The Enderud Farm - June 2015

Gunder Bjørnsen was a husmann med jord (tenant farmer with land) on the Kopseng farm in Eggedal, Buskerud, Norway.  The main farm nestles against the mountains on the valley floor that stretches down to a lake with its pastures and fields surrounding it.
Most of the husmenn lived on the mountains behind the main farm.  The Enderud farm sits in a high mountain meadow to the left of the farm in this picture.

Until the 1980s, there was no road from the valley to the mountain top; it was an arduous climb on foot or with horses to reach these remote farms.  Thankfully, a timber road was built that winds 5-6 miles up the mountain and allows access to the farms above.  It is still a walk of over a mile across a mountain from the end of this road to the Enderud place.  Until about 1970, a man lived on Enderud.  It is now abandoned.

Guide Sigrid Kvisle in front of the cabin (metal on the ground is the cabin roof) More still photos to come ...