Øvre Haug
Sub-farms: Haugen, Køll, Sørre and Nørre Bergei, Haugsengen,
Gravdalen, Hauglund, Sveen
Nobody knows for sure today whether there were one or two
Haug farms before the Black Death. Today there are two farms
Øvre Haug and Nerre Haug.
During the Black Death, Øvre Haug was emptied and it remained
empty until the end of the 15th century. Øvre Haug was krongods
after the Black Death and remained that way until 1669 when
the king sold the farm to Laurits Christensen from Drammen.
Laurits sold the farm to the Stockfleth family in 1691 and
they kept the farm until 1749.
The Siewers family is central in the history of Øvre Haug
in the 1800s. Arild Huitfeldt Siewers and wife Jeanette Siewers
bought Øvre Berg with Tonsåsen Sanatorium from Svein Pederson
Berg's insolvent estate. In addition to Øvre Haug Farm the
Siewers family also bought Øvre Berg and Midtre Berg, the
neighborfarms. They ran the Sanatorium and built a store and
a hotel in the same area, and changed the farm name to Tonsåsen.
Siewers was an industrius man, powerful and a strong proponent
for a railway going through Tonsåsen. Valdresbanen - the railway
between Oslo and Fagernes was built in the early 1900s and
traced its way through Tonsåsen with a Station by the Sanatorium.
Carl and Sofie Wishman succeeded the Siewerts when they sold
out in 1913. Wishman was a Doctor and also the main shareholder
of the Sanatorium. He was also active as a politician in Etnedal
and was for a period ordfører (mayor).
Photo donated by Jeannette Moen Billmore showing the old road over Tonsåsen.
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