Salhus
Salhus may refer to: Places * Salhus, Vestland, a village in Bergen municipality, Vestland county, Norway * Salhus Church, a church in Bergen municipality, Vestland county, Norway * Salhus, Nordland, a village in Brønnøy municipality, Nordland county, Norway * Salhus, Rogaland, a village in Karmøy municipality, Rogaland county, Norway Other *IL Norna-Salhus Idrettslaget Norna-Salhus is a Norwegian athletics club from Salhus in Åsane, Bergen It was founded on 14 October 1935. The club originally had an association football section as well, but it split away in 1987 to form FK Bergen Nord. Since t ...

Salhus, Vestland
Salhus is an urban settlement in the borough of Åsane in Bergen municipality, Vestland county, Norway. Salhus is located approximately north of the city centre of Bergen. Salhus sits along the shore of the Salhusfjorden on the northern part of the Bergen Peninsula. The village area is located along Norwegian County Road 564, just east of the European route E39 highway and the southern end of the Nordhordland Bridge. Name Salhus comes from the Old Norse word ''"Sálúhusn"'' which means the place with an innkeeper, and it is possible that the name has a connection with the many "Sálúhus" that King Øystein Magnusson had put up for the road travelers. History Salhus was known for its textile industry, the knitwear factory Salhus Tricotagefabrik (1859-1989) was the first, followed by Salhus Væverier and Birkelund Trikotasjefabrikk. Today The Textile Industry Museum is located in the former Salhus Tricotagefabrik. From 1954 until 1985, Salhus had a ferry connection across the ...
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Salhus Church
Salhus Church ( no, Salhus kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Salhus neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Salhus parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1924 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Landmark. The church seats about 320 people. History In 1916, a cemetery was established at Salhus. Soon after, the parish decided to build a chapel at the cemetery. Ole Landmark was hired as the architect for the new building. The chapel was built in 1924 and originally, it was an annex chapel to the main Åsane Church. The building is a stone long church with a rectangular nave with a hipped roof and church porch on the southwest side of the nave and a choir with a semi-circular apse in the northeast. There were matching sacristies on either side of the choir. In 1982, the ...
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