Object description

Me-Åkernes or Midtre Åkernes is a deserted fjord farm on the slopes of Åkerneset [no] mountain along the northern shore of the Sunnylvsfjorden in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located 13 kilometres northeast of the village of Hellesylt. The farm is located in the West Norwegian Fjords Norwegian World Heritage Sites and has been preserved both for its unique geologic siting and as a representative of typical Norwegian farm culture in the fjord regions. This geologically unique farm has also been identified as the model for the farm place appearing in Henrik Ibsen’s play Brand based on the similarity in the description and his visit there on 16 July 1862: