Casket by Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane on Flickr. Paul Stang, ca. 1910. Casket decorated with flowers. The sprigs of spruce were traditionally thought to keep evil spirits away from the deceased.

Casket by Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane on Flickr. Paul Stang, ca. 1910.

Casket decorated with flowers. The sprigs of spruce were traditionally thought to keep evil spirits away from the deceased.

Karina Marta H. Høydalsdal by Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane on Flickr: Karina Marta Hansdatter Høydalsdal in her deathbed. Karina was born in 1837 and died in 1911. Photographer: Anders Folkestadås Date: ca 1910-1911

Karina Marta H. Høydalsdal by Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane on Flickr:

Karina Marta Hansdatter Høydalsdal in her deathbed. Karina was born in 1837 and died in 1911.

Photographer: Anders Folkestadås

Date: ca 1910-1911

Elling Anderson Folkestadås, Funeral of Daniel Danielson Bjørkedal 1917. From Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane on Flickr: The funeral of Daniel Danielson Bjørkedal. The family has gathered around the coffin. From the left: Per Danielson Åsebø (b. 1898), Knut Danielson Åsebø (b. 1896), Ane Marte Fjøshaug, Ingeborg Danielsdatter Åsebø (b. 1894), Sivert Danielson Åsebø, Margit Jonsdatter Åsebø (b. 1910), Sigurd Johson Åsebø (b. 1908), Olav Hanson Åsebø (b. 1909) and Halvdan Hanson Åsebø (b. 1910).

Elling Anderson Folkestadås, Funeral of Daniel Danielson Bjørkedal 1917. From Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane on Flickr:

The funeral of Daniel Danielson Bjørkedal. The family has gathered around the coffin. From the left: Per Danielson Åsebø (b. 1898), Knut Danielson Åsebø (b. 1896), Ane Marte Fjøshaug, Ingeborg Danielsdatter Åsebø (b. 1894), Sivert Danielson Åsebø, Margit Jonsdatter Åsebø (b. 1910), Sigurd Johson Åsebø (b. 1908), Olav Hanson Åsebø (b. 1909) and Halvdan Hanson Åsebø (b. 1910).

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