Selected Norway Farm Names Index
Hedmark and Oppland region
  by Elroy Christenson
Ringnes wheat 2016
Wheat fields on the Ringnes farm, Stange, Hedmark, Norway
photo Elroy Christenson 2016

The farm names in this list are linked to family history pages.  On some occasions the farm names have been used as family names but this is not typical.  The naming pattern in Scandinavia is usually based on the father's first name becoming the last name of the next generation.  For instance Knud Olsen's children would be named perhaps Johan Knudsen or Knud's son.  His daughters would be Knudsdatter or Knud's daughter. Some researchers have used the farm names, as some church records also did, to differentiate one Ole Olsen from the other with a reference to the farm on which they were living at the time of the event.  Some Norwegian immigrants took the farm name as their last name when coming to the United States such as my Rohne family, on the maps it is spelled Ronne. The spelling of some of the farms change over time and usage. Land records weren't consistent until after 1773. Oluf Rygh's Norwegian farm names was commissioned to sort out the changes in the names and make sense of the records for governmental and legal issues.  It's nineteen volumes research back through Medieval texts to modern texts. The bygdebok's were another government sponsored research and are invaluable to researchers.  They were divided among various local parish and vary in what kinds of information they contain.  The most important for my families have been the Stangeboka and the Romedalboka which are neighboring regions in Hedmark state. Historically Oppland had been a part of Hedmark. Through political intrigue and governmental necessity Hedmark was divided.  Hedmark still remains one of the largest states in Norway.

Some of the farms have stand alone pages and others are included in the family page research.  As with all of my research I'm not just interested in a lists of surnames names.  I want to know something about how they lived and what was going on at the time they were raising their families.  Since the records here stretch so far back in time we find great changes that occurred.  Many of the families were very successful even though the land was controlled by a feudal lord, king or local parish church.  There are in the records also a few bankruptcies and people having their land confiscated and auctioned off.  Some families survived to farm the same land for over two hundred years through multiple generations.  Many of the families had married into other farms and you will find links to other farms included.  I don't have the time to track every individuals families so most of the records deal with straight line ancestors as far back as I have been able to find verifiable records.  I've tried to identify the document that leads me to believe in the connection.  I'm open to other researchers verification or inclusion.  This work is on-going and tedious.  The Stangeboka is an on-line series of documents in Norwegian.  It has proved most useful and I wish that more similar sources were available.  They have here laid out the family genealogy for each of the farms.  I have found there are gaps in the information but through overlap with other farms and using some church records I have been able fill out some of the missing links. The further back the records go the more difficult and sparse are the documents.  Good written records in Norway come in with the Christian church about 1000 ad.  The parish priest made a record of baptism, confirmations, marriages, and deaths but not always births.  However, over time, some of these records were destroyed by fire, weather, war, and neglect.  Additionally the priests' handwriting can be very difficult to read and the format was not uniform. You will find that there are multiple births in the same parish with the same name and sometimes on the same farm at the same time. Separating these individual is nearly impossible. The Norwegian government has done a great service to genealogy by putting so many records on the digital archives.- Norway National Archive. Arkivverket .  To make things even more confusing there are also farms of the same name in different parish records and sometimes more than one farm with the same name in the same parish which is identified as being north, east, south, west, big or little.  In some of the older records farms had a suffix "erie" added to the farm name to indicate it was a sub-farm of the main farm such as in Tomterie.  In more recent days farmers have sold off pieces of land for the building of private homes on lots.  These are now identified as Tomter (with a number) such as Tomter 3 or 4 or more.

Stange (farms listed in the Stangeboka) a few are also listed in Romedalboka, the notation next to the farm number is a reference to Oluf Rygh's book of farm names and using his numbers otherwise the numbers are from the

Arstad  (farm # 17 )
 Bernt Frederik Egeberg 1847
Atlungstad (farm  #41)  Ole Jacobsen 1640
Bjørnstad  (farm #55) Jon Christensen 1730
Brovold (farm #256) Løten Knud Olsen 1806
Ekeberg (farm #143)   Knud Olsen Egeberg 1856
Fokhol (farm #63)   Even Olsen Fokhol b. 1697
Gillund (farm #78)   Ole Bersvendsen 1611, Amund Olsen 1654, Ole Amundsen 1675
Grønstad (farm #106)   Ole Pedersen 1741
Hegsvold (farm #38)  Oluf Rygh Anne Andersdatter abt 1687
Hemstad (farm #128)  Ole Olsen I - 1660, Ole Olsen II- 1690
Hommerstad  (farm #85) Jens Olsen Hommerstad 1750,
Hosmestad  (farm #52) Laurits Jonsen 1615 ,  Anne Lauritzdatter abt 1600, 
  Magnild Dyresdatter 1525, Ole Thommesen Hosmestad (1701)-listed with Stor-Ree
Hverven (farm #31) Oluf Rygh Kjeld Olsen 1600
Irstad / (farm  #39)   Johan Christensen 1620, Knud Johansen 1658,  
Karterud (farm #66) or Kåterud Christian Knudtsen 1712 , Knud Christiansen 1747
Kjeverud farm #39 and 143 Rolf of Kjeverud 1618
Lalum (farm #92)     Ole Olsen 1610
Løten prestegjeld (parish land)          Ole Christensen 1770
Mostu Ovre (farm  #25) Oluf Rygh Christian Christensen 1686
Nøkleby  (farm #)  Oluf Rygh Eivend Mogensen "sheriff" 14980 - 1503
Nøttestad North (farm #43 -1)  Oluf Rygh Jon Kjetilsson 1428, Elin Kjellsdatter 1479, Torsten Herlogsson 1497,  Oluf Torstensen 1550, 
Nøttestad South (farm #43 -2)  Oluf Rygh Jon Kjetilsson 1428, Elin Kjellsdatter 1479,   Oluf Torstensen 1550, 
Østbye (farm #11) Amund Nielsen 1801
Rekstad "Rekulfstadir" (farm#82)
 		Ales Andersdatter abt 1654 , Erik Olsen Rekstad 1695
Ringnes (farm #42 and 67)   Sigrid Olsen 1490,  Herlog Hudfat 1508,  Jens Hansen Wincke 1600
Rohne (farm #53, #112) Even Paulsen Rohne 1848
Stange Church (built 1250)
 Johan Borresen 1815,
Stor-Ree  farm #120 Mogens Eivendsen 1525 ,  Dyre Mogensen 1550,, 
Rasmus Dyresen 1590, Dyre Rasmussen 1628
Veflingstad (farm#59)  Ales Torstensdatter 1660,    Borre Johanssen Oug 1780
Ven   (farm #81)


                                                             [http://www.hedmarkslekt.no/Bokindex/sbindex.htm]                                      

Romedal (farms listed in Romedalboka bind 1-5 II) some are also listed in Stangeboka (Romedal and Stange were joined administratively in 1964)

Aadalen (farm # 224)  Nils Olsen 1678,  Ole Nielsen 1719, Niels Olsen 1752, Marthe Nilsdater 1790,  Olea Olsdatter 1817,
Aasen  (farm # 196 ) Ole Jensen 1810
Bjørnerud  (farm #  ) Even Poulsen Rohne  1848
Evenrud  (farm # 1) Poul Nielsen 1805
Haagenrud or Haugerud
          (farm #69 or 155)		 Hans Erichsen 1753
Hammerstad (B.3 s. 79) Jens Ericksen 1725
Helgeaasen (B.3 s. 79) Mari Jensdatter  1834
Ilseng (B.1 s. 90) Ane Torsdatter  1805
Jönsberg [farm #177)
Amund Nielsen 1781
Østby (farm #153/ B. 1 s 482) Kari Pedersdatter 1778
Skaarashagen (farm #141) Marte Eriksdatter   1843                                  
Sondre Maleum (Malumskrogen) Poul Nielsen 1805
Standerholen #91 (B.3 400, 546) Hans Erichsen 1753
Storhaugen - (B.5 II s. 571)
Tomter/Tomterie (farm #52  / B3. I s 45) Evan Poulsen 1848
Vang Gard / Romedal Prestegard

Løten parish is just north and east of Stange and Romedal.  Farms sometimes are listed in both the other farm books.  The municipality of Løten is not far from the rather impressive church and the vicarage and prestegjeld (parish land) is nearby. 

Aadalen (farm # 224)  Nils Olsen 1678,  Ole Nielsen 1719, Niels Olsen 1752, Marthe Nilsdater 1790,  Olea Olsdatter 1817, Marianne Olianne Knudsdatter Egeberg 1858,
Engelhaugen (or Ostre Englaug gard - farm #.    )
I have no known relative here but this is where Edvard Munch was born and lived about the same time as my great grandmother Marianne Oleane Egeberg was born and lived here in 1858 about 2 kilometers away. 
Løten prestegjeld (parish land)

 Ole Christensen 1770,  Knud Olsen Egeberg 1806, 




Oppland farms, (now Innlandet administration district now recombining Hedmark and Oppland) a county adjoining and north of Hedmark also had family members in very early history.  In early history Oppland was the northern part of Hedmark. This is a particularly beautiful area of farms following the Gudbradsdalslågen river and its tributaries down to lake Mjøsa.  This history may go back to before the 1300's and perhaps connecting with the lines of Norwegian and Danish royal lines. I have not been able to find a Bygdeboka on Oppland and its broken history makes it difficult to document the families. Here are farms that may give some clue as to this history.

Oppland fields
Oppland fields along the Gudbrandsdalslågen river opposite to Hundorp.
photo Elroy Christenson 2016
         Oppland and associated families.

See more history of the Churches of Norway
    Vallset Kirke, Romedal, Hedmark
    Løten Kirke, Løten, Hedmark
    Ottestad Kirke, Stange, Hedmark
    Romedal Kirke, Romedal, Hedmark
    Stange Kirke, Stange, Hedmark
    Ringebu Stavkyrkje. Oppland
    Faborg Kirke, Oppland
    Favang Kirke, Oppland
    Lom Stavkyrkje, Lom, Oppland
    Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag

        Løten factory zone -
                                   Klevfos paper mill and
                                   Aadalbrug foundry
See more history of the Royal Lines of Norway, Sweden and Denmark here.   


1862 map

This partial map of Løten and Romedal area of Hedmark from 1862
several farms on which various family lived are marked in red.
[Norgeskart historical map - Amtskart]

Oppland map button
1863 Oppland map with farm names (1.6 mg)

[Norgeskart historical map - Amtskart]
The originating web site for these maps has changed.
In order to get a copy of this map you may have to pay k250 for each. It is not "user friendly". 
An 1829 map is available through the link I've included.  I can't find the 1862 I used above.

Source:
         
          Christenson, Elroy. photos 2016
          DuBois, Thomas A. Nordic Religions in the Viking Age. University of Penn. Press. Philadelphia. PA 1999
          Gjerset, Knut. History of the Norwegian People, Vol. 2  Macmillian Co., Norway 1915
          Haywood, John. The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Penguin Books, Ltd. , 80 Strand , London, England, 1995
           ArcGIS Historiske amtskart --- http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1
                                         https://www.norgeskart.no/#!?project=ssr&layers=1992&zoom=10&lat=6739047.11&lon=615845.40
          Jones, Gwyn. A History of the Vikings. 1968, Oxford University Press. London. revised ed. 1984
          Kirkesok Kirkebkyggdatabasen -  http://www.kirkesok.no
          Lamb, Hubert H. Climate, History and the Modern World.  Routledge, 2nd ed. 1982
          Norgeskart (Norwegian Maps - historical Amtskart of Hedmark, Løten) http://www.norgeskart.no/adaptive2/default.aspx?gui=1&lang=1
          Norway National Archive. Arkivverket -   http://arkivverket.no/arkivverket/Digitalarkivet
          Rygh, Oluf Norske Gaardnavne, vols. 1-19, commissioned by the Nor. gov., 1897-1924
          Stang, Ragna. Edvard Munch, The man and his art. translated by Geoffrey Culverwell.
                    Abbeville Press, Inc. Pub., NY 1977
          Stange bygdebok -(farm history of Stange, Hedmark, Norway)   http://www.hedmarkslekt.no/Bokindex/sbindex.htm

        
         

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