Old Photo Collection – Lighthouse worker Anders Folkestadås

The photos in this collection provide a glimpse into the life and work of Anders Folkestadås (1865-1914), foreman in the Norwegian lighthouse service.

Folkestadås was involved in the construction of several lighthouses along the coast of Norway. In 1906 for instance he led the construction of Kråkenes lighthouse in Sogn og Fjorane, and later in 1910 he worked at Sklinna lighthouse in Nord-Trøndelag. Both these builds are documented in this set.

All photos are taken from Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane’s photostream in Flickr. Please feel free to explore further collection of them. You can check Fylkesarkiv website here

Goats at Kråkenes lighthouse

Jørgensens Etablissement

Monsefolket

Five women at Kråkenes lighthouse

The Nils family, Kråkenes

Celebrations, Kråkenes lighthouse

The Jakobs, 1906.

Lighthouse worker Anders Folkestadås at Kråkenes lighthouse

Røysafolket

Teigafolket

The girls at Kråkeneset

Kråkenes lighthouse under construction

Kråkenes lighthouse under construction

Building the crane at Kråkenes fyr

Kråkenes lighthouse, crane

Kråkenes, 1906.

Brattholmen, Kråkenes lighthouse

From Fjøshaug, Folkestad

Fishing boats

The lighthouse worker’s band at Måholmen fyr

Sailing boat

The Folkestads

Soldiers in plain clothes

Husband and wife

Getting a trim

Mother and two children

Family portrait, Moster Kvalø

Group portrait, unidentified

Small unidentified lighthouse, coast of Norway

A double exposed group portrait

Geita lighthouse

SFFf-1988007.0032

Coast of Norway

At Sklinna

A steamer passing Grønningen lighthouse, Kristiansand

Kråkenes

Construction work

Svinøy lighthouse

Folkestadbygd ca. 1900-1910

Sailing boat

War ship and sailing ship at Grønningen lighthouse

The lighthouse service vessels “Utvær” and “Træna”

Group portrait, Folkestad

Wedding at Vigra

At Måholmen lighthouse

Karina Marta H. Høydalsdal

Group portrait outside a lighthouse? Unidentified location

Group portrait in front of a building

Svinøy lighthouse

Unidentified lighthouse on the coast of Norway

Unloading a boat

Flatflesa lighthouse?

Gjæslingan lighthouse, Nord-Trøndelag

Finsnes ca. 1900-1910

Funeral of Daniel Danielson Bjørkedal 1917

Weaving course, Folkestad

The Kongsvoll family

The family at the Nedste Kongsvoll farm

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