Hosts: Olav and Eli Vesaas, 3890 Vinje

The Vesås farm is beautifully located, with a magnificent view to the hills and mountains. The farm’s main activities include sheep raising , logging and traditional crafts such as blacksmith and silver work, weaving and knitting. Eli has been awarded Vinje Township’s Culture Prize. Olav and Eli produce and sell the popular Vesås-kurven, a dinner sausage made of ground mutton, smoked and spiced.

The farm has its own collection of old farm objects and implements. Vesås is also the farm where the author Tarjei Vesaas was born and raised, and which he was expected to take over when he grew up. In the old house, surrounded by massive log walls and unusually fine furniture, he wrote his first books and prose. The furnishings are unchanged. Kårstoga was built as a house for Ånund (Tarjei’s brother) and Ingebjørg Vesaas when Olav and Eli took over the farm in 1972.

Telephone 35 07 21 31, e-mail olav-ves@frisurf.no