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reduced demand for the low-carbon ferrochrome that was produced. Government environmental regulations also put pressure on the production economy. Employment at the plant thus peaked at about 600 in this decade, before ferrochrome production was discontinued on the old production line in 1979 and on the new in 1983. Ferrosilicon production was prioritised to comply with environmental standards, furnaces were rebuilt to a closed type, making it possible to recycle excess heat in a steam turbine and to remove all dust from the discharge fumes. The dust,
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became obsolete. It was originally built for construction and maintenance access to the original pipes leading water from the hydroelectric reservoir to the plant, and had a maximal inclination of 61 degrees along its 1500-meter course. It was discussed whether it could be conserved as part of the
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The Ålvik Industrial Worker's Museum documents the village's labour heritage through the exposition of two restored worker's apartments typical to the 1920s and 50s, and is housed in an original neo-classical building. In a cooperation between Elkem Bjølvefossen and Kvam municipality, an artist's
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In the 1950s several new furnaces for production of ferrochrome and ferrosilicon were installed. During the 1960s, Bjølvefossen struggled to remain competitive, yet was able to invest in new production facilities on both production lines. In the 1970s, however, new technology in steel production
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The 1970s saw the entrance of women into production positions at the plant. Before this, the female population of Ålvik was mostly engaged in housekeeping, although some positions were open to women in cleaning and clerk jobs, besides public services. The first women begun work in the packing
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for a brief time. The village's population briefly rose by 500 workers, but most left shortly thereafter, as financial problems and an accident destroying the pipelines that supplied water from the hydroelectric reservoir brought production to a halt. This forced Bjølvefossen A/S to
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collective was established in one of Bjølvefossen's buildings. This arrangement has now expired, and its future is unclear. In a project developed in cooperation with the
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The former Bjølvefossen A/S is the village's main employer, it has historically dominated to such an extent that the village has been referred to as the most typical
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Bjølvo kraftverk, the hydroelectric plant originally built to power industrial production was returned to state ownership by escheat in 1964, and is now owned by
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runs the following public services in Ålvik: a kindergarten, a school covering the 1st through 7th grades, a medical office and a care home.
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A/S in 1913. After this, construction of the Bjølvefossen hydroelectric plant commenced. The construction was however stalled due to
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was opened. Nearly all of the village's infrastructure was owned by Bjølvefossen A/S for a long time, to a great extent making it a
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The disputes were solved in 1916 and both the plant and factories were completed by 1919, producing
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The Ferro-people by the Fjord. Global Themes in Local History - Bjølvefossen, Ålvik, Hardanger
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region's cultural heritage and run as a tourist attraction, but this proposal failed.
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Nye Bjølvo hydroelectric power plant. The original building is seen in the background.
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In 2001, the owner, Elkem decided to lay off 100 of 245 workers at Bjølvefossen A/S.
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Ferrofolket ved fjorden. Globale tema i lokal soge - Bjølvefossen, Ålvik, Hardanger
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was established. The village lies along the Ålvik bay on the northern shore of the
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disputes, as it was claimed that the work on the plant had begun before Norwegian
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Martin Byrkjeland:'Spelet om Bjølvefossen' in (Fossåskaret and Storås), pp36-40.
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Martin Byrkjeland:'Spelet om Bjølvefossen' in (Fossåskaret and Storås), pp27-32.
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Martin Byrkjeland:'Spelet om Bjølvefossen' in (Fossåskaret and Storås), pp18-19.
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on large loans. Large-scale production was only resumed in 1928, when, after the
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The 0.7-square-kilometre (170-acre) village has a population (2019) of 487 and a
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was established in 1934, the same year that the company saw its first profit.
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Martin Byrkjeland:'Spelet om Bjølvefossen' in (Fossåskaret and Storås), p40.
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Jørund Falnes:'De lunefulle ovnene' in (Fossåskaret and Storås), p94-95.
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to the British steel industry, in an effort to open a price war with the
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Eva-Marie Tveit:'Et mykere verk' in (Fossåskaret and Storås), p124-25.
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Jørund Falnes:'De lunefulle ovnene' in (Fossåskaret and Storås), p96.
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View of Indre Ålvik from the west. Bjølvefossen A/S in the foreground.
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and a natural reserve containing an especially large population of
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After the completion of Nye Bjølvo hydroelectric plant, the old
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Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Stavø Høvig, Øystein; Slinning, Alf-Emil.
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facilities, and relatively few took positions at the furnaces.
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Trallebanen, Ålvik i Hardanger (Funicular, Ålvik, Hardanger)
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of 696 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,800/sq mi).
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was incorporated to exploit the Bjølvo waterfalls for
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Indre Ålvik
Ålvik
Ålvik is located in Vestland
Ålvik is located in Norway
60°25′57″N 06°25′54″E / 60.43250°N 6.43167°E / 60.43250; 6.43167
Norway
Region
Western Norway
County
Vestland
District
Hardanger
Municipality
Kvam
Time zone
UTC+01:00
CET
DST
UTC+02:00
CEST
Kvam
Vestland
Norway
Vikadal
industrialised
Bjølvefossen A/S
Hardangerfjord
Ålvik Church
population density
Old Norse

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