The Norwegian Fjords

Leaving now the magnificent Hjörund Fjord, we take the road from Öie to Hellesylt. Ascending the gorge of Nordangsdal, we again arrive at "Gaard" Tryggestad, at which place the...

Sailing down the Sogne Fjord from the sea coast, the scenery gradually assumes wilder and grander proportions as we advance. At Vadeim it is just beginning to be interesting and...

Native fjord steamers call at all the principal places _en route_ at least once every day, and the traveller may arrange his journey so as to include a variety of overland route...

To approach the Norwegian coast at sunrise is an exceedingly enjoyable experience. Myriads of rock-islands in the sea and cloud-islands in the sky, their perspective terminating...

The first impression we receive on approaching the fjords from the sea is perhaps not often a pleasant one, especially in dull weather. Monotonous grey rocky islands appear to l...

The "Eddas" chronicle the exploits of pagan gods and legendary heroes, in no way historical; they are purely mythological. They convey to us in the form of poetry an idea of the...

The mining industry, which commenced activity in the seventeenth century, was responsible for the consumption of very large quantities of timber, and this has been going on for...

The Norwegian Established Church ("den Norske Statskirke") owes its present constitution to the Reformation, and about the middle of the sixteenth century it became by legislati...

At Frönningen a profitable business is done in tree-felling. Large forests of pine and fir clothe the steep sides of the mountains here, and modern saw-mills are erected at the...

The Hjörund Fjord--Öie to Hellesylt--An evening idyll--The Geiranger Fjord and its waterfalls--An ancient farm near Meraak--By steamer to Næs--The grandeur of the Romsdal--The R...

The Sogne Fjord--Balholm and the "Frithjof's Saga"--Life at a "sæter" or mountain out-farm--A bear-hunter's tale--Sea-fight between King Sverre and Magnus Erlingssön, A.D. 1184-...

The Hardanger Fjord (continued)--Means of communication--A drive by "kariol" from Vossevangen to Ulvik--Ullensvang, the fruit-garden of Hardanger--The ancient and national arts...