Bergsbakken
Bergsbakken was deserted after the “Black Death” and wasn’t
settled again until 1630.
The king sold Bergsbakken to Fredrik Werdelman in Copenhagen
in the 1670s or 80s. Captain Jens Leegård purchased the Bergsbakken
farm from Werdelman’s widow in the 1690s, but sold it again
in 1695. Tore and Ragnhild Bergsbakko were living on the farm
in 1630. They had a son named Halvor who later took over running
the farm.
Bergsbakken is located in the northern part of Etnedal, a
little south of Steinsetfjord and close to the Nord Etnedal
Church. Belonging to the farm were also two setre (mountain
farms).
The farm was one unit until 1825 when it was divided into
two: Sørre Bergsbakken and Lauvhaug. In 1846 two other units
were sold out, Midtre Bergsbakken and Nordre Bergsbakken.
Sources: Gard og Bygde i Etnedal Book A, page 251
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