Ask, Vestland

Ask is a small village in the eastern part of Askøy municipality in Vestland county, Norway.

The village of Ask is well known for the farming of strawberries which are sold in the marketplace in the nearby city of Bergen during the summer season.

Ask village is the saga location for a famous dispute over inheritance between Egill Skallagrímsson and Berg-Önundr.

[3] The legendary Scandinavian hero and skald whose adventures are retold in Gesta Danorum and in the legendary sagas, Starkad, as well as Egil Skallagrimson of historic saga fame and the last Catholic Archbishop in Norway, Olav Engelbrektsson, Archbishop of Nidaros, have connections to Ask.

King Hertjov of Hordaland traveled to Agder and took with him two boys named Stakard and Vikar.

As warriors, the boys revenged attacks on Ask by Vikings from Hordaland, who had robbed villages in Agder.

Berg Onund was killed in an attack led by Egil Skallagrimson, one of the most powerful men on Iceland.

His final residence was in Bergen and as the Reformation spread throughout Norway in 1534, he took refuge at Ask.

The writer, Amalie Skram's first husband, Captain Bernt Ulrik August Müller, bought a watermill in the area and they lived there for some years.

Ask is known for its strawberries
Amalie Müller (Later known as Amalie Skram) was living for some years at Ask
Fridtjof Nansen lived in a house at Kongshaugen at Ask