Notes for Arne Bjornsen Dolven

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Notes for Arne Bjornsen Dolven

It is mentioned in the records that Arne may have cleared the land at Dølven after the Black
Death.This is "the beginning" or the earliest records one can find as Norway was quite
decimated by the Black Death several hundred years before. Arne was called "the chief(king)
of Dølven". He was a small king in his kingdom. The Dølven farm was quite large before it was
divided between his three sons. The Dølven farm lies in the mountains over looking the
Valdres Valley in Bagn, Sør Aurdal. It was close to the main road that in those days was called
"the King's Road"-a horse riding track from Oslo to Lærdal. Th is road today is marked so
within Sør Aurdal you can walk along it. You can walk from Hedalen to Reinli along the road,
stave church to stave church.