The boat hut, main house, schoolhouse and Schrøder
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Here is a replica of an old boat hut that was built in the 18th century. It is said that the former master thief Gjest Baardsen had once painted the boat hut. From the hut there was a stone paved road running up to the main house, in the same place as the road you see today. During an autumn storm in 1987, the boat hut was blown over and lay flat in the fjord. But we had drawings of the building and in 2020 it was rebuilt. This time as a gazebo for our guests The main house on the yard of the farm was built in 1736. Kjørnes has the Farm Number 1, and the Plot Number 1, it was previously an officials’ farm, that’s to say that noblemen, military men and lawyers, alternately lived here. Grave finds, indicate that there was a settlement here in Viking times, around 800-1000 AD. The most famous person who grew up here was Hans Paludan Smith Schrøder, Norway’s first missionary in Zululand, he was born in this house in 1817. He left a deep impression both here in Sogndal and in Zululand. He was a close friend and collaborator of King Mpande, and today there is even a «Schreudermuseum» within the Zulu historical Museum in Eshowe, in South Africa. If you are interested in learning more about Shrøder’s story, you can find more information on the wall inside the boat shed. Øystein Rakkenes has written a book «Himmelfolket – En norsk høvding i Zululand» for those of you who would like to find out even more. The school house that is located to the side of the old house was built by Otto Shrøder, the missionary’s father. Here the children from the farm and the surrounding area received tuition. Hans Schrøder was an intelligent, all round student, he was talented both academically and with his hands. The building that you can see today, is a copy of the original and was erected in 1990 as a small detached house. In 1836 there were a total of 13 buildings on the headland, and the next place that we will be visiting is called ‘Turken’, because a drying barn used to stand here in the olden days.