The new township, as an administrative unit, was actually a continuation of the much older Vefsn parish and Vefsn judicial district, both with origins in the middle ages.
Therefore, when in the 1950’s Vefsn experienced a new growth of large industry (aluminum works, textile factory), this was nothing that was fundamentally new for the district.
Mosjøen and the Vefsn district were fortunate to come out of World War II and the occupation years relatively unscathed.
The SEWPER project is a waste disposal project funded by the Northern Periphery programme under article 10 of the EU, project partners, and national ministries.
OLE OLSEN, pioneer at Ruderaas, born at Inner Aanes, Vefsn in 1754 of the parents Ole Ingebrigtsen and wife Marit Olsdatter - she died 50 years old.
For ten years he was a teacher at Drevja, and out to the fjord at Vefsn; he wrote particularly good Danish and also Latin.
It was told that during his teaching [school] time some people complained to the priest at Dolstad (between 1780-90) that the teachers were so poor that they could not teach the children anything.
Vefsn kommunestyre har i sak 23/07 vedtatt ny reguleringsplan for E6 MJÅVATN – ANGERMOEN.
Innbyggere i Vefsn kan komme med forslag på kandidater til Næringsprisen for Vefsn 2007.
Vefsn kommune fordeler støtte til særskilte miljøtiltak og kulturlandskapstiltak som tar sikte på å ivareta et åpent kulturlandskap, gi folk bedre tilgang og opplevelseskvalitet eller ta vare på verneverdige bygninger.
Kimsaas farm was established in 1640ths as a part of the work to make new land in Vefsn, in the 1500's and the 1600's.
Peter lived as to census 1865 on the farm Kimsaas in Vefsn together with his parents and, 3 brothers and 2 sisters and his grandparent (Ingebright's parents.) Lizabeth: Lisabeth emigrated to America and was registrated as so in Vefsn on the 10th of May 1889 together with Lina Marie, b.
Lisabeth lived as to census 1865 at the farm Moldrem in Vefsn together with her parents and one sister and one brother.
Mosjøen, in Vefsn borough, is the oldest town in the region of Helgeland and the second oldest in Nordland country.
Vefsn has a population of about 13,500 people of which about 10,000 live in Mosjøen.
The history of the town dates back to the time when local farmers began building their seaside booths on the flat, sandy lowlands at the head of the Vefsnfjorden.
Fishing as a sport was introduced to the Vefsn Valley by English anglers, who began fishing the river about the middle of the nineteenth century.
Most of the land was originally owned by the Brodtkorb family, and when their Vefsn estates were parcelled out in small farms in the years after 1660 they retained control of the waterfalls and the fishing rights.
The pattern design was copied from a bride’s dress from Ravassåssen in Vefsn, and the embroidery on the bodice and hem of the skirt was copied from embroidery found on the fabric of a plastron (breastplate) and purse from Røyten in Vefsn.
The apron pattern came from Hartfjelldal, and the hat was copied after a fl hat used in the latter portion of the nineteenth century but now green cotton or wool with a thin band of white lace edging framing the face is used.
cape is modeled after a cape which hangs in the Vefsn museum and is made of blue or green wool damask to match the skirt and has a gold wool lining.
