Hadeland Folkemuseum is a regional museum for

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( Gran,

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and

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). It was founded in 1913, and is located in Tingelstad in Gran. The museum is situated along ''Kongevegen'' (The King's Road), the road from

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which passes through Hadeland. Hadeland Folkemuseum is a subsidiary of ''Randsfjordmuseene'', a regional institution which also manages Lands Museum and the Kittilbu Open-Air Museum in

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Overview

Hadeland Folkemuseum is an open-air museum containing more than 30 buildings from the 17th to the 20th centuries. All the items in the museum are original and have been collected from various farms and other locations in the area. The ''Documentation Center for Hadeland'' consist of photographs, archive, objects from Hadeland and a library. Hadeland Folkemuseum has a collection of farm implements as well as a copy of the Dynna stone which dates from the 11th century. The Dynna stone originated in Gran but was relocated to the

Norwegian Museum of Cultural History Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Museum of Cultural History), at Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway, is a museum of cultural history with extensive collections of artifacts from all social groups and all regions of the country. It also incorporates a large op ...

in 1879. Hadeland Folkemuseum is located near Tingelstad old church (''Tingelstad gamle kirke'') also known as St. Petri Church. The Romanesque stone church was built around 1220 and known for its intact interior from the 16th and 17th century. Granske Kompagni, a local regiment in Gran municipality during the 16th and 17th century, had its exercise ground nearby at Granavollen. The regimental arsenal building or Tent house (''Telthus'') has been relocated to Hadeland Folkemuseum. Located within the museum area is Halvdanshaugen, the reputed grave of a local king from the

Viking Age The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Germ ...

. Halvdanshaugen, (from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

word ''haugr'' meaning mound) is one of several burial sites attributed to

Halfdan the Black Halfdan the Black (Old Norse: ''Halfdanr Svarti''; fl. c. 9th century) was a king of Vestfold. He belonged to the House of Yngling and was the father of Harald Fairhair, the first king of a unified Norway. In sagas According to ''Heimskringla'' ...

.''Hadeland Folkemuseum'' (Kulturnett.no)
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References

Sources

* Østby, Leif ''Norges Kunsthistorie'' (1977) * Bugge, Dr. Anders ''Hadeland Bygdebok'' (1932)

External links

Official website
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