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Agricultural and country scenes in eastern Norway, circa 1930-1939

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Title
Agricultural and country scenes in eastern Norway, circa 1930-1939
Identifier
p0592_film_02
Date
circa 1930-1939
Description
Scenes of agricultural work, livestock, and country estates in eastern Norway. Film available online here.

Exact transcription of captions included in description.
Funding to digitize a portion of the Jacob Stefferud papers provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
Extent
00:12:54
Language
English
Format
Independent films
Rights
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Spatial Coverage
Norway
Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Black screen.
00:00:02 Scenes of horses pulling a threshing machine, workers baling hay, horses pulling a plough, and scenes of farm fields.
00:01:34 "Norway breeds sturdy horses well suited for that hilly and mountainous country and at Lillehammer we attend a horse show." Crowds of spectators and individual horses at a horse show.
00:02:39 "Another interesting and important industry of Norway is silver fox farming." Foxes in kennels and a worker feeding them.
00:03:14 "Particularly the eastern part of Norway is well suited for agriculture and here we find such fine estates as Röd and Fritzöehus as well as numerous large and smaller farms." Exterior and interior views of an estate.
00:04:17 "Fritsøhus Estate near Larvik." Exterior views of an estate.
00:05:16 Views of fields, workers loading hay onto horse-drawn carts, and driving the carts to farm buildings.
00:08:30 "Aulestad, home of the Norwegian author, poet and dramatist, Björnstjerne Björnson, - - now a national shrine." Exterior view of Aulestad.
00:08:51 "The Eidsvoll Building where in 1814 the National Assembly declared Norway an independent country." Exterior views of Eidsvoll Building.
00:09:40 "At Halden, an important center for shipments of timber, wood pulp and paper, is located the historical Fredriksten Fortress." Exterior views of the Fredriksten Fortress and surrounding area.
00:12:18 "In this part of the country logging plays an important part." Logging activities.
00:12:52 Black screen.
00:12:54 Film ends.
Bibliographic Citation
[Indicate the cited item here]. Jacob Stefferud Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Has Format
MP4

Citation

Norwegian America Line, “Agricultural and country scenes in eastern Norway, circa 1930-1939,” Digital Collections, accessed October 16, 2026, https://www.norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/26299.