[Hornindalsrokken, Geiranger Fjord, Norway] (LOC)

[Hornindalsrokken, Geiranger Fjord, Norway]

[between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].

1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.

Notes:
 Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J--foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.
Print no. 7067.
Forms part of: Landscape and marine views of Norway in the Photochrom print collection.

Subjects:
 Norway--Geirangerfjord.

Format: Photochrom prints--Color--1890-1900.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Landscape and marine views of Norway (DLC) 2001699563

More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available athdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.06118

Call Number: LOT 13432, no. 016 [item]

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  2. rafte818 (49 months ago | reply)

    The mountain Hornindalsrokken is situated at the end of a valley branching off to the north from the main valley of Hornindal in Sogn og Fjordane (county), Norway. Its peak marks the border between Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal counties, and rises 1529 meters above sea level.

    Hornindalsrokken and the Geiranger fjord are 15 km (about 10 miles) apart, so the title "Hornindalsrokken, Geiranger Fjord" is somewhat misleading. "Hornindalsrokken, Nordfjord, Norway" would be better. Nordfjord is one of the fjords of Sogn og Fjordane, and it has given name to the district in the northern part of this county. The valley (municipality) Hornindal is then part of the Nordfjord district.

  3. Glaucia_Glaucia_Glaucia (49 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Misty Mountains ♥ ♥ ♥ Post 1 - Comment 3, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  4. Max Hendel (46 months ago | reply)

    Great shot !!!

    IMG_3235

  5. _Mama_ (38 months ago | reply)

    I had a sister-in-law who lived at Sogn og Ford for a while and I recall her telling me that in the winter that valley was so deep that no sun shone there at all, even though it was located south of the area responsible for Norway being called The Land of the Midnight Sun. Also being told that Bergen had a reputation as being very rainy. This was in 1960 when my husband's father was retired from being harbor master for Trondheim and her husband was official architect for Bergen.

  6. melenama (30 months ago | reply)

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Norway by tips4travels, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  7. This photo was invited and added to the Norway by tips4travels group.

  8. Fairy Heart ♥ (27 months ago | reply)

    Dear Library of Congress!
    I grew up at the foot of this mountain. Well, our farm is actually around 5km away from the mountain, but our mountain farm (sæter) is right at the bottom of this mountain. We would spend most of the summers there :-)

    The mountain is NOT situated at the Geirangerfjord. Maybe that piece of information was added, due to many visiting the Geirangerfjord would do roundtrips of the region, (either to Romsdal with Trollstigen in the north or) to Nordfjord in the south. The Nordfjord roundtrip includes the glaciers at Briksdal or Lodal (part of Jostedalen). They would go by cars with chauffeurs, and these trips would take a couple of days, before returning to Geiranger. Many of the tourists around the 1890 came to Geiranger on boats, the early cruise ships. The Nordfjord roundtrip passes this mountainview, the image is taken from the roadside.

    Hornindalsrokken is the most southern of the Sunnmørsalpane, the mountain area discovered by famous mountaineers such as Patchell, Slingsby, Randers and Mohn in the 1890ies. These mountains surround the Hjørundfjord, also a very beautiful fjord, that have had a large share of Norwegian fjord-tourism ever since.
    A little bit about Sunnmørsalpene can be found here, but the article is very short in English version...: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnm%C3%B8rsalpene
    More about Hornindalsrokken here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornindalsrokken

  9. Jeff (LOC P&P) (27 months ago | reply)

    Dear Hulder:

    Thanks for the correction and the relevant information offered as evidence. I will submit this record for consideration for correction. Thanks for taking the time to help us to get the identification correct.

  10. rogers31 (13 months ago | reply)

    beauftuil!

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