The Nesset Parsonage () lies southwest of the village of

Eidsvåg Eidsvåg may refer to: People * Bjørn Eidsvåg, a Norwegian singer, songwriter and priest Places * Eidsvåg, Nesset, a village in Molde municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Eidsvåg, Bergen, a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in V ...

on the south side of Langfjorden in

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county,

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. The parsonage is located on a small farm and it was the home of the priest for

Nesset Church Nesset Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eidsvåg. It is the church for the Nesset parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-dean ...

. Historically, Nesset Church was the main church for the parish of

Nesset Municipality Nesset is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of Molde Municipality in the traditional district of Romsdal. The administrative centre ...

(which became part of Molde Municipality in 2020). The parsonage is especially known for being the boyhood home of the writer

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson ( , ; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished ...

. His father,

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, served as the parish priest here from 1837 to 1853. Bjørnstjerne lived in Nesset until 1844, when he moved to

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and started high school. The rural community and nature at the parsonage in

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had a strong impact on Bjørnson's poetry. The parsonage has been developed in a partnership between the

Romsdal Museum The Romsdal Museum () is a museum in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The museum is based in Molde Municipality, but it has sites all over the region. History The museum was founded by Peter Tønder Solemdal (1876-1963 ...

as a museum-based consultant and the

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(Ovf), which owns the property. The parsonage is the municipality's

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Gallery

File:Nesset prestegård, Møre og Romsdal - Riksantikvaren-T329 01 0002.jpg, ''Almuens herrestue'': the priest's residence, maintained by the villagers File:Nesset prestegård, Møre og Romsdal - Riksantikvaren-T329 01 0003.jpg, ''Borgstua'', used for accommodation for servants, and ''Almuens herrestue''

References

External links

*
Nesset Parsonage
at the

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website
''Nesset prestegard – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons Barndomshjem'' (Nesset Parsonage: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's Boyhood Home)
at the

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