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Norwegian Area of OWW

The Norwegian area of Old World Wisconsin contains two Norwegian farmhouses: the Kvaale farm restored to 1865 and the Fossebrekke farm restored to 1845. There is also a one-room schoolhouse, Raspberry School built in 1896 and various outbuildings.
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An interpreter uses a drop spindle to spin wool while she cooks dinner in the small 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area. Note the skins hanging in the background. Knud Fossebrekke helped support himself by trapping as well as farming.
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An interpreter uses a drop spindle to spin wool while she cooks dinner in the small 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area. Note the skins hanging in the background. Knud Fossebrekke helped support himself by trapping as well as farming.

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  • Flowering apple tree at the 1865 Kvaale farm.
  • Dyed yarn is hung up to dry on the front porch of the 1865 Kvaale farmhouse.
  • An interpreter inspects yarn hung up to dry on the front porch of the 1865 Kvaale farmhouse.
  • A warm sunny day in August at the 1865 Kvaale Norwegian farmhouse.
  • An interpreter dyes wool at the 1865 Kvaale Norwegian farm.
  • 1865 Kvaale garden with sheep barn in the background..
  • An interpreter cooks dinner in the firepit below the tripod mounted kettle in front of the 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area.
  • Pumpkin patch and cabin at the 1845 Fossebrekke farm.
  • An interpreter cooks a pancake in the 1845 Fossebrekke (Norwegian) cabin.
  • An interpreter cards wool while she cooks dinner in the small 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area. Note the skins hanging in the background. Knud Fossebrekke helped support himself by trapping and well as farming.
  • An interpreter uses a drop spindle to spin wool while she cooks dinner in the small 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area. Note the steep stairway in the upper left and also the small pigpen behind the interpreter. Knud Fossebrekke brought his young pigs into the cabin to protect them from wild animals.
  • An interpreter uses a drop spindle to spin wool while she cooks dinner in the small 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area. Note the skins hanging in the background. Knud Fossebrekke helped support himself by trapping as well as farming.
  • An interpreter walks along the pig sty at the 1845 Fossebrekke Norwegian farm.
  • An interpreter cooks dinner in the firepit below the tripod mounted kettle at the 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area.
  • A tripod mounted kettle as seen through a window in the 1845 Fossebrekke cabin. The Fossebrekke cabin was very small and cramped so much of the cooking was done outside in this kettle over an open firepit.
  • Interpreters do their laundry in the giant tripod mounted kettle outside the 1845 Fossebrekke cabin in the Norwegian area. This kettle was also used by the Knut Fossebrekke for cooking.
  • Bed in the 1845 Fossebrekke cabin. Note the hides on the wall behind the bed. Knut Fossebrekke was a trapper as well as a farmer. Also note the small pig pen in the lower left corner. Fossebrekke used this to keep his young pigs safe warm in the winter and safe from predators.
  • Bed in the 1845 Fossebrekke cabin. Note the large chain with a loop on the end used for extracting stumps when clearing land for farming.
  • Interior of 1845 Fossebrekke cabin showing a small pigpen used to house piglets in the main room of the house to keep them safe from predators.
  • Loyd Heath trolling for photographs at the 1845 Fossebrekke Norwegian Farm.
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