466..Two girls. We have not been able to identify their names. ..Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160469..A portrait of two of Paul Stang's sisters: Jørgina Stang with the guitar and Marie Stang with the fiddle...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160471..Marie Stang playing the fiddle...Photographer: Paul Stang. Public domain image of musical performance, concert, string instruments, band, orchestra, free to use, no copyright restrictions More

SFFf-1989091.162711..Peder Johan Stang and an unidentified man. Peder was the father of Paul Stang...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.160475..Portrait of woman in "bunad" / national costume...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.162693..Johannes and Anna Grimelid at their wedding day. Anna is wearing her "bunad" (national costume) and a traditional bridal crown...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.162737..This particular spot seems to have been where Paul Stang took a lot of his portraits. The hill and trees form a natural backgound, and a piece of a huge birch trunk is used as a chair and f More

SFFf-1989091.162778..Three brothers: Henrik, Thorvald and Martin Osland...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.162780..A portrait of an infant in his/her christening robe on the day of the christening...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.162787..Wedding portrait. Unfortunately we don't know the names of the couple...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.162800..Johanson and Farm two Swedes who worked at the aluminium factory in the construction period. There were few foreigners working at the factory when production started because the terms of th More

SFFf-1989091.162824..Coffee in the garden. We have not been able to identify the depicted persons. Please help us by adding names...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.162826..A picture of Paul Stang's sister, Amalie Stang, and two young girls...Photographer: Paul Stang.

SFFf-1989091.162865..Boy in stroller...Photographer: Paul Stang.