7/28/2010
House from Bergan farm at the Sigdal and Eggedal Museum. This house was the one where my great-great grandmother's family lived before she immigrated to Minnesota in 1857. We took two buses from Oslo to get to Prestfoss. The Sigdal and Eggedal Museum indeed has a collection of buildings from the area and one is a "cottage" from Bergan farm. It took my breath away to walk into the house where my great-grandmother was probably born. The interior is mostly not original to the house but has a collection of furniture and clothing from a collector in the area.
The museum curator, Sigrid Kvisle spent several wonderful hours with us, telling us about the buildings, the collections and then making some waffle cakes for us to have with our tea.
She shared a book that has a history of the area. Then she called the current resident of Bergan farm, a distant cousin. His brother-in-law came to take us to the farm.
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