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Your guided tour at Little Norway in south central Wisconsin will include visits to each of our 8 authentic, unique, and lovingly restored Norwegian homestead buildings:
- The Norway Building: modeled after a twelfth century Norwegian Church (stavkirke), this magnificent structure was originally built in Trondheim, Norway and transported to America for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Relocated to Wisconsin in 1935, it contains a veritable treasure trove of historical artifacts, including the original manuscript of a composition by famed Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, and mementos from a visit to Little Norway by Crown Prince (now King) Harald of Norway in 1965.
The restored buildings of the homestead, including:
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The food storehouse ( stabbur), sits on a raised foundation of heavy timbers which protected food from moisture and rodents.
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The sod roofed cabin, built into the hillside to allow goats to graze on its rooftop.
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The spring house shelters the pure, spring-fed water which runs through the property.
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The “bachelor’s cabin”, a tiny one-room building, originally a loom and spinning wheel space, adapted to house Osten’s brother-in-law.
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The granary ( laden), a tool room converted to a snug cabin, roofed with old-fashioned hand-split shakes.
Take a building-by-building tour by clicking here, or go directly to any one of the buildings by clicking the links above.
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