Maps & places Archives - Anne Lister Norway

Map of the full Norway journey

Jonsrud

Upper Jonsrud, large farm, coach station and tavern/inn on the main road to Bergen.

The irons works – Bærums Verk (+Anna Krefting)

Bærums verk – the largest iron works of its time (built to greatness by Anna Krefting)

Moenseter (Moensetra)

at Moenseter at 7.57 – Sæter or stol or house where the cattle is – Ladebarn and the doorway and middle of the barn were one puts carriage is called Love Stald, stable and for cows and betaille Fjös (fiuse) walked about ate our rice-cake and had cold fresh milk and butter –
Anne Lister, travel journal 5. aug. 1839

Gausta

Gaustatoppen is the highest mountain in the county Vestfold og Telemark in Norway which lies in the municipality Tinn and Hjartdal.

Stolpebod is another name for the more commanly used stabbur, a traditional wooden outbuilding for storing food. Some of the old stabbur are intricately decorated with fine woodcarvings and ornamental poles and doorways.
Read more about them here…

Madame Samuelsen, Kongsberg

At Kongsberg at 11.10 – breakfast not well Chez Madame Samuelson
Anne Lister, travel journal August 3 1839

Botanic Garden

Copper plate by Rathke
Colors by y. Haugen

On 31. July 1839, Anne Lister visited the Botanic Garden in Christiania (Oslo) and noted a list of plants that she found interesting. Many seem to have medicinal uses which seems typical for Anne Lister to notice …

Here is a run-through of the list and lots of links and images to give an extensive idea of what Anne tok note of during her time in the Botanic gardens.

Natural history, zoology museum and “the birds”

The building, called **Mariboegården** (on the corners of Kongens gate/Prinsens gate/Nedre Slottsgate) was bought by the university in 1819. Natural history, zoology, mineralogy, coin collection and antiquities et.al. all moved inn here duing the early 1800s.

Moss

Moss is a coastal town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The Old Norse form of the name was Mors. It may be derived from an old root mer- which means to “divide” or “split”.

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