Nesset Vicarage – Borgstua
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The age of this house is hard to determine, but it was probably built sometime between 1757-60, demolished and rebuilt again between 1766-75 and demolished and built again with a loft around 1850. The Borgstua was the public room at the Vicarage. It was used as a courtroom, boy’s room, school room, meeting room and later as a carpentry workshop. It was also used for confirmation instruction up until 1927. Bjørnstjerne hid himself in here when he was in trouble and it was here that he learnt the art of storytelling. It was here in the Borgstua that the first interrogation of Per Hagbø took place. He was convicted of murder in 1841 and later executed. Bjørnson wrote about this in “an ugly childhood memory”. The 9 year Bjørnstjerne was witness to the execution on the 29th January 1842 at Stubøen in Eidsvåg. Throughout his adult life he campaigned against the death penalty.