Stories

It is tired and hungry after spawning deep down in the fjord, hundreds of metres below the surface. Being an accomplished swimmer, the halibut races up towards the light, towards the food.

Victory over a halibut turned a boy into a man and filled stomachs. The magical white fish knew of secrets in the deep Sognefjord that no human eye had ever seen.

A young man pushes his boat out. It is early on a Saturday evening, and he heads northwest. He is on his way to the most beautiful girl along the whole Sognefjord.

The peaceful god Balder had nightmares. He had a feeling that something terrible was going to happen – and it did. Balder was loved by everybody, and that can give rise to jealousy.

Once upon a time, the mountains in Sogn were covered by a glacier that was several kilometres thick. The ice only scoured off a millimetre of rock a year, but it had all the time in the world.

The halibut is a mystery. It thrives in deep water, but can suddenly decide that it wants to swim up to the surface and stay there for a while. Nobody really knows why.