The art route – fjords, mountains and art exhibitions

In a world of war, conflict and polarisation, people are being dehumanised. The Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum in Førde responds by highlighting human experiences from around the world in its new exhibition «de:HUMANIZE».

She painted until she was 102 years old, and her specialty was portraits of children. Curator Kristine Kolrud at the Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum in Førde has brought the hardworking Frida Rusti (1861-1963) back from oblivion with a solo exhibition.

Lærdal will never look the same after seeing it through Hans Gjesme’s (1904–1994) green landscape paintings. Curator Ingrid Norum has put together the exhibition «Highlights», where you can also see selected gems from Gjesme’s architecture, city life, still life, portraits and depictions of illness and loneliness.

Many presume that Nikolai Astrup struggled in constant opposition to his conservative priest father – becoming an artist against all odds. This year’s exhibition at Astruptunet shows that despite everything, he grew up in a creative home, with his mother as an important supporter.

This spring, the garden of artist couple Nikolai and Engel Astrup received the highly coveted Europa Nostra Cultural Heritage Award. A long-term restoration project in Astruptunet has given new life to the green oasis. Here you can experience a variety of plants, stroll along the paths, and rest on the benches.

The Eikaas Gallery shows how creative women have made a living in Jølster through looms and other crafts. Olin Steinsvik has helped collect weavings and other crafts from industrious Jølster women, telling a story of hard work and long threads in the exhibition «Lifethread – from home to studio».

With pictures of choppy fjord waves or young girls in national costumes, Hans Dahl inspired European royalty and upper classes to visit Balestrand and Western Norway. In a new exhibition, Guri Våge Mossige at the Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism shows how Dahl put Norway on the tourism map.

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A peaceful alternative to the main roads from Sunnfjord to Sogn. Along protected waterways and a quiet fiord towards the tourist destination of Balestrand.

Between the eastern glacier and the western archipelagos, there’s a landscape full of contrasts – where majestic mountains rise from the sea, where fjord meets ocean. Click here to find accommodation, restaurants or other local attractions.

The longest, deepest and most spectacular fjord. The largest glacier and the tallest mountains in Northern Europe. Click here to find accommodation, restaurants or other local attractions.