Lysaker is an independent farm that was never a croft, but a “kåreiendom”* to eastern Undersaker. Folkvart Folkvartson and his wife Beret Sivertsdtr. moved here in 1851 when they sold Undersaker. They named the farm “Kåret”. See also the prehistory of this on its own information board about the croft Asphaugen a few hundred metres further along the trail (east towards Straumen).
Kristian Kvam bought the farm just before 1900. He came from the croft Lunden under the farm Rostad (see separate info board near Kveinnbua below Rosatd) and he moved that farmhouse with him by rowing boat. He placed the house a little south of the original houses and named the place Lysaker. This house with extensions is still in use.
In addition to the land, fishing was an important part of the livelihood of those who lived here.
* Kåreiendom / Kårbolig: When there is a generational change in agriculture, it is a tradition that the outgoing generation gets supported by the new generation taking over, who move into the main building. The elderly move into the “kår” property, which can be part of the main building, or a separate house on the property.
A burial mound is situated here, but it is difficult to see today.
The croft Ratenget was established here ca. 1820 and was closed down before 1875. Those who cleared the place were probably Ola Iversen and Serina Andresdtr. Revika.
The were probably the only crofters in Ratenget. The place was approx. 1.73 acres.
There was also a field for football kickabouts here until the end of the 1970s
If you follow the road down to the bay you find the croft Litleenget, built in 1827 by Arnt Hegdal and Guri Nilsdatter Ytterøy and it is the same still standing here today. Chip shavings was used on the roof. Towards the end of the 1800s, the farm house had an extension added and now.
This was the farmer’s cottage Litleenget, which Arnt Hegdal and Guri Nilsdatter Ytterøy built in 1827. The living room they set up this year is the old-fashioned living room that stands today. Chip was used on the roof. Towards the end of the 19th century the living room had an extension, and now brick was laid on the entire roof. This stone (which still is on the roof) was produced on the brickworks that Jørgen Richter operated on Rostad. The mine was then replaced with an oven, but you can still sees where it was.
After Arnt followed 3 generations of Johannes. Everyone ran the croft in combination with fishing and handicrafts. In 1906, the place became free-hold, and then got the name “Hegadalsness”.New times followed with electricity powered light in 1920, the telephone in 1925, running water in 1933 – with a large pail as the first sink.
Another farm house was built in 1934, for Anna By (mother-in-law of Johannes II). The building cost of the entire building was NOK 4000 as shown in an old building account.
In 1949, work began on a new road down to the farm. The utensils were spade and skewers. Then road was finished in 1952 and one of the first cars going down the road to Hegdalsness was the fire truck – because the barn burned down. Today, the houses are used as leisure property.
The 5th. april 1836, Jakob Pedersen Rostadbakken signed a crofters contract with Jørgen Richter. The contract stated that he could take over half of the place from his father, Peder Jakobseb, under certain obligations.
The croft Nausthaugen was situated here. It was a small place of 3 decare, and a livestock of 3-4 sheep. The last people in residence was the tailor Sivert Jørginus Arntsen and Olvie Olsdotter. Sivert, b. 1936, was a travelling tailor. He charged NOK 2 to make a suite.
Sivert and Olive had 9 children, and one of the daughters, Anna Hegdal was the last person to live here. In 1942, she had the house moved up to the road, where it is still standing, although it is “somewhat” refurbished/restored.
Below, there were several farms that had a boathouse, hence the name.
The first known crofters from here are Johannes og Edrikka Eriksdtr, approx. 1855. In 1865, Edrikka became a widow and the eldest daughter, Elen Anna took over the farm in 1875. She was married to Bernt, son of Jens Anders Revik.
Both he and Edrikka lived at Bakken until their death. They were blessed with 9 children: Anton, Jørgen, Jens, Julie, Anna, Oline, Ragne, Petrine, Gurina. At the time of Bernt’s death in 1929, the croft land had been included/incorporated into the farm, however the daughter Gurina owned the house for a time after that.
Ca 1890: Bernt og Elen Anna og barn, og mor til Elen Anna, Edrikka. Approx. 1890: Bernt and Elen Anne and children, and Elen Anna’s mother, Edrikka.
Det øverste bildet viser hvordan huset opprinnelig var, med sammenbygd stue og uthus. På de to nederste er uthuset revet. Disse bildene er tatt rundt 1950.
Det øverste bildet viser hvordan huset opprinnelig var, med sammenbygd stue og uthus. På de to nederste er uthuset revet. Disse bildene er tatt rundt 1950.
The water in this stream was used to pull both saw mill and grain mill. In other words, the water was used twice; First, the water drove an underwater wheel that operated the saw, before it was led in a drain to a mooring impeller operating the grain mill. When the saw was running, the mill was also running.
Further up the creek, a dam was made so they had a water reservoir to take from.
The saw mill / grain mill was established during the time Jørgen Richter was at Rostad – around 1850. He had good helpers in his son, John Kristian and Anders Grøtt Olsen from Meldal, and of course the crofters at Rostad. The mill was in operation until the introduction of hydro power to the village, around 1920.
Drawing by Svein Jørum, as we imagine the mill looked like. The small house on the left in the drawing is a boathouse, today “Kveinbua” is located there.
Photo: Kvernbakken is beautifully situated on the slopes down towards the fjord. A croft house of the combined type with an unusually long outbuilding.
This house is probably cleared by Petter Kristian Brunech around 1820. He later became the owner of one of the Melhus farms.
Sofie and Anton Rostad (son of Peder) were the last to live in Kvernbakken. They lived there until 1954, and the same family had used the place since before 1865.
It was a big place with both cows, sheep and pigs, and cultivated both potatoes and grains.
The area was probably used as a lumber place for timber for the Rostad sawmill close by. The balsam trees, of which there are many of today, have probably grown up after the place shut down. However, the big alder tree at the foundation walls is probably the old courtyard tree in Lunden.
It was a rather small croft and perhaps the youngest of the Rostadbakk places. In 1875, Andres Olsen Grøtte from Meldalen was the crofter and he is probably responsible for clearing the place. He was a very versatile and skilled craftsman; he was both a carpenter and a blacksmith. He was in all probability involved in the construction of the sawmill and mill, which was located just by Lunden, and likewise the dam plant further up in the river.. He was certainly also a miller at the Rostad mill.
Richter certainly had a lot of use for this guy, so he was moved to the farm and stayed there. Lunden was taken over by Kristin Kvam who after some time shut down the place and moved to Lysaker, taking the house with her.
This place was built on land that was cultivated before. It was Anders Olsen born in 1824 and Maria Andersdtr (from Gudbrandsdalen) who built the house. They had 2 children: Olava and Anton. Anders had a son, Peder, from a previous marriage.
Peder married Magdalena Gunnarsdtr from Sjøsveet in Mosvik. They took over Oldervika II, but in the 1880s they moved to Kvernbakken as crofts people there. Oldervika II was thenadded to the main farm again. So this place only lasted for a generation.
