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Låtefoss
Låtefoss is a waterfall located in Ullensvang Municipality. The 165-metre (541 ft) tall waterfall is special in that it consists of two separate streams flowing down from lake Lotevatnet, and as they fall, they join in the middle of the waterfall, just before going under Norwegian National Road 13 built in 1867–69, making for a spectacular (and wet) view as one drives over the old, stone, six-arched bridge. That’s the scene. As for the card, it was mailed a few years ago with stamp, indistinct postmark, Prioritaire label, and pasted address label. Grade: 4

Code: 20541053
Price: $2.00
Dalen i Telemarken
In 1938, the postmark tells us, B mailed this card from Oslo to Clare in California. The stamp is long gone. However, as we sometimes do, we searched the card’s recipient and learned that — at that time — she was well-known. Maybe not so much now, but just that bit of history. Grade: 4

Code: 20541054
Price: $2.00
Seljestadjuvet Gorge
To be more precise, a view of Seljestadjuvet gorge towards Folgefonnen glacier, by the Hardanger – Telemark Road. That’s enough names for one entry. Unused card, Grade: 1

Code: 20541055
Price: $3.00
Hardanger, Låtefoss waterfall
Striking unused card showing Hardanger’s Låtefoss(en) waterfall near the Odda-Røldal-Haukeli Road. Grade: 1

Code: 20541056
Price: $3.00
Oslo, Holmenkollen
You wouldn’t know from the photo that this is a major ski area — or maybe you would. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541057
Price: $4.00
Bergen, View from Fløyen
Unused Vest Photo card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541058
Price: $3.00
Bergen, View from Ulriken
Unused Mittet card M-2300/201. Grade: 1

Code: 20541059
Price: $3.00
Tyin Hotell
This hotel looks big and established enough, but when we Googled it — as we do every hotel — we got nowhere. That seemed strange. Changed its name? Flo(w)ed away on an iceberg? We won’t know, but the card is unused and Grade: 1

Code: 20541060
Price: $4.00
Øystese, Hardanger
An older, real-photo postcard mailed in 1951, with stamp and postmark. Normal postal handling. Grade: 1

Code: 20541061T
Price: $5.00
Askøy, the Bridge
Askøy is an island municipality including the main island of Askøy and the minor island of Herdla, bordering Alver to the northeast, Bergen to the southeast, and Øygarden to the west. It has one of the fastest growing populations in Norway due to an influx of new inhabitants from the Bergen, Midhordland and Nordhordland after the opening of the Askøy Bridge in 1992. (Herdla has a popular recreational area on the site of the disused German Herdla Airport from World War II.) This unused 4″ x 8″ card features the 1,056.7 m. Bridge. Grade: 1

Code: 20541062
Price: $4.00
Askøy, aerial view
We know this unused 4-1/2″ x 6-3/4″ card is from Askøy but we’re not sure of exactly what. It looks something like a boat marina. Grade: 1

Code: 20541063
Price: $2.00
Strusshamn, houses and boat
Strusshamn is a village in the municipality of Askøy, one of the cultural centers of the municipality, and well-known for its long maritime traditions and history. Wooden buildings here date back to around 1800; the village was used in the 18th and 19th centuries as the quarantine harbour for Bergen. Strusshamn is connected to Bergen by the Askøy Bridge. Note that we don’t normally give background information for every town in the website, but this short series of cards came from a close friend of our close friend, and we want to acknowledge how sources like these were instrumental in building the site to what it is now. Grade: 1

Code: 20541064
Price: $2.00
Strusshamn, Askøy, multiple views (white)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541065
Price: $2.00
Strusshamn, Askøy, multiple views (red)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541066
Price: $2.00
Strusshamn, Askøy, multiple views (green)
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541067
Price: $2.00
Strusshamn, Askøy, aerial view
Definitely Strusshamn but we don’t know the exact building(s). Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541068
Price: $3.00
Strusshamn, Hauge Memorial
Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771 – 1824) was a Norwegian Lutheran lay minister, spiritual leader, business entrepreneur, social reformer and author. He led a noted Pietism revival known as the Haugean movement and is also considered to have been influential in the early industrialization of Norway. Not certain of his particular connection to Strusshamn unless, as the plaque suggests, he built a mill there in 1804. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541069
Price: $2.00
Brønnøysund
This laconic Wikipedia entry may not sound too enticing but the postcard sort of makes up for it. Says Wikipedia: “In recent years, Brønnøysund has managed to create a certain economic growth. Fjord Seafood originated here, as well as the largest limestone mine in Northern Europe and the highest foodstuff production in Northern Norway are examples of entrepreneurship and well-run economy in this somewhat prosperous region.” The card is made more desirable with a large stamp of a cruise ship (Hurtigruten line) and an onboard 2024 cancellation from ms Nordnorge stating “Crossed the Arctic Circle”. Grade: 1

Code: 20541070
Price: $4.00
Samebarn
A simple Google of “Samebarn” won’t help much, but we suggest you move along to information about the Sami people in Norway. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541071
Price: $3.00
Expedition
An old photo on an unused, contemporary card, whose Norwegian caption translates as “Polar explorers Per-Jon Savio and Ole Johnsen Must on Wessels’ veranda for departure with Borchgrevinck’s South Pole expedition 1898″. Grade: 1

Code: 20541072
Price: $2.00
Sandnes, Kirkenes, Ser-Varanger Museum
Unused contemporary card with a ca. 1900 photo. Grade: 1

Code: 20541073
Price: $2.00
Ser-Varanger Museum, Utfart fra Solheim, 1897
Unused contemporary card, captioned in Norwegian. Grade: 1

Code: 20541074
Price: $2.00
The Northern Lights
From Nordkapp, an unused and oversized (4-1/2″ x 7-7/8″) card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541075
Price: $4.00
Friends Forever
And not just in Norway, either. From Nordkapp, an unused and oversized (4-1/2″ x 7-7/8″) card of Common Seals. Grade: 1

Code: 20541076
Price: $4.00
Barn fra Sandnes, ca. 1900
Contemporary, unused postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20541077
Price: $1.00
Nordkapp, cliffs
In English: North Cape, and “The northernmost point of Europe”. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541078
Price: $4.00
Nordkapp
Let’s assume this is the Midnight Sun, on this unused card with its sparse caption. Grade: 1

Code: 20541079
Price: $4.00
Winter at Finnmarksvidda
Finnmarksvidda has a subarctic climate with the coldest winter temperatures in Norway: the coldest ever recorded was −51.4 °C (−60.5 °F) in Karasjok on 1 January 1886. The climate of Kautokeino (307 m) represents the climate of the plateau. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541080
Price: $3.00
Finnmark, Portrett av Same
No matter where you are in the world, you cannot escape television documentaries of the Sami people in northern Norway. In case those aren’t enough, here’s a postcard, unused. Grade: 1

Code: 20541081
Price: $3.00
Lofotr Vikingmuseum
The Lofotr Viking Museum is a historical reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain’s village on the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, in the village of Borg, near Bøstad, in Vestvågøy Municipality. It is part of the Museum Nord consortium. This is their unused card 3350. Grade: 1

Code: 20541082
Price: $3.00
Lofotr Vikingmuseum – group
Refer to our entry 20541082. This is their unused card 3317. Grade: 1

Code: 20541083
Price: $3.00
Lofotr Vikingmuseum – mountains
Refer to our entry 20541082. This is their unused card 3421. Grade: 1

Code: 20541084
Price: $3.00
Lofotr Vikingmuseum – forge
Refer to our entry 20541082. This is their unused card 3302. Grade: 1

Code: 20541085
Price: $3.00
Vesterålen, Nykan, Northern Lights
The Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve is located in Bø Municipality in Nordland county. It covers an area of 355.9 hectares (879 acres), of which 261.8 hectares (647 acres) is sea. The land area includes the west side of the island of Langøya and three larger islands (Fuglenyken, Måsnyken, and Spjøten) as well as several smaller islands, and is protected to safeguard many important breeding sites for seabirds. The nature reserve was established on December 6, 2002. The focus of this unused card, of course, is not the birds. Grade: 1

Code: 20541086
Price: $5.00
Trollstigen, The feeling of freedom!
Trollstigen (or trollstigvegen; English: The troll path) is a serpentine mountain road and pass in Rauma Municipality, part of Norwegian County Road 63. It is a popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 10% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountainside. During the top tourist season, about 2,500 vehicles pass daily. At the 700-metre (2,300 ft) plateau, viewing balconies overlook the bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. This man may be feeling the freedom, but the cold as well. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541087
Price: $4.00
Trollstigen, statue
See our entry 20541087. This is also an unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541088
Price: $4.00
Borgund, Stavkirke
Borgund Stave Church is a former parish church initially Catholic and later the Church of Norway in Lærdal Municipality. It was built around the year 1200 as the village church and belonged to Lærdal parish until 1868, when its religious functions were transferred to a “new” Borgund Church nearby. The old church was restored, conserved and turned into a museum, run by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments, and classified as a triple-nave stave church of the Sogn-type. Its grounds contain Norway’s sole surviving stave-built free-standing bell tower. Unused postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 20541089
Price: $3.00
Tromsdalen Kirke
Tromsdalen Church or the Arctic Cathedral (Norwegian: Tromsdalen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality. The modern concrete and metal church was built in a long church style in 1965 and seats about 600 people. Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20541090
Price: $3.00
Tromsø
This unused Norwegian postcard makes Tromsø look as though it has just endured a nuclear holocaust, or at least been cast in some dystopian television drama, but we’ll assume it’s just a rich sunset. Grade: 1

Code: 20541092
Price: $4.00
Kirkenes, aerial view
Personally we like aerial views of towns and cities, and this unused card ranks with the best of them. Grade: 1

Code: 20541093
Price: $4.00

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