The drying barn and Bolette Pavels Larsen
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Now we have arrived at the drying barn where they dried corn and tobacco. In addition to traditional agriculture, they also grew fruit and smoked herrings here on the farm. The summers here in Kjødnes can be very warm, but the the air is never completely still, there is always a light breeze, which was cool and welcome to those working on the land. But times have changed and it is now our guests who enjoy our wonderful location and proximity to the sea. A dip in the sea can be refreshing if it becomes too hot. Maybe it was here that the prominent lady Bollette Pavels Larsen sat and collected her thoughts, which she later put down on paper. She was born in the main house on the farm in 1847. She was the youngest of 7 siblings, and her father was a lawyer. He was struck off in 1851 «for serious fraud and abuse of many kinds». As a result, they had to move from the farm. Bolette later married a banker in Bergen and became a part of the cultural circle surrounding Knut Hamsun, Evard Grieg and Arne and Hulda Garborg. She had always enjoyed the Norwegian language and Norwegian literature, and went on to write book reviews that were published in the Bergen Times, as well as carrying out translation work. Of course, as a women at that time, she wrote under a pseudonym. She is also known for having written and published her own books in dialect, namely saognamaol. If you would like to learn more about this admirable lady, you can read more on the wall inside the boat house. In 1864 Kjørnes was sold by compulsary auction. Subsequently, the farm got new owners and since that time, they have run the farm with different uses; agriculture, forestry, fruit production and fishing, were later combined with tourism, which started around 1950. After demolishing some of the old buildings, they rebuilt the farm and renovated many of the original buildings, agricultural usage ceased around 2001, when the focus turned solely to tourism. Right behind you there are two burial mounds which are connected to the Bronze and Iron Ages. Feel free to take a breather on the bench and imagine for yourself everything that might have happened here over the years.