Johan Falkberget Museum (Ratvolden)
Ratvolden
The farm where Norwegian writer Johan Falkberget was born and wrote. His novels about Røros miners made this mining town famous across Northern Europe.
Johan Falkberget (1879–1967) was born into a miner's family and began working underground at the age of eight. His novels about the lives of Røros miners and ore-hauling farmers, including The Fourth Night Watch, Christianus Sextus and Anne Margrete, made him one of Norway's most important writers. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. His birthplace, Ratvolden, lies about 20 km north of Røros on the shore of Lake Rugeldalen. The log house, study and farm are kept as he left them. Guided tours and exhibitions on his life run in summer, and a nearby trail leads to the lakeshore. It is open only in summer and requires a car. It can be visited on the same day as the North Mining Field. Visitors with no interest in Norwegian literature can skip it.
Opening hours
Tours run about late June–August (check official website)
Nearby sights
- Nordgruvefeltet & Christianus Sextus Mine
- Røros Church (Bergstadens Ziir)
- Smelthytta – Røros Museum
- Røros Old Town (Bergmannsgata & Kjerkgata)
- Rørosmartnan Winter Market
- Slegghaugan Slag Heaps & Sleggveien
- Olavsgruva Mine
- Femundsmarka National Park & Lake Femunden