Toftes Gave
Toftes Gave was a Norwegian
History
The institution was established by wholesaler and former mayor of Christiania Andreas Tofte in 1844, as a "rescuing institution for morally corrupt children of both sexes". It was originally located at Munkedamsveien 31 in Christiania, at Holmen in Pipervika.[2] In 1847 the institution, including seven buildings, was donated to the municipality of Christiania.[3] The donation was accepted on 9 June 1847, and the institution was henceforth called Toftes Gave (Tofte's gift), named after the donor. In 1858 it was moved to Risebro farm in Ullensaker. In 1876 it was decided to relocate the institution again to Nedre Sund farm on the island of Helgøya in Lake Mjøsa, in Hedmark. The moving process took place during the autumn of 1877. According to new regulations adopted in 1878, from then on the institution only accepted boys.[2]
While the clientele consisted of 58 boys in 1888, this increased to 151 boys in 1899. The number was reduced to 86 boys in 1912. In 1912 the farm's livestock counted 78 cattle, 14 horses and 65 pigs. After decades of cultivation the farmland consisted of about 900
From 1896 Toftes Gave was run by the State of Norway, until it closed in 1947.[1][8]
Later use
From 1951 the location at Helgøya was used by the municipality of Oslo as a home for
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ a b Femtiaars-Beretning om Christiania Kommune for aarene 1837–1886 (in Norwegian). Christiania: Christiania Magistrat. 1892. pp. 362–363.
- ^ Boye, Else. "Andreas Tofte". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ Beretning om Kristiania Kommune for aarene 1887–1911 (in Norwegian). Kristiania. 1914. pp. 350–351.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Bjørnsen, Bjørn. "Johannes Andersen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ^ Andersen, Johannes (1946). Vi kommer oss. Av Gulostens memoarer – fortalt til en venn (in Norwegian). Oslo: Jacob Dybwad Forlag. pp. 29–30.
- ^ Andersen 1946, p. 51
- ^ a b Arstal, Aksel; Just, Carl, eds. (1966) [1938]. "Toftes gt. (–"Toftes Gave")". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.