Stabbur
A stabbur was a high storage facility on Norwegian farms. It is mostly built on posts and flagstones to keep pests like mice and rats from entering. The distance to the ground ensures good air circulation under the floor and prevents moisture from penetrating. Most of the buildings were small and single-story, only richer farmers had multi-story warehouses.
The stabbur were less widespread on the coast of Norway than in the interior, as fishing made it less necessary to store food over the winter. During the period of national romanticism in the 19th century, the storehouses, together with the stave churches, were regarded as typical Norwegian architecture. At the end of the century, many of the Stabburs were relocated to open-air museums and urban villa gardens, but in many places new old-style granaries were built on the farms.
Web links
- Stabbur in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ stabbur . In: Store norske leksikon . September 28, 2014 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed May 28, 2020]).
- ↑ Bjørn Hugo Pettersen: Sjekk hva disse husene brukes til i dag. In: Østlendingen. October 23, 2014, accessed May 28, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ^ Arne Lie Christensen: Stabbur og loft . In: Fortidsvern . Oslo October 2001, p. 21-23 (Norwegian, nb.no ).