Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway are currently paying a county visit to Nord-Trøndelag. Today they arrived at the island of Jøa in the municipality of Fosnes, where they among others visited the childhood of the author Olav Duun (1876–1939). On the Royal Court's
official website you will find will find an article about
today's visit to Jøa as well as
photos from the country tour. See also
NRK.no.
Duun was born at the farm Stein nearby, but lived at Øver-Dun farm at Ramnfjellaksla from he was 7-8 years old until he was 25. After he married Emma Møller (1881–1970) in 1908, he lived in Botne in Vestfold county (Botne became a part of Holmestrand municipality in 1964). He died in Tønsberg in 1939 and was buried at Dun Cemetery at Jøa near his childhood home.
I visited Jøa and Olav Duun's childhood home two years ago. Here are some photos of the farm Øver-Dun and Dun Church and Cemetery.
For no particular reason I never took photos of the entrance side of the house. But you you can see one photo of the Crown Prince couple in the door opening
here.
The Olav Duun memorial behind the farm house.
From the back side of the headstone you can actually spot Olav Duun's childhood home.
The first church at Dun was consecrated in 1900. It burnt down in 1944. The present church was consecrated 5 years later.
All photos: © 2015 Dag Trygsland Hoelseth.
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