Letzte Woche besuchte Norwegen, blieb in Oslo und ging zu meiner Familie in Fetsund. Cooles Land, viele Möwen. (Bonusbild meines ersten Kvikk Lunsj in Bergen)
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Letzte Woche besuchte Norwegen, blieb in Oslo und ging zu meiner Familie in Fetsund. Cooles Land, viele Möwen. (Bonusbild meines ersten Kvikk Lunsj in Bergen)
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Von Rjens2
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How many % norwegian do you feel?
Regarding Fetsund Batteri:
https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetsund_batteri
https://www.forsvarsbygg.no/no/verneplaner/landsverneplan-for-forsvaret/ostlandet/fetsund-batteri/
«The facility at Fetsund is of significant military-historical interest because of the battery’s role in an extensive and important defence system against Sweden. The military facilities built during this period have symbolic value in connection with the nation’s secession from the union.
The establishment is also interesting because buildings for storing cannons have been preserved in connection with the battery, which is rare for simple border fortifications. The military facilities that were built during this period are considered an important group of military heritage sites in a national context. The protection covers all traces of military activity within the designated area.
The buildings in protection class 1 were protected by regulation on 06 May 2004.»
Translated with DeepL.com.
Americans are funny ass pepole.
A plain ol‘ Norwegian.
Is that the nissene på låven?
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I just built a data centre in Fetsund, I’m a Brit, can I be Norwegian now please, I’ve paid my taxes 🙏🏼
Nice pics and hope you had a great stay brother. It’s always nice seeing people coming from different parts of the world back to where their ancestors came from. Wishing you all the best! Don’t pay attention to haters man. You did what many wouldn’t or couldn’t and for that you have my respect 🫡
Supposedly my ancestors came to the U.S. from Norway because they owed the bank money on their farm
I don’t know anything about your history, but you look very Norwegian to me, i wouldn’t know unless you spoke 🙂
You’re right that it *can* sometimes be annoying when Americans do the „oh, i’m x % this“ thing, but i empathize quite a bit with that perspective too.
It’s natural and healthy to want to know your own personal history.
I hope you had a great time here.
God Bless America <3
Nice man, as a fellow norwegian American I can’t wait to visit kviteseid 🙂
Like most farmsteads in southern Norway, it’s been around in one form or another for at least a thousand years, often a lot longer than that.
>Vilberg is located in Garderveien. The entire southern part of the Fetsund area is built on the land of Vilberg. The village book (volume two) says that Vilberg was most likely incorporated as a separate farm in the Viking Age, between the years 800 and 1050. Two stone axes have been found on the farm. The one axe that you see in the picture is a so-called butt-backed step axe and is located at the Cultural History Museum. You must click on the axe image to see it in its entirety. The picture of Vilberg was taken in 2013.
>The first known owner of Vilberg is she who is considered the last descendant of the Sudrheim family. Sudrheim had its seat in today’s Sørum, which is a modernized version of the name Sudrheim. Gørvel Fadersdatter Sparre (1517 – 1605) was a Swedish-born noblewoman who lived most of her dramatic life in Skåne. She was the last heir to large estates in Norway, including here in Romerike and in Fet. A few years before she died, she gave most of what she owned to Christian IV (the king of Norway-Denmark). Vilberg was a crown estate only until 1602 when the king transferred the farm and much other property to the nobleman Hans Pederssøn to Sem. Now it is doubtful whether Gørvel, the king or the nobleman Hans ever visited Vilberg; there were probably others who ran the farm.
>The first known user of Vilberg was Rolf Gulbrandsen, who is mentioned both in 1593 and 1601-02. Much later, Torer Bårdsen, born in Rælingen in 1747, became the owner of the farm. He was the nephew of Vilberg’s wife and from him and his wife Berte (also from Rælingen) are descended those who until recently owned Vilberg. Two of Berte and Torer’s grandchildren, Torer (named after their grandfather of course) and Iver, were members of the Thrane Movement here in Fet. They were the only farmers‘ sons in the village who were part of what is considered the country’s first labor movement in the early 1850s. But those of you who want to read more about this exciting history will have to look elsewhere.
>Brynjulf Vilberg, born in 1916, was the last owner from the Bårdsen family. He sold the farm in 1999 and died in 2011. Brynjulf was active in the Fet historielag
Nice! 😁 Hope you had a good time. Im sure your ancestors enjoyed watching a piece of them come back 😉 Did it feel special to experience that place? The Kvikk lunsj is also a must, so good job. 👍🏼
I used to live about 20 minutes walk from there, really beautiful place ^^
Cool! Did you talk to the present owners of the farm? When did your family emigrate? You could pass for Norwegian by the way, both because of your looks and your clothing.