Kjerringøy is the trading center
 The museum seen from the sea |
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| place | Bodø |
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open air museum
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| opening | 1959 |
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Museum Kjerringøy handelssted is an open-air museum north of Bodø in Northern Norway , fylke Nordland. It shows 15 in situ preserved buildings of a trading post located on a natural harbor. The harbor ceased operations in the 1950s and the site was acquired by the Nordland Museum in Bodø in 1959 .
In the 17th century Kjerringøy was a trading and market place. In 1750, Johannes Staalenius Bernhoft took over the place as crown land and erected the oldest buildings that have survived today. As a shipowner, he was involved in freight transport and ran an inn. In 1791 his son Adam Hubøl Schorut Bernhoft received the license to run the inn. The heyday of the place began in 1803 with the purchase by Christian Lorentzen Sverdrup. He ran a retail store, a guest house, agriculture, a transport company, the post office and was a fishmonger. He built a number of houses that still exist today. His daughter married Erasmus Benedikt Kjerschow Zahl's second marriage. He was an accomplished merchant, shipowner and large landowner. During that time, Kjerringøy was one of the richest trading centers in the region.
The place and its surroundings play a role in the life and work of the young Knut Hamsun , who in his economic hardship asked the merchant Zahl for money in 1879 and apparently received 1,000 crowns from him. Number later became a character in several of Hamsun's novels as the businessman Mack.
Kjerringøy is now a popular film set.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Beheim-Schwarzbuch: Knut Hamsun. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Hamburg 1958, p. 21.
Web links
- Kjerringøy is trading at Olavsrosa
- Kjerringøy handelssted at Nordlandsmuseet
Coordinates: 67 ° 31 ′ 14 " N , 14 ° 45 ′ 42" E