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and information from Haugesund and Haugalandet on the west-coast
of Norway.
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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