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HISTORY:

From 1889 was there at Pollfoss a place to stay for travellers.

A real Viking from Skjåk, Christian A. Hjeltar, take the initiative for this matter.

He brought 2 old cabins and placed them together here. The old books of this overnight accommodation give

us a good overview. However this is not real, because not everybody could afford himself to rent a carriage

with horses to travel in those day’s. Most people have’d to walk when travelled.

But for those who could, was it the finest place to stop for a meal or bed and even for food for the horses.

It was a hard job to get a road over the mountains at this time. And even the state as well the province came

with help. Fjordingane liked to have a road over the mountains to Stryn and Møringane wanted the road to

Geiranger, this was the first builded road in 1889. About 10 years later was the road to Stryn build. Now the

time was right to do something with Pollfoss for a bigger and better place to stay. It should become a real

hotel and Guesthouse.

In 1894 came here the post office and horse station, and a slowly growing amount of gasts

Het was vaak een hele toestand wanneer er belangrijke personen op bezoek kwamen. In 1905, het jaar dat Noorwegen

onafhankelijk werd, vereerde de beroemde schrijver Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson het hotel met een bezoek. Het hotel was

versierd met vlaggen en berkenbladeren, wat in die tijd gewoonlijk was wanneer men zo’n belangrijk figuur moest

verwelkomen. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is echter niet de enige schrijver die zich op Pollfoss thuis voelde.

There was a lot of work when a important gast arrived here. In 1905, the year Norway became independent,

came the famous writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson to Pollfoss. The whole hotel was decorated with flags and tree

leaves, witch was normal in those day’s.

But he was not the only V.I.P. who felt like home in Pollfoss.

Olav Aukrust came on a regular base to Pollfoss in the last century. But this was not the kind of gasts who

was Pollfoss most suitable for. The normal traveller was just that, together with the few tourists. But they

came more and more, from Norway as from abroad. Because of the rich fish waters and beautiful mountains.

The second owner of Pollfoss. Robert Bøje, was a enthusiast nature lover. He putted cultural fish in to the

rivers and waters, and makes them a rich fish area. From this pace of work, today’s gasts pick the fruits of.