Coordinates are latitude, longitude in decimal degrees (WGS 84).

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  60. 66.82897351447136, 13.415153858647377

  • © Ann-Mari Olsen

  • © Svein Skare

  • © Olav Espevoll

An old Farm

Bolga is one of the oldest places in Meløy where people settled and began to cultivate the land. A farm was probably established here as far back as the Iron Age, some 2,000 years ago. At least five probable burial mounds have been found here, all in the area around known as Yttergården. But unfortunately they have been leveled out. There are many indications that this place was of great importance, and that the people who lived here were powerful people. Discoveries made in this burial mound tell us that the woman found here at Bolga was one of the most prominent women in the whole of Nordland.

Is there anyone there?
 
I thought I heard footsteps. Just come closer, don't be afraid. I do not bite.

You may not know it, but I've been here the whole time. And ever since I was buried in the 8th century I have watched over all of you.

Unfortunately my name has long since been forgotten, but once this was my kingdom.

A lot has happened while I've been resting. Society has developed and experienced both ups and downs, and so has the population.

But this was once one of Meløy's most important places. The time I was Queen at Bolga.
 
 
The first description of the burial mounds at Bolga is in Gustav Petter Blom's travelogue "Reise Nordlandene" from 1827. The author Jens Edvard Kraft also writes in 1835 in the great work "Kongeriket Norge" about the "mighty burial mound" that has been excavated at Bolga. A number of objects were found here, but these were not kept.

They still didn't find my burial mound. It was first discovered by chance in 1895. It was located in a low sand pile, just east of the house in Yttergården, roughly where the barn bridge is today.
 
 
Based on the objects that were found, it did not take them long to realize that this was a woman's grave. And not just any woman's grave. There were weaving equipment, a needle house and a knife made of whalebone.

They also found two oval breastplates. These were decoration that only the most wealthy could afford. Precious pearls were also found, and a fine brooch of bronze, decorated with animal heads. It had originally been an attachment to a holy casket or a book,and had been turned into a brooch for the costume. It originated in Ireland and it is theorized that my husband took it with him from there on one of his Viking voyages. But I won't tell if that's true. That's my secret.
 

Anyway, it's not the best looking item I got. It was the whalebone plate. They are very rare and the one they found in my grave is one of the most beautiful that has been found. It is said that this was one of the ruler symbols of the håløygätta, the earl clan that ruled in Hålogalang.
So maybe I was one of them, or maybe my husband was. But that is for me to know and you to wonder...
 

Subject text: Per Swensen, Anne Marie Johnsen, Tone Lise Lyngeng

Screenplay: Helge Seim

Voices: Tone Lise Lyngeng

Editing: Helge seim

Soundrecordings: LydBerger Sunflower Studios.

Music and Soundeffect: freesound.org

 

Source: 

  • Holberg E. (2015) Før vår tid
  • Blom G.P. (1832) Reise i Nordlandene året 1827
  • Kraft J.E. (1835) Kongeriket Norge
  • Interview with Hans Olsen