Official Name: | Frekhaug |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Vestland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Western Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Vestland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Nordhordland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Alver |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.46 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 3004 |
Population Density Km2: | 2058 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 5918 Frekhaug |
Elevation M: | 16 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Coordinates: | 60.5131°N 5.2425°W |
Frekhaug is a village in Alver Municipality, located in Vestland county, Norway. The village sits at the southern tip of the island of Holsnøy. Prior to 2020, the village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Meland.[2]
The 1.46km2 village has a population (2019) of 3,004 and a population density of .[3]
Frekhaug Manor (Frekhaug hovedgård) is a manor house and farm located on the southeast side of Holsnøy. The main house is a notched, two-story log house of painted white panel with a hipped roof. The building has a portal in rococo. The building was probably built in the 1780s and is surrounded by granite walls. In 1780, the farm was bought by skipper Cort Abrahamsen Holtermann (1730-1813).[4]
Since 1914, the manor house has been owned by the Nordhordland home mission (Nordhordland indremisjon).[5]