<head id="NEST_Aul2no.h1">Aulestad</head> | <head id="NEST_Aul2_131en.h1">Aulestad.</head> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s1">En junikveld i 1875 kom dikteren Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsom med hele sin familie til Aulestad.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s1">It was an evening in June in 1875 that the writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson came to Aulestad with his family.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s2">Året før hadde Bjørnson, som da oppholdt seg i Italia, fått vite av vennene sine på folkehøyskolen Vonheim, like ved Aulestad, at gården var til salgs.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s2">When Bjørnson stayed in Italy the year before; he heard from his friends at the Vonheim folk high-school (which lies just outside of Aulestad) that the farm was for sale.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s3">Etter nøye overveielse med argumenter for og imot og en intens lyst til å erverve Aulestad, kjøpte Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson gården for 16.000 Spd.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s3">After some time of consideration; knowing that he really wanted to acquire Aulestad, he bought the farm for 16.000 Norwegian speciedaler.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s4">Aulestad som etter navnet å dømme må skrive seg fra vikingtiden, er en god gård på ialt omkring 2.000 mål.</s> <s id="NEST_Aul2no.s5">Av dette var 150 mål dyrket i 1874, resten var utmark og ypperlig skog.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s4">By looking at the name of Aulestad one might assume that it comes from the Viking Age.</s> <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s5">The farm is in a good state, it is about 20.000.000 sq ft whereas 1.500.000 sq ft was grown in 1874, what is left is fields that cannot be used for farming and a forest.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s6">Det framgår av dikterens egen beskrivelse av gården at han hadde store planer med sin gård, jord ble dyrket og stein kjørt vekk.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s6">From how the poet himself describes the farm it seems like he had great plans for it, the land was grown, rocks and stones were driven away.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s7">Uthusene ble reparert, senere etter hvert ombygd.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s7">The outhouses were repaired and later rebuilt.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s8">Et nytt stabbur, tegnet av Bjørnson selv, inspirert av bygninger på gårder i sørligere egne, fikk plassen etter det gamle.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s8">Bjørnson sketched the new stabburet himself and placed it where the old one used to be; it was made to store food and was inspired by the buildings in the south.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s9">Bjørnson hadde også allerede før han kom hjem, hatt planer om en ny hovedbygning, som skulle ligge nede i skogen.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s9">Before he had come home Bjørnson had planned to build a new main building; it was to be placed in the forest.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s10">Den svenske arkitekt Gegerfelt laget tegninger i gammel-nordisk stil med dragehoder og forsiringer etter tidens smak.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s10">The Swedish architect named Gegerfelt made the sketches in old-Nordic style with dragonheads and fixtures which was popular at the time.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s11">Heldigvis tillot økonomien aldri at det ble bygd.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s11">It was fortunate that the economy never was strong enough to let it be built.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s12">Før familien kom til Aulestad, hadde gården også en tid vært skyss-stasjon.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s12">Before the family came to Aulestad the farm was a place where travellers could stop by to get some rest.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s13">I den tiden hadde forresten Bjørnson overnattet der en gang, en opplevelse Bjørnson husket i lyse farger, mens fru Karoline mintes det atskillig dystrere.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s13">In that time Bjørnson himself had stayed there with his wife Karoline; he kept the stay as a pleasant memory whereas she did not to that extent.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s14">Hovedbygningen på Aulestad består egentlig av to bygninger av de typen en kan studere bl.a. på Maihaugen.</s> | <s id="NEST_Aul2_131en.s14">The main building at Aulestad consists of two types of buildings; one of them is to be seen at Maihaugen.</s> |
<s id="NEST_Aul2no.s15">Disse to bygningene ble tidlig på 1800-tallet satt inntil hverandre under felles tak |