Places with a story
Hemsedal bygdatun
Hemsedal Bygdatun preserves the mountain farm Øvre Løkji above Ulsåk. Timber houses, cleared fields and stone boundaries give this museum a strong connection with the landscape, including views toward Hydnefossen and the mountains beyond the valley.
About the place12
The farmyard interprets life in Hemsedal from the eighteenth century onward. Its buildings range from the mid-seventeenth century to the nineteenth century, and their modest scale is part of the story. The municipality describes a main house where several generations shared the familiar arrangement of living room, small chamber and bedroom.
History and local connections12
Øvre Løkji was separated from the older farm in 1730. Hemsedal municipality bought the buildings in 1956 and continues to own the site, which Hallingdal Museum operates. Protected stone walls and piles of cleared stones preserve evidence of the difficult work needed to create fields on these steep slopes.
What to look for12
Look at the farm buildings together with the cultural landscape rather than treating the houses as isolated exhibits. The storehouse, barn, stable and smithy explain storage, livestock and repair work. Museum management is reopening fields through restoration and grazing, so the landscape itself helps reveal how the farm functioned.
Plan your visit1
Consult the museum's programme for guided visits and arrange groups directly. Reaching the farmyard involves an uphill walk of roughly ten minutes from parking, and the site is unsuitable for wheelchair users. Animals graze around the museum: keep gates closed and give them space. The old mountain-farm route continues upward, but that is a separate walk.
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