Holsnøy is an
island
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in
Alver Municipality in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county,
Norway
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. 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
Eldsfjellet, a mountain located about north of the village of
Rossland. The island is hilly and marshy, with the majority of the residents living along the southern shore. The largest settlement on the island is the village of
Frekhaug on the southern shore.
Holsnøy was the largest island in the old
Meland
Meland is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the Nordhordland district in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1923 until its dissolution on 1 January 2020 when it was merged into the ne ...
municipality, where it made up 98% of the land area of the municipality.
The island is connected to the mainland road network by a series of bridges. The
Krossnessundet Bridge connects the southern tip of the island to the small island of
Flatøy, just to the east. The island of Flatøy is connected to
Knarvik to the east on the mainland Lindås peninsula by the
Hagelsund Bridge and Flatøy is also connected to
Bergen
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo.
By May 20 ...
to the south on the
Ã…sane
Ã…sane is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the northern part of the city, north of the city centre.
Ã…sane is connected to downtown Bergen by the E16/ E39 highway. The E16 highway continues on ...
peninsula by the
Nordhordland Bridge.
Frekhaug Manor
Frekhaug Manor (''Frekhaug hovedgård'') is a manor house 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 farm and manor house have been owned by the Nordhordland home mission (''Nordhordland indremisjon'').
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
References
Islands of Vestland
Alver (municipality)
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