Deserted farm
A deserted farm (Norwegian: ødegård, Icelandic: eyðibýli, Swedish: ödegård) in Norway, and other Nordic countries, is a farm that was left abandoned or unused for various reasons.
Terminology
In Norway, this term applies primarily to farms deserted due to the Black Death in 1349 and 1350.[1][2] In many cases, the description of the farm as øde ('deserted') became part of the farm name for posterity when the farms came back into use again.[1] Examples of such names include Øderå and Kroksundøgarden (both in Hole), Øde-Rud (in Nannestad), Hole-Ødegården (in Ringerike), Øde-Hval (in Ringerike and Modum), and simply Ødegården (e.g. in Fredrikstad). A contracted variant of the name is Øygard (in Grimstad) or Øygarden (in Søgne).
The term ødegård is also used in Denmark, where starting in the 1950's, Copenhagen residents began looking for abandoned and deserted small farms in Sweden that they could buy or rent and use for the summer.[3]
History
- See also: Black Death in Denmark, Black Death in Norway and Black Death in Sweden
After the
Taxation
Deserted farms in Norway were exempt from taxes for a transitional period after farming operations were resumed.[5] After that, the farm enjoyed a special low tax rate.
References
- ^ a b Store norske leksikon: ødegård.
- ^ Seljedal, Ivar. 1966. Sunndalsboka. Sunndal: Sunndal, Øksendal og Ålvundeid sogelag, p. 35.
- ^ Spørgsmål og svar, ødegårde.dk Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bray, R. S. 2004. Armies of Pestilence: The Impact of Disease on History. Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., p. 61.
- ^ a b Sandmo, Erling. 2015. Bondesamfunnet i vekst. Norgeshistorie.no.
- ^ Orning, Hans Jacob. 2015. Ødegårdene. Norgeshistorie.no.
External links
- Orning, Hans Jacob. 2015. Ødegårdene. Norgeshistorie.no.
- Sandmo, Erling. 2015. Bondesamfunnet i vekst. Norgeshistorie.no:.
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