Otto Albert Blehr was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor. He served as a politician representing the Liberal Party. He was the 8th prime minister of Norway from 1902 to 1903 during the Union between Sweden and Norway and from 1921 to 1923 following the Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Alfred Jentoft Maurstad was a leading Norwegian actor,movie director and theatre manager.
Hjalmar Christensen was a Norwegian writer and a prominent literary critic.
Bjarte Erling Eikeset was a Norwegian lawyer,judge and politician for the Conservative Party.
Ivar Lykke Falch Lind was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.
Johan Edvard Sverdrup was a Norwegian educator,author and church leader. Sverdrup was one of the key theologians in the Church of Norway in the first few decades of the 1900s.
Jens Stub was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was vicar on the island of Veøya and served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.
Hans Kristian Seip was a Norwegian road engineer and politician for the Liberal Party. He spent most of his professional career in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. As a politician he was Mayor of Bergen and County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane,and served two terms in the Norwegian Parliament. He is also known as the father of political scientist Jens Arup Seip.
Nikolai Andreas Schei was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.
Ragnar Leif Ulstein MM was a Norwegian journalist,writer and resistance member. He wrote several documentary books from the Second World War,including surveys of the SOE group Norwegian Independent Company 1,volunteers sailing from Norway to Scotland,refugee traffic from Norway to Sweden,and military intelligence in Norway.
Kristian Mandrup Elster was a Norwegian novelist,journalist,literary critic and theatre critic.
Leiv Erdal was a Norwegian military officer,bailiff and politician for the Centre Party.
Teater Vestland is a theatre based in Førde,Norway,Founded in 1977,it serves as the regional theatre for Vestland,and tours with performances across the county. Theater tours in Vestland focus especially on new Norwegian drama,plays with stories from the region and politically engaging performances. In 2010,the theatre and theater director Terje Lyngstad received the Hedda Award (Heddaprisen) in the class "Special artistic effort" for investment in new,Norwegian drama with a regional perspective.
Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality was the regional governing administration of the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The county municipality was established in its current form on 1 January 1976 when the law was changed to allow elected county councils in Norway. The county municipality was dissolved on 1 January 2020,when Sogn og Fjordane was merged with the neighboring Hordaland county,creating the new Vestland county which is led by the Vestland County Municipality.
Førde is the administrative centre of Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county,Norway. The town is located at the eastern end of the Førdefjorden,at the mouth of the river Jølstra. The 5.49-square-kilometre (1,360-acre) town has a population (2019) of 10,339 and a population density of 1,883 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,880/sq mi).
Fjordane District Court was a district court located in Førde,Norway. On 1 July 2017,it was merged with the Sogn District Court to form the new Sogn og Fjordane District Court.
Sigbjørn Gjelsvik is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He was elected to Parliament in 2017.
Sogn og Fjordane District Court is a district court located in the town of Førde in Vestland county,Norway. Besides the main court in Førde,the court also maintains courtrooms in Nordfjordeid,Sogndalsfjøra,and Florø. The court serves 25 municipalities in the county including the municipalities of Aurland,Lærdal,Årdal,Luster,Sogndal,Leikanger,Vik,Balestrand,Solund,Hyllestad,Høyanger,Askvoll,Fjaler,Gaular,Naustdal,Førde,Jølster,Flora,Bremanger,Selje,Vågsøy,Eid,Hornindal,Stryn,and Gloppen. The court is subordinate to the Gulating Court of Appeal. The court is led by the chief judge Terje Mowatt. This court employs a chief judge,eight other judges,and eleven prosecutors.
Sunnfjord is a municipality in Vestland county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Førde. Other villages in the municipality include Naustdal,Sande,Vassenden,and Skei.
Olve Grotle is a Norwegian politician.
