Søvik, Vestland

Lysøen is an island in Bjørnafjorden in Vestland county, Norway. Lysøen is also the site of Villa Lysøen (Ole Bulls villa på Lysøen), the home of Norwegian violin-virtuoso and composer Ole Bull until his death in 1880.

Lyse Abbey or Saint Mary's Abbey, Lyse (Norwegian: Lyse kloster, Lyse Mariakloster) is a now-ruined Cistercian monastery in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county in south-western Norway. The name "Lyse" is derived from Lysefjorden near which the building stood. The abbey lies at the southern base of the Lyshornet mountain.

Nordvik is a village area in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies on a municipal border, with the bulk of its area located in Bergen Municipality, but extending over the border into neighboring Bjørnafjorden Municipality. In 2008, the population of the 0.42-square-kilometre (100-acre) Nordvik urban area was 429, of which 383 people live in Bergen and 46 lived in what is now Bjørnafjorden. At that time the urban area had a population density of 1,021 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,640/sq mi). Separate statistics for the village are no longer tracked by Statistics Norway since it is now considered part of the Søvik urban area in Bjørnafjorden rather than a distinct urban area.

Hagavik is a village in Bjørnafjorden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village lies immediately to the west of the municipal centre of Osøyro on the shore of the Skeisosen, an arm off the main Bjørnafjorden. Hagavik's population is about 1,650. The actual size of the village is no longer tracked and it is considered part of the urban area of Osøyro. Nore Neset Church is located in the village, as well as the Kysthospitalet, an orthopedic hospital that is part of the Helse Bergen network.

Lyshornet is a mountain in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 404-metre (1,325 ft) tall mountain lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the village of Søvik and about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the village of Søfteland. The Lyse Abbey lies at the southern base of the mountain.

Nore Neset Church (Norwegian: Nore Neset kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hagavik, just west of the municipal centre of Osøyro. It is one of the two churches for the Os parish which is part of the Fana prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brown, brick church was built in a fan-shaped design in 2000 using plans drawn up by the architects Mette and Morten Molden. The church seats about 200 people.

Ulven detention camp (German: Polizeihäftlingslager Ulven, Norwegian: Ulven fangeleir ("Ulven" means "the wolf")) was a concentration camp in Norway that was located in what was Os Municipality in Hordaland county (now part of Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county). It was located just outside the village of Osøyro, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Bergen. Originally a military training camp built by the Norwegian Army in 1876, it was converted into a prison camp in June 1940 during the German occupation of Norway, and it was the first Nazi prison camp in the country. It was designated a Polizeihäftlingslager (police detention camp), under the administration of the Nazi "security police" (Sicherheitspolizei, SIPO). Initially, prisoners were Jews and communists, but a broader array of members from prosecuted groups began arriving at the camp. Conditions were relatively benign until 1942, when Untersturmführer Otmar Holenia, nicknamed "the Storm", took command and imposed harsher conditions. Ulven was used for purposes of executing individuals for various reasons. It is not known how many were murdered in the camp. In the course of the summer of 1943, the prisoners at Ulven were used as slave labor to build the Espeland concentration camp in Bergen, to which the prisoners were transferred. The camp is now a training ground for the Bergenhus home guard.

Kalandsvatnet is the largest lake in the municipality of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The 3.5-square-kilometre (1.4 sq mi) lake is located in the borough of Fana, just east of the village of Fanahammeren. The European route E39 highway runs along the northeastern shore of the lake, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the city centre of Bergen.

Fana Church (Norwegian: Fana Kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in Fanahammeren, a village in the borough of Fana in the city of Bergen. It is one of the two churches for the Fana parish which is part of the Fana prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The gray, stone church was built in a long church design in the year 1153 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 450 people. The existing stone building celebrated its 850-year anniversary in 2003, but the church building history is long and complicated. Historians assert that the church has been rebuilt and enlarged several times.

Fanahammeren or Fanahammaren is a residential village area at the eastern end of the Fanafjorden in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Fanahammeren lies about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the city centre.The village area was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Fana which existed until 1972 when it was merged into Bergen. The historic Fana Church is located here. The 2.78-square-kilometre (690-acre) village area has a population (2012) of 3,690, giving the village a population density of 1,327 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,440/sq mi).

Søre Øyane is a village in the municipality of Bjørnafjorden in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on an archipelago in the Bjørnafjorden, off the western coast of the municipality, southeast of the larger island of Strøno. The archipelago consists of four major islands, Røtinga, Bruarøy, Sundøy, and Lepsøy, as well as several smaller islands and islets, many of which are uninhabited. Lepsøy, the northernmost island, is located adjacent to the mainland, which it is connected to by a short bridge. A longer bridge spans the strait between Lepsøy and Sundøy, which in turn is connected to Røtinga and a smaller island, Brattholmen, through Bruarøy. The 1.02-square-kilometre (250-acre) village has a population (2019) of 1,053 and a population density of 1,032 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,670/sq mi).

Søfteland or Syfteland is a village in Bjørnafjorden municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It lies on the Bergen Peninsula, along the European route E39 highway, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of the municipal centre of Osøyro and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the city of Bergen. The mountain Møsnuken lies about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) east of the village and the mountain Lyshornet lies about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) west of the village. The 1-square-kilometre (250-acre) village has a population (2019) of 1,889 and a population density of 1,889 inhabitants per square kilometre (4,890/sq mi).