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 clusters on the western coast of Norway. Havrå was the first cultural environment to be protected under section 20 of the Norwegian Cultural Heritage Act.[2] It was not connected to the national road network until late in the 1960s.

Havrå
Havre
Farm
View of the farm area, Havretunet
View of the farm area, Havretunet
Havrå is located in Vestland
Havrå
Havrå
Location in Vestland county
Coordinates: 60°26′22″N 05°34′31″E
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyVestland
DistrictNordhordland
MunicipalityOsterøy
Elevation
[1]
71 m (233 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)

Havrå is situated on very steep terrain on the south side of the island of Osterøy, along the Sørfjorden. The farm area is shaped in a typical fashion for the steep terrain along the Western Norwegian fjords. It can be clearly seen from both the railway (the Bergen Line) and the highway that goes between the cities of Bergen and Oslo.

Map indicating Havrå

Many of the buildings at Havrå are characteristic to the inner coastal district between Bergen and the Sognefjorden; the combination of dry masonry and juniper cladding on barn façades that are exposed to rain and wind.[2]

Name

The name, with various spellings, dates back as far as 1303. In the oldest sources the name is written Havra (possibly representing Havrá). From the 16th century the name was often spelled (with many variations) Havre.[3]

In 1949–1950, a film called Havretunet was made about life at Havrå. It was released in 1952. Some of the people taking part in the film worked to change the name from Havre to Havrå. This changing of name was accepted by the National Map Service, but the name change remains controversial among the local population.[4][5]

Part of The Museum Centre in Hordaland

The farm is now a part of the museum organisation The Museum Centre in Hordaland, together with Osterøy museum, The Heathland Centre at Lygra and The Western Norway Emigration Centre at Radøy, and The Textile Industry Museum, The Conservation Department, The Cultural Heritage Service in Nordhordland, and the museum administration in Salhus.

  • View looking south towards the mainland
    View looking south towards the mainland
  • Havretunet between the houses
    Havretunet between the houses
  • Havretunet between the houses
    Havretunet between the houses
  • A demanding technique, but the cladding lasts for 30–50 years
    A demanding technique, but the cladding lasts for 30–50 years
  • water mill
    water mill
  • The mills are near the houses
    The mills are near the houses
  • Havretunet from across Sørfjord, near Romslo
    Havretunet from across Sørfjord, near Romslo
  • The grain is poured into the tract and the flavour is gathered on the desktop surrounding millstones and is wiped down to a bin in the front of the table
    The grain is poured into the tract and the flavour is gathered on the desktop surrounding millstones and is wiped down to a bin in the front of the table
  • Weather exposed barn walls clad with juniper. Juniper keeps the lashing rain out, permits draft and keeps the hay dry.
    Weather exposed barn walls clad with juniper. Juniper keeps the lashing rain out, permits draft and keeps the hay dry.
  • View of the traditional fencing
    View of the traditional fencing
  • Mill houses
    Mill houses
  • Main path through the farm area
    Main path through the farm area

See also

References
  1. "Havrå" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. "Havrå Farmstead". Norwegian Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2003-03-06. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
  3. "Brief history of Havråtunet" (in Norwegian). Stiftinga Havråtunet. Archived from the original on 2007-01-16.
  4. "Havre or Havrå?" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
  5. "Havre is the name" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
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