Telavåg

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title: "Telavåg" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["øygarden", "villages-in-vestland"] description: "Village in Øygarden Municipality, Norway" topic_path: "general/oygarden" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telavåg" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Øygarden Municipality, Norway ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Telavåg
other_name	Tælavåg
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Stekholmen.jpg
image_caption	View of the coastal area near Telavåg
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	11
mapframe-marker	village
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Norway
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Western Norway
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Vestland
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Midhordland
subdivision_type4	Municipality
subdivision_name4	Øygarden Municipality
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+01:00
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+02:00
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	0.76
population_as_of	2025
population_footnotes
population_total	610
population_density_km2	803
postal_code_type	Post Code
postal_code	5380 Tælavåg
coordinates
elevation_m	24
elevation_footnotes
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Telavåg is a village in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Sotra, about 39 km southwest of the city of Bergen. The 0.76 km2 village has a population (2025) of 610 and a population density of 803 PD/km2.

History

Telavåg tragedy

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Telavåg played an important role in the secret North Sea boat traffic between Norway and Great Britain. The village was the scene of the Telavåg Tragedy in the spring of 1942, during World War II.

On 26 April 1942, after having discovered that some of the inhabitants of Telavåg were hiding two men from the Linge company, Arne Meldal Værum and Emil Gustav Hvaal, the Gestapo arrived to arrest the Norwegian officers. Shots were exchanged, and two prominent German Gestapo officers (Kriminalrat Gerhard Berns and Kriminalsekretär Henry Bertram) were shot dead. Arne Værum was also killed in the incident. Emil Hvaal and his son were executed a few months later.

Reichskommissar Josef Terboven personally oversaw the Nazi reprisal, which was quick and brutal. On 30 April, as the villagers were watching, all buildings were destroyed, all boats were sunk or confiscated, and all livestock taken away. All men in the village were either executed or sent to the Nazi concentration camp at Sachsenhausen. Of the 72 who were deported from Telavåg, 31 were murdered in captivity. Women and children were imprisoned for two years. 18 Norwegian prisoners (unrelated to Telavåg) held at the Trandum internment camp were also executed as a reprisal. Though smaller in scale, this atrocity is often compared to similar events at Lidice in the Czech Republic and Oradour-sur-Glane in France.

Attractions

North Sea Maritime Museum

The North Sea Maritime Museum in Telavåg (Nordsjøfartmuseet i Televåg) opened on 26 April 1998. It is a modern building with a cinema theater seating 100 people and a conference room. The permanent exhibition of the North Sea Traffic Museum deals with the Telavåg tragedy. The museum also exhibits the North Sea Traffic and features Leif Larsen, who as a central person in this traffic that became known as "Shetland-Larsen".

References

References

1. "Telavåg, Øygarden". [[yr.no]].
2. "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
3. Statistisk sentralbyrå. (2025-10-27). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
4. "North Sea Maritime Museum in Telavåg". Embassy of Norway in the United Kingdom.
5. "Nordsjøfartmuseet". Museum Vest.

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