The 5 Best Art Museums in Sogn og Fjordane, Western Norway

The Anders Svor Museum is an urban attraction in the small village of Hornindal. Renowned sculptor, Anders Svor (1864-1929), was born there. He was commissioned for several public assignments and many of his works are displayed in Oslo and elsewhere. Anders Svor's artworks are characterised by Anders Svor Museum the simple, clean and natural.

Painter, graphic artist, drawer and sculptor Ludvig Eikaas (1920-2010), from Jølster, was one of the most distinctive Norwegian visual artists of the post-war era. He was a pioneer of non-figurative art in the late 1940s along with Gunnar S. Gundersen, Odd Tandberg, Tor Hoff, Inger Sitter, Jakob Weidemann and Knut Rumohr. Starting in 1970 he was a professor at the Norwegian National Academy of Arts, and he served as the Academy’s headmaster from 1981 to 1983. Eikaas is currently represented at around 10 Norwegian art museums in addition to the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen, the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, the Grand Palais in Paris and the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. Eikaasgaller opened in 1994, in order to house the art collection Ludvig Eikaas donated to the municipality. The collection now comprises over 850 works in a variety of techniques. The gallery shop sells prints, cards, books and other items. A café offers light meals both outdoors and indoors.

Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum is a museum of modern and contemporary art in the region of the norwegian fjords. The collection in Førde comprises over 1000 works of visual and applied arts, ranging in date from around 1900 to today. The main focus of the collection is on regional and national art, with an emphasis on the period after 1970. The museum presents exhibitions about regional art history from around 1900 onwards, contemporary art and provides information about artists. We produce permanent exhibitions featuring art from five different collections (altogether around 4000 artworks) in the fjord region, temporary exhibitions of contemporary art and educational activities for schools. A café selling soups and cakes, and a shop selling art and books can also be found in the museum.

Gunhild Bjelland presents her own paintings in the gallery. The museum tells us the story of how the herring fisheries influenced the local society. You kan study small copies of old boats made by Ragnar Kristiansen, a local joiner. The history is visualized through old photoes, literature and equipments. Guiding: groups by appointment (4-30 people).