Kristiansand minster and market place. Not difficult to find a parking space.

A stop on their way to Stavanger

(Picture by Magnus Monsen 1887 - 1954)

Setesdalsbanen, the railroad in the Setesdal valley. The railroad was opened in 1896 between Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord, but there was still work to be done when this picture was taken in Nov 1917.

(Picture by Sigurd Jacobsen 1890 - 1981)

A lot of hard work for hands and wheelbarrows in 1917

(Picture by Sigurd Jacobsen 1890 - 1981).

Easter holidays at Tjørhom in Sirdal 1958.

A heavy loaded Opel Olympia for Easter holidays at Knaben outside Kvinesdal.

(Picture by Einar A. Monsen 1914 - 1988).

It must have been cold in the winter, and wet when it was raining to go by bus between Mandal and Kristiansand. And the roads were dusty too.

The light house at Lindesnes, the southernmost place in Norway. Picture from 1937. A lot of emigrants came from this area and settled in the United States.

(Picture by Einar A. Monsen 1914 - 1988).

A mountain farm belonging to Nesset farm near Tjørhom in Sirdal.

(Picture by Einar A. Monsen 1914 - 1988).

Farsund bridge in southern Norway. Farsund and the area of Farsund sent a huge number of emigrants to the United States. Some small communities in the area are more american than norwegian because quite a lot of people commute between the Farsund area and the New York area. Picture from 1937.

To refer a bit of what is written about the emigration from the Farsund, Lista and Kvinesdal area:

As most people know, lots of people from Lista and the Lister region emigrated to America, especially after World War 2 and until the mid-sixties. Many returned, bringing with them examples of American culture: language,food recipes, furniture, cars, music, art, good and bad habits, building materials for American-inspired houses and equipment for home furnishings. Cultural historian Siv Ringdal has published two books on the subject, “The American Lista” and “Lapskaus Boulevard”. In Kvinesdal they have opened an emigrant museum and people work together to develop a greater understanding of the background for emigration, what it has meant and how it has influenced the development of the “Lister culture”.

(Picture by Einar A. Monsen 1914 - 1988).