Ole Ottesastua

About the museum

Ole Ottesastua is a preserved house on the old cotter's farm (husmannsplass) Øvergården on Bjarkøy. Ole Kristian and Nikoline Ottesen built the house around 1870, and according to local tradition the timber was found on the shore from a Russian cargo ship. The family had seven children, and Ole Kristian's parents also lived in the house.

The house was abandoned for a period, but history enthusiasts rescued it and restored it in the 1990s. Today it is Bjarkøy bygdemuseum (local history museum), run by Sør-Troms Museum. From the outside the house is small, but inside it is filled with furniture and household objects that show how cramped people lived up to the 1960s. The ochre-yellow parlour (stua) is well kept and in the old style, and the house has a remarkable wallpaper. In 1996 an application was made for support to make a copy of it: the best-preserved room received an exact copy, while another room received a period wallpaper from the series “Norsk arv” (Norwegian Heritage).

Highlights

• Preserved cotter's dwelling from around 1870
• Furniture and objects from the period up to the 1960s
• Historic wallpaper
• Bjarkøy bygdemuseum (local history museum)

Operated by

Sør-Troms Museum

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