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Restoration Work
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Olav restored old buildings for many years, and he had more time to
devote
to it after he retired from full-time farming. Below you will see reports and pictures
from a
selection of the projects he worked on though the years.
Many of the projects were international. Either Olav and his Norwegian
colleagues travelled overseas to exchange knowledge and practical techniques - or colleagues
from other countries visited Norway with the same goal.
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Skjærvær in Vega, Norway 1997
An old hencoop - Before and after. It wasn't too late to save it!
However, one had to use a lot of new wood to restore it.
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March 1998 in Kenozero National Park.
Hans Sundsvalen was there as an instructor from the Norwegian Directorate for
Cultural Heritage.
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In 1998 he travelled with some of his Norwegian colleagues to Archangel in
northern Russia. Their mission was to help restore an old chapel in Kenozero
National Park.
The picture on the left shows the chapel when most of the work was done in
March 1998.
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In 1998 Olav and several international colleagues gathered in Valle to restore
an old "Loft" (storage house).
Yet again they were working for Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.
When loggs were partly rotted one had to bung up (insert) new wood.
As the photos show below this process goes from:
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measuring and shaping the new wood;
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via shaping the insert to the log using an axe;
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to the finished product.
The project participants from left to right: Ralf Röhr from Germany, Cormac
Seekings from Skotland, Jura Osipov from Archangel and Leslie Graham Gleed from
England.
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In 1999 he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Canada to take part in an exchange
programme with Parks Canada.
The participants were:
Knut Hamre, Etne, Norway; Bjarne Sunde, Jølster, Norway; Mattias
Hallgren, Sweden;
Patrik Bommelin, Sweden; og Olav H. Rygnestad, Valle, Norway.
The travel goal was Fort Walsh in Mapel Creek, Saskatchewan.
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Olav and other participants restoring a building at Fort Walsh.
This log has deep rot.
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Knut, Kym and Olav "argue" wether to use an axe or a chainsaw for their work!
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Kym Terry, Parks Canada.
Sightseeing at Captain Kennedy House a Manitoba Provincial Historic site.
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You can read more about the trip in Olav's report (click for the
ENGLISH
version or the
NORWEGIAN
version).
Read more about Fort Walsh HERE
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In 2000 Olav also participated in a project in South Gjeslingane, Rørvik in
Norway.
The mission was to put a new roof on an old fishing station (see the photo on
the left).
The other photos show that sometimes it is too late to save old buildings.
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On inspection in Neepawa Manitoba (1999) - The house was sinking!
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On inspection in Bygland, Norway (2002) - It was too late to save this cabin at
the communal pasture.
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In 2001 Olav and Daniel Addey Jibb worked together to restore Bykle Chruch in
Norway.
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Daniel using an axe to shape a new door pillar for Bykle Church.
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Olav and Daniel inspecting their work at Bykle Church.
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Daniel repairing the stairs at Bykle Church, Norway.
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The same year Olav also started in a course in protecting buildings. The
course is run by Sør Trøndelag University College and the Norwegian Directorate
for Cultural Heritage.
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Course participants visiting Tveitetunet, Valle, Norway.
Course leader Embret Sandbakken, Sør Trøndelag University College (left)
Olavur Groth, the Faroe Islands (in the pillory)
Teitur Heindriksson, the Faroe Islands
and two from Vest-Agder county, Norway.
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Anders Haslestad, our immediate boss at the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural
Heritage, visiting at Rygnestad.
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