Løvstad Farm
(Gård)
The farm got its name Løvstad (the
leave ground) because the farm is located in an area that originally was
filled with leafy trees. The hill behind the farm is named Nøvva, and it
protects the farm from the wind from the mountains.
The first residential building at
the farm was a log cabin that was raised by Sakarias Mikael Hansen around
1916. Initially the cabin had two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs.
Today there are several additional rooms, amongst them a bathroom.
Sakarias Hansen took Løvstad as his new surname.
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Sakarias married Tora Helmine
Larsen, and the two of them drifted the farm. Tora died in 1935.
The house has been restored several
times, and today Gry Østvik and Øyvind Løvstad are renovating the
building.
When Elda, the daughter of Sakarias
and Tora, got married she and her husband Thorvald drifted the farm and
lived in the house.
Sakarias built a second house that
was finished in 1942. He re-married in 1945 with Astrid. The new house is
also a log cabin, and is still standing at the farm. Today tourists who
visit Gråtådalen and Løvstad Farm rent the house. The house has got the
name “The Sakariashouse”.
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Thorvald og Elda Løvstad got three sons; Tor, Sverre og
Arvid.
Sverre and his wife Judith are
drifting the farm today, and the two of them built a house in 1978.
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As you can see from the photos, the
farm is located beside the river Gråtåga. The fields stretch alongside
the river. The farm is located at a beautiful
spot, safe from cold winds. Meat production is the main
industry at the farm. At July 14th Øyvind will
officially take over the farm. It will be both exciting and challenging to
combine the traditional meat production with tourism.
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See also: Løvstadgrotta