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A cluster farmFournier, Raphaël. Norwegian farm life and architecture.
/ref> ( no, klyngetun)Språkrådet. ''Nynorskordboka'': klyngetun.
/ref> is a traditional western Norwegian farm settlement with multiple individual farms and with the houses of the various farms located close together, more or less irregularly in relation to each other, so that it is difficult to see any regular pattern. Typical examples of cluster farms include
Havrå Havrå or Havre (sometimes Havretunet or Havråtunet) is a cluster farm along the southern shore of the island of Osterøy in Osterøy municipality, Vestland county, Norway. Havrå is one of the last and best preserved of the common farm cluster ...
on the island of Osterøy, Agatunet in the Hardanger district, Henjum in
Hermansverk Hermansverk is the administrative centre of Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village serves as the seat of the County Governor of Vestland county. Prior to 2020, the village served as the administrative centre of both the mun ...
, Tyssedalen in the municipality of Fjaler, Osmundnes in the municipality of Gloppen,
Sjønstå Sjønstå is a settlement in Norway and was officially a village during a brief time when Sulitjelma Mines carried out activity in the area, 1890 to 1956. Before this time, Sjønstå comprised the Sjønstå farm, which is located on '' Øvervatne ...
in the municipality of
Fauske or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsn ...
, and remaining parts of Larsbakken.''Fjaler Kommune'', Kulturminner. Florø: Fjaler Kommune.
/ref> Cluster farms originated through repeated division of farms. The division was to be made fairly, and so every single field plot was therefore divided. The plots of land therefore became increasingly smaller, and each user received an increasingly complex property to deal with.


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Further reading

*Visted, Kristofer, & Hilmar Stigum. 1971. ''Vår gamle bondekultur''. Oslo: Cappelen, . * Vreim, Halvor. 1938. ''Trekk fra byggeskikkens geografi i Norge. Årsberetning 1936–37''. Oslo: Foreningen til norske fortidsminnesmerkers bevaring. * Lars Roede. 2014. Bygningsarven 1814. In: Jørn Holme (ed.), ''De kom fra alle kanter – Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus'', pp. 25–51. Oslo: Cappelen Damm 2014, p. 43. {{ISBN, 978-82-02-44564-5. Landscape architecture History of agriculture