The text on the back of this photo was “Kaldal 1942”, the farm where Elvine was born and where she lived in 1920. The farmhouse was torn…… Read more “1920 Census for Norway – digitized but not fully transcribed”

A group of nisser, notice the pigs. The custom of writing Christmas cards began in Norway in the 1870’s, but at that time they were forwarded in…… Read more “Old Norwegian Christmas postcards”

Many of us have a lot of photos from the past, often with unidentified persons and places. But help is to be found! The Storli family portrayed…… Read more “Photo from May 17th, 1929, taken in Rjukan, Telemark”

Rjukan Arbeiderblad writes about Operation Freshman and the hostage taking in november 2017 World War II had an impact on almost everyone in Norway since the country…… Read more “WW2 and Rjukan, Telemark, in a timeline”

A fall day at Øverland Arboret in Bærum Week 40 is time for the fall vacation in the Oslo region. Until the 1970’s it was often called…… Read more “«Potetferie»”

The Waisenhus in Kongens gate 1 Every time I am in Oslo (previously called both Kristiania and Christiania) and pass the former Waisenhus in Kongens gate 1,…… Read more “Finn Christensen, a Waisenhus boy (Part 1)”

We have been working on a DNA case for a long time, trying to find the original Norwegian name of a Welsh seaman. One possible person we…… Read more “A sailor from Nedre Hausland in Fjære”