1. Summer visitors
Visiting the milkmaid and her goats at the seasonal summer pasture farm. The location is Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway – and the photo is taken around 1900.
2. Fishing off the coast
Norwegian fishermen – harvesting the ocean close to the coast. Hand-coloured photo from the beginning of the 1900s.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00520 – cc by.
3. Milking the goat
A young girl is milking a goat while her friend is watching. Notice the wooden container the girl on the right carries on her back. Maybe made for transporting milk? The photo is from around 1900 – and the location is Odda, Hordaland, Norway.
A young girl is milking a goat while her friend is watching. Notice the wooden container the girl on the right carries on her back. Maybe made for transporting milk? The photo is from around 1900 – and the location is Odda, Hordaland, Norway. | Photo: Unknown Norsk Folkemuseum – digitaltmuseum.no NF.06669-004 – public domain.
4. My home is my castle
The location is the Åkernes mountain farm, Stranda, Geiranger, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The photo is hand-coloured and taken in 1937.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00050 – cc-by.
5. Utilising nature’s very own insulation
A man outside his turf covered cottage – with his dog and his goats. Taken in Syltevik, Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway – around 1910.
Photo: Johan Oskar Andreas Grasmo – digitaltmuseum.no FBib.82011-008 – Public domain.
6. A bride arriving on horseback
This beautiful photo is titled «Glomdalsbrud» – bride of Glomdal – and belongs to the collection of the wonderful open-air Glomdal museum in Elverum, Hedmark, Norway.
Photo: Erling Syringen Glomdalsmuseet – digitaltmuseum.no ES.01310 – Public domain.
7. Roll out the barrel
Unloading wooden barrels. It is great to see the craftsmanship of the barrel maker – the cooper. The location is Stange, Hedmark, Norway.
Photo: Adolf Skjegstad – digitaltmuseum.no ASK-01748 – public domain.
8. A wedding in 1897
From the wedding of Thea Louise and Halvor Herbrandsen Amb in 1897. The location is Øvre Sund farm, Helgøya, Ringsaker, Hedmark. Norway.
Photo: Martin Finborud – digitaltmuseum.no 0412-09740 – public domain.
9. Feeding the chickens
Two Norwegian girls are feeding the chickens. The wagon is used for the transportation of water. The building in the background is a stabbur – a typical Norwegian storehouse for food – lifted from the ground. The location is Løkenes farm, Asker, Akershus, Norway – and the year is 1890.
Photo: Marie Rustad – digitaltmuseum.no OB.Z05481 – cc by-sa.
10. The joys of childhood
On the old Norwegian farm, the children were never far away from their parents – or the domestic animals. No adventure was more exciting than to sit on the horse’s back. The location is believed to be Brandbu, Oppland, Norway – and the photo was taken in 1948.
Photo: Leif Ørnelund – digitaltmuseum.no OB.Ø51/1264 – cc by-sa.
11. Making tar
A man is making tar by burning resin-rich pine wood. The tar was used to preserve the wood in boats and buildings – and to preserve rope and fishing nets. Hand-coloured photo – taken in Målselv, Troms, Norway in 1928.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00089 – cc by.
12. Collecting fodder
Two women collecting seaweed to be used as fodder for the domestic animals. The location is Lista, Farsund, Agder, Norway. Hand-coloured photo – taken in 1912.
Two women collecting seaweed to be used as fodder for the domestic animals. The location is Lista, Farsund, Agder, Norway. Hand-coloured photo – taken in 1912. | Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00564 – cc by.
13. A Sunday visit?
A group of people visiting a milkmaid and one of her cows at summer pasture – around 1900. A Sunday visit maybe? The location is Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway. – When looking at these people’s faces, the photo looks so recent.
Photo: Ole Hansen Løken – digitaltmuseum.no HHB-01745 – public domain.
14. Beware the ice
Two men are crossing the ice with an ice pick and a boat for safety. Every year, people go through the ice and perish. Our recommendation is never to venture out onto an icy lake, pond or river – unless you are with someone knowledgeable and local. The location is Lake Totak in Vinje, Telemark, Norway.
Photo: Unknown – digitaltmuseum.no NVE_Iskontorets_negativruller00007 – cc by-sa.
15. Improved transportation opened up new possibilities
Steamboats like this one – on Lovatnet, Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway – opened up new possibilities for the people living in isolated places. People and goods could be transported in a way that had not been possible before.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00294 – cc by.
16. Summer pasture
A young Norwegian milkmaid – seterbudeie – milking the cow somewhere in the Norwegian mountains. From the milk, she would make both cheese and butter.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00615 – CC BY.
17. Ready for the journey. Hand-coloured photo, taken in Krokan, Tinn, Telemark
Ready for the journey. Hand-coloured photo, taken in Krokan, Tinn, Telemark, Norway. | Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00155 – CC BY.
18. Norwegian ladies skiing
Norwegian ladies skiing in 1902. Note how they in earlier times used one simple ski pole only.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00549 – CC BY.
19. King Olav V
King Olav V of Norway (1903-1991) inspecting the cows. Ekeberg, Oslo in 1959.
King Olav V of Norway inspecting the cows. Ekeberg, Oslo in 1959. | Photo: Leif Ørnelund – digitaltmuseum.no OB.Ø59_1527b – CC BY-SA.
20. Ploughing the field in 1920
Johan N. Rundtom, Sivert Eide and two Norwegian Dole horses ploughing. Grimsby, Folldal, Hedmark in 1920.
Photo: unknown – digitaltmuseum.no MINØ.024330 – Public domain.
21. Haymaking in Geiranger
Haymaking in Geiranger, Stranda, Møre og Romsdal in 1929.
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse – digitaltmuseum.no DEX_W_00170 – CC BY.
22. Feeding the horse
Two young boys feeding a Norwegian Dole horse in 1950.
Photo: unknown – digitaltmuseum.no OB.FS0285 – CC BY-SA.
23. Daily life at Rustøen – Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane.
Rustøen, Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane. | Photo: unknown – kulturminnebilder.ra.no T308_01_0005 – Public domain.
