Frekhaug

Frekhaug

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Frekhaug is a village in Alver Municipality, located in Vestland county, Norway. The village sits at the southern tip of the island of Holsnøy, along the Salhusfjorden. The village has a population (2025) of and a population density of .

History

Prior to 2020, the village was the administrative centre of the old Meland Municipality.

Frekhaug Manor

Frekhaug Manor ( ) is a manor house and farm located on the southeast side of Holsnøy. The main house is a notched, two-story log house of painted white panel with a hipped roof. The building has a portal in rococo style. The building was probably built in the 1780s and is surrounded by granite walls. In 1780, the farm was bought by skipper Cort Abrahamsen Holtermann (1730-1813). Since 1914, the manor house has been owned by the Nordhordland home mission (Nordhordland indremisjon), a missions group of the Church of Norway.

Notable people

Trond Bjørndal, a football coach and former player

References

Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378966912 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.