A Little Bit About Vangsness

The Ploughshare

Vik

Vangsnes is a village in the parish of Vik, Sogn go Fjordane County.

The Vikjavev Home Page says:
Vangsnes most likely got it name from Vangsen, "The Ploughshare", a sunken rock in the fjord off Vangsnes. "Nes" means "point".

This home page is really beautiful, with lots of photos and daily weather-of-the-day photos of Vik, listings and photos of the farms and much interesting information.
http://vikjavev.no/

If you jump to the Vikjavey Home Page, they have a photo updated daily showing Vangsness. There is also a clickable map with photos of farms.

History link. Go to Vik i Sogn though the centuries to read a short history of Vik

Long ago, there were 3 distinct areas where people lived in Vangsnes:

• Indreneset,
• Midtun,
• Ytreneset.

It seems in Norway at the time, there were summer farms and winter farms.

The summer farms that were part of Vangsness district are:

• Kallbakk,
• Kleivadalen,
• Endresete,
• Godstol and
• Gjelet

Notice one of the farms is called Endresete, which is close of some of the names found among our ancestors: Endre...

Originally, up to 1837, Vangsnes was in Leikanger parish.
In 1850, Balestrand was established and Vangsness was transferred there.
The last and most recent governmental change came in 1964, when Vangsnes was transferred to Vik parish.