his father: Bard Dyresen (about 1280 -1352 Buskerud, Nor.)
           (some have birthdate of 1310 making him 112 at death, not likely, even this would make him 102, again unlikely)
his mother: unknown Bergsveinsdatter

The geographical location of this family has been difficult to figure out since several old counties just west of Oslo, -   Buskerud, Ringerike, and Akershus have been merged together as Viken county.  Hole and its old church is the main location for the Dyreson family but is very small village on a rather large lake of Tyrifjorden.   The family developed here are from the correspondence and records of Lief Erik Thorstensen and laid out in Thorstensen Ancestry on Ancestry.com 2015.

There are still a few questions about the different children's birth dates and the possible mothers. 

1315 - 1318 Between these years Norway experience some of the wettest weather for a number of years.  Since rivers were flooding, and crops couldn't be grown successfully. "Europe's Great Famine of 1315-1317 is considered one of the worst population collapses in the continent's history. Historical records tell of unrelenting rain accompanied by mass crop failure, skyrocketing food prices, and even instances of cannibalism." [Frittis. phys.org/news/2019-12]]  Many families died and this period was known as the Little Ice Age. Some of this flooding started as early as 1314.  The famine may have caused the death of 10 to 20% of the population. When the plague arrives in Europe it found a weaken continent and took even more lives. Whole villages were left abandoned while buildings and churches fell into ruin.  

Boats in Oslo harbor
photo by Elroy Christenson 2016

Source:
        Christenson, Elroy - photo of Oslo Harbor from the Fram Museum beach. 2016
        Frittis, Rachel.  American Geophysical Union, "One of Europe's worst famines likely caused by devastating floods",
                 Dec 13, 2019. Phys.org/news/2029-12 europe-worst-famines-devastating.html
        Thorstensen, Lief Erik. records Thorstensen Ancestry as presented on Ancestry.com and correspondence 2015.

Brief History of Oppland || Elroy's Family Index || Select Nor. Farm Index || Ancestor Chart #24090

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