A rather unusual Christmas present

1536

On Christmas Day 1536 Jomfru Karine Alvsdatter lay ill at Grefsheim. She owned the farm and large estates in several parts of Norway.

That Christmas she gave her kinswoman Karine Galle a whole farm in Vestfold, Bugården. Several witnesses were present to confirm the gift was freely given.

Karine Galle and her husband Iver Jenssøn later moved to Vestfold. There Iver ran sawmills and a timber trade.

Source: Diplomatarium Norvegicum, vol. I, no. 1086. Ludvig Daae: «Om Fru Gørvel Fadersdatter og hendes norske Jordegods» (1895). Store norske leksikon: «Iver Jenssøn».

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