Institution Name: County Archives in Sogn og Fjordane (Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane)
Institute Description: The County Archives in Sogn og Fjordane preserve and disseminate historical photographs from the county of Sogn og Fjordane.
Country: Norway
Approximate Collection Size (up to): 260 000. Ca. 70.000 images have been digitized and made publicly available at our website www.fylkesarkiv.no.
Collection Scope: Our collection mainly consists of aerial photos produced by Widerøes Flyveselskap. This company photographed large areas of Norway in the years 1930-1970.
Geographic and Time Coverage: The aerial photos in our collection are all from Sogn og Fjordane. We have aerial photos produced by Widerøes Flyveselskap from the following municipalities: Jølster, Høyanger, Luster, Fjaler, Bremanger, Årdal, Gloppen, Flora, Hornindal, Hyllestad and Stryn. We also have aerial photos from Selje municipality produced by Nor-Fly AS ca 1950-1960.
Media Format: Photographic prints, negatives. digital images
Accessibility: Our collection can be accessed via our own webpage: http://www.fylkesarkiv.no/foto/sok/?http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=form&db=dbfoto It can also be accessed via other sites such as Kulturnett Sogn og Fjordane (http://sfj.kulturnett.no/delving/search) and Europeana (http://www.europeana.eu/portal/).
Address: Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane, Askedalen 2, 6863 Leikanger, Norway
Website: http://www.fylkesarkiv.no
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