To: rschmidt@pierian.com From: "Gunnar Thorvaldsen" Subject: RE: Odel Reply-To: Gunnar Thorvaldsen Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 22:55:06 X-Tick-Nemesis: Chairface Chippendale MIME-Version: 1.0 On Fri, 3 Jan 1997 15:12:32 -0800, Rod Schmidt wrote... >Hello. I apologize for writing to you in English but I do not know >Norwegian. > >I am interested in the word "allodial", also "allod" and "allodium". This >word appears in Article 107 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway. >The original word seems to be "odels". > >This word also appears in the constitutions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, >Arkansas and New York. > >I would like to find out as much as I can about the meaning of this word, >and why it is used in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway. > The system of Odel was introduced into our constitution because the constitutional assembly in 1814 was numerically dominated by farmers. To protect their inherited right to the farms, they wanted the oldest son to be able to claim the farm even if in economic difficulties. Farms that have been in a family for a certain number of years, may be bought back by this family within a time limit, even if the present out-of-family owner is not willing to sell. This has happened a number of times. >This word also appears in your report > > >http://www.uit.no/rhd/ahcref/ahcgt.html > A STUDY OF MIGRATION IN THE PROVINCE OF TROMS >1865-1900 BASED ON THE CENSUSES. > Av Gunnar Thorvaldsen This paper analyzes the migration >that took place in the ... > http://www.uit.no/rhd/ahcref/ahcgt.html (37k) > > >Unfortunately, your report seems to have been moved and I could not find >it. Can you help me? > I have forwarded your message to the web-page editor. > > Best wishes, Gunnar Thorvaldsen Norwegian Historical Data Centre, Tromsoe. Temporarily: Dept of History, 614 Social Sciences Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone +1 612 290 2904 / Fax +1 612 624 7096 E-mail gunnarth@isv.uit.no