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(1881) Author: Christian Tønsberg
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Jotunheimen.

Between Christiania and Fredrikshald.

„Gjendehoinden", en eiendommelig formet Krak. Lige
ved Siden staar Gjendes gamle Stenbod, der ogsaa
tilhører Turistforeningen. Der er lunere ved Gjende
end ved Bygdin og Tyin og idethele mere tiltalende.
Lige i Vest staar den underlige Gjendetiinge, i Nord
Memurutungens bratte Vægge og i Syd den vakkre
Nordre Svartdalspig, medens man mod Øst ser helt
bort til Veslefjeld. Vort Billede af Gjendesheim skriver
sig fra 1877.

5J. Ho r ti il g; ti il der ne kaldes en af Jotunheimens
mægtigste Fjeldkjæder, 20 i Tallet, med storartede
Bræer; de sees fra ethvert nogenlunde høit Fjeld i
hele Indre Sogn.

3H. SkngaHtölHtiiiderne kaldes 3 mægtige Fjelde,
af hvilke det ene, Store Skagastølstind, er 7,650 Fod
høit. Bestigningen, der er forbunden med Livsfare,
er i de senere Aar bleven foretaget baade af
Nordmænd og Englændere.

Mellem Christiania og Fredrikshald.

NO. Jernbanebroen over Sarpsfossen. Ved

Sarpsborg ligger et af Norges smukkeste og mægtigste
Vandfald Sarpsfossen-, dens Høidefald er 63 Fod. I
Flomtiden frembyder dens vilde Fald fra den over
Glommen ved Stupet af Fossen opførte smukke
Jernbanebro et prægtigt og storartet Skue. Vandet drives

the last siege (1718) that Charles XII met with his
death. In 1860 the Swedes raised a monument on the
spot where he fell. From 1807 to 1814, the towu
suffered severely, and in the closing year was reduced to
the necessity of surrendering to the Swedes. In
pursuance of the „Moss Convention", they occupied
Fre-drikssten too for a short period. Fredrikshald has
repeatedly suffered from conflagrations, smaller or larger
portions of the town having been consumed; but, on
the other hand, it must be admitted that the town, as
it now stands, is better and more regularly built. The
town contains, at present, 10,000 inhabitants; there are
a Grammar School, several charitable institutions, a
branch of the Bank of Norway, extensive saw- and
flour-mills, an Iron Foundry, a mill for the production
of woody fibre for the paper manufacture, dockyards,
&c. — The export of timber and the shipping trade
are the principal sources of income.

«2. View from Tistedal. In the neighbourhood
of Fredrikshald lies the beautiful Tistedal, on either
bank of the Tistedals-Elv, which issues from Femsjöen,
and here is a great number of mills and factories.

Between Christiania and Christansand seawards.

J9. Oscarsborg. In Dröbaksund there is an
island, by the name of Kaholmen, on which a naval
fortress, Oscarsborg has been erected, with the object

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