Johansen Family continued
....Sandefjord / Oslo, Norway - A Brief History
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- Town takes it's name from the fjord which cuts from the outer Oslofjord 6 miles into the foot of a mighty moraine, which is the Ice Age barrier...
- Was known as Sandefjord Bad - A fashionable place for summer vacation with it's bungalows and cottages where one took the waters for ones health
- Once an old whaling village
- Has 37 miles of coastline and pleasant bathing beaches
- Oslo is 15 miles north
- History of the village dates back to the middle ages
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The royal grounds of the Gokstad Viking Ship was found about 2 miles
east of the centre of town in 1880 [according to the town's
flyer]
- According to a book about Vikings, the ship was found in before 18542 and were excavated in 1852
- A great deal was lost to treasure seekers
- It may be that these were burial mounds [about seven together], the Gokstad and the Oseberg [see below], might be of Garry Hubert's ancestors/and/or relatives. See family of Myksvoll who are descendants of Harold I "the Fairhaired"s . The royal person buried with Gokstad is possibly the great grandfather of Harold I "Fairhaired, Halfdan "the Black". The other mound may be that of Halfdan's father King Eystein
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Area is right near the Engebritsen coast land and they donated a part
of it for the national park which, protects these burial mounds.
- The present owners if Engebritsen land are Garry Hubert's third cousin Peter Dorsett and his wife Kris
- Mounds date back to 9th century
- The beautiful fountain by Sandefjord's Guest Harbour [shown below] is in memory of the time when this town was a whaling village. Many of these whalers were Engebritsens, including Johan Johansen Engebritsen who migrated to the USA and took up the name John Johansen. Several of his brothers died in accidents while fishing the Baltic Sea....
Fountain Is In Memory Of The Whalers in Sandefjord's Past
Just to the south of the Gokstad burial mound was found the Oseberg Royal Barge [ship].
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Might be the burial ship of Queen Asa who was Halfdan "the Blacks's" second wife and step-mother to King Harold I "the Fairhaired"
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This ship and the Gokstad are on display in the Viking Ship Hall at Bydoy in Oslo
Thumbnail Photographs
Sandefjord 1864 |
Sandar, the Lutheran Church where Johan Johansen's family atttended. Near it is the graveyard where his ancestors are buried. |
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Click on Photographs and you will see te large photographs |
In Memory of the Whalers who sailed out of this and all harbours. |
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"Sunrise", Sandefjord, Canon Power Shot Photo by Are Karlsen |
Ariel View of Sandefjord in 1990 |
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Coast Line in Front of Langeby Farm House, which is slightly west and south of Sandejford, where Johan Johansen was born in 1890. |
Vestfold
Maps of Oslo Area
- 1906 Map of Norway -Shows location of Sandefjord
- Enlarged area showing Sandefjord near Oslo
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Large Map showing Sandefjord's County of Vesfold
- Closer look for Langeby Farm (red star) - Map 4
