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Sandbekken with the Cleng Peerson house

 
 From my visit Sunday, October 18 at 2PM

Cleng Peerson organized the first norwegian emigration to America in 1825. On the picture above, the dark house in the foreground is said to be the house where he was born.
 

More pictures from Sandbekken

The Cleng Peerson House
 
Inside the Cleng Peerson House ( through the window-picture )
 
An old waterfall mill-house on Sandbekken
 
 
Sandbekken is part of Tysvær kommune. I also visited Aksdal, the community center of Tysvær today.
 
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