net . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁legend , ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁V oss ▁were ▁for ci b ly ▁converted ▁to ▁Christian ity ▁by ▁King ▁O lav , ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁St . ▁O lav . ▁A ▁stone ▁cross ▁situated ▁in ▁V os se v angen ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁ere cted ▁at ▁this ▁time . ▁The ▁town ▁contains ▁the ▁stone ▁V oss ▁Church ▁from ▁ 1 2 7 7 , ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 6 th - century ▁ecc ent ric , ▁oct ag onal ▁ste e ple . ▁Just ▁outside ▁the ▁village ▁is ▁Finn es lo ft et , ▁a ▁wooden ▁gu ild hall ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁oldest ▁prof ane ▁( non - s ac red ) ▁wooden ▁building ▁in ▁Northern ▁Europe . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁German ▁invasion ▁of ▁Norway ▁on ▁ 9 ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁V oss ▁was ▁the ▁main ▁point ▁of ▁mobil isation ▁for ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Army ▁in ▁the ▁west , ▁as ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Ber gen ▁had ▁already ▁fallen ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁invasion . ▁Although ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁troops ▁mobil ised ▁here ▁were ▁transferred ▁by ▁railway ▁to ▁the ▁fighting ▁in ▁the ▁east ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁The ▁German ▁forces , ▁adv ancing ▁towards ▁V oss ▁along ▁the ▁railway ▁line ▁from ▁Ber gen ▁and ▁from ▁the ▁Hard anger f j ord , ▁were ▁met ▁with ▁st iff ▁resistance . ▁In ▁Hard anger ▁( to ▁the ▁south ), ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁Germ ans ▁clim bed ▁up ▁the ▁mountains ▁from ▁Å