Frekhaug is a village in Alver Municipality, located in

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county,

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. The village sits at the southern tip of the island of

Holsnøy Holsnøy is an island in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies to the north/west of the mainland, between the islands of Radøy to the north and Askøy to the south. The highest point on the island is the tall Eldsfjel ...

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

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The village has a population (2019) of 3,004 and a

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of .

Frekhaug Manor

Frekhaug Manor (''Frekhaug hovedgård'') 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. 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'').

Notable people

* Trond Bjørndal, football coach and former player

References

Alver (municipality) Villages in Vestland {{Vestland-geo-stub