1) The document discusses the history of lighthouses in Norway and the important role of builders from the Volda/Ørsta region, particularly the Mork family, in constructing over half of Norway's lighthouses from the 1850s to early 1900s. 2) It highlights some of the major lighthouse builders from the region like Ole Gammelsen Mork, the pioneer, and his descendants including Martin O. Mork and Ole Martin Mork, who were among the most important lighthouse builders in Norway in the mid-19th century. 3) It also describes the establishment of the Dalsfjord Museum of Lighthouses to preserve the history and cultural

1. Fyr- og merkevesenet i Volda/Ørsta og
Dalsfjord Fyrmuseum
Lecture held at a conference, Volda University College
by The National network of Fishing history and Coastal culture
Volda, september 2011
Frode Pilskog
Stiftinga Sunnmøre museum
Dalsfjord fyrmuseum

2. Excavation.
Finding a graveyard
monument

3. Lighthouse builder
Martin O. Mork
1835-1925
One of the most important
Lighthouse builders in Norway
during the mid 19.century

5. The pioneer. Ole Gammelsen Mork
From him there was 4 generation of lighthouse builders

8. Kjøttvikfjellet,
Finnmark.
Built by Ole
Gammelsen Mork.
1853
One of the workers
was Martin, 16
years old.

9. Hoggstein lighthouse
Deliver paraffin to the
lighthouse.
This was the last lighthouse
Ole G. Mork built. The next
30 years he worked as a
lighthouse keeper here

10. In the 1870s workers from Sunnmøre was setting
up beacons all over the Norwegian coast.
The work was divided by 5 teams all of them was
from the muncipalities of Ørsta and Volda
© Riksarkivet

11. Martin Mork og Arne Folkestad: Skomvær fyr 1885-1887

12. Martin O. Mork, Ryvingen fyr, utanfor Mandal 1885-1887
© Riksarkivet

13. Ole Jetmundsen Liaseth from Hjørungavåg 1885-87 Grip fyr

14. Ole Martin Mork: Svinøy fyr 1903-05
Ole Martin was the 3.
generation lighthouse
builder of the Mork family

15. Anders E. Folkestadås, Kristiania 1914
1914 Kristiania/Oslo
Norway
100 years celebration of
the declaration of
Freedom.
Anders Folkestadås
from Volda built a
lighthouse in
Kristiania/Oslo
Bygdøy in the
background

16. The celebration lighthouse
was moved. In 1915
Feistein lighthouse was
opened

17. The development of lighthouses in Norway
1800
8 fyrstasjonar
1828 12 fyrstasjonar
1841 27 fyrstasjonar
1850 73 fyrstasjonar
1870 158 fyrstasjonar
1920 195 fyrstasjonar
Kjelde: Norvegr Bind 3 2011
Totalt vart det bygt 212 fyrstasjonar i Norge.
Siste fyrstasjon som vart bygt i Norge: Anda fyrstasjon 1932
Jostein Nerbøvik anslår i si bok ”Holmgang med havet” at Voldingar var med på bygginga av
halvparten av alle fyrstasjonane i Norge.

18. Svalbard 1932 og 1946

19. Ola O. Mork, Fruholmen fyr 1946-48
Ola O. was 4. generation
of lighthouse builders
from Ole G. Mork

20. Forsyningsfartøy, ”Gamle Oksøy”

21. Dalsfjord Museum of Lighthouses

23. The young ones.
The Norwegian network of lighouse
museums
Visiting Dalsfjord