Ingeborgrud is a tiny farming settlement near Skarnes. The name is worth noticing. In Norway, farm names have been passed down for centuries and eventually became surnames. Almost all of them are named after men, landscape features, or animals. A farm named after a woman is extremely rare.
Ingeborgrud means Ingeborg's clearing: a farm founded by, or named in honour of, a woman called Ingeborg. Nobody knows exactly when or why, but in a naming tradition dominated by men for over a thousand years, this Ingeborg must have been a hell of a woman. The kind men probably feared from miles away, and with good reason.
Ingeborgrud means Ingeborg's clearing: a farm founded by, or named in honour of, a woman called Ingeborg. Nobody knows exactly when or why, but in a naming tradition dominated by men for over a thousand years, this Ingeborg must have been a hell of a woman. The kind men probably feared from miles away, and with good reason.
