Ingvaldsengården with associated carpentry workshop

Ingvaldsengården is a complete farm near the city, which consists of a residential building, carpentry workshop and material warehouse. Carpentry workshop with mass room was built in 1914, and was in continuous operation until 1987.

The carpentry workshop is a good example of the long and active craft tradition in Verdal, and the Stiklestad National Cultural Center has for some time investigated the possibilities of moving the Ingvaldsengården from Lektor Musumsgate 15 in Verdal to Stiklestad. The move was carried out in November 2021, and we are in the process of refurbishment and content creation.

In the development plan for SNK 2021-2024, "Where stories meet", there are clear guidelines for craft traditions and technical knowledge to be an area of ​​focus. But Ingvaldsengården is also relevant in terms of olive inheritance. The restoration of Stiklestad church in 1930 was a major task for the carpentry workshop. Templates, drawings and plaster casts have been preserved together with moldings and tools. This is important to take care of for later antiquarian restoration of the church. It was also this carpentry workshop that made the first prototypes for weapons; axe, sword and shield, to "The Game of Saint Olav".

The Ingvaldsengården will be environmentally friendly at the folk museum. As there were no suburban farms or houses in timber structures at the folk museum from before, Ingvaldsengården will join and complement the building stock at the museum. Everything about the residential building is produced in the carpentry workshop, including details such as windows, doors, mouldings, and the entrance area with columns. The residential building is thus a direct imprint of the action-based knowledge carried out in the carpentry workshop.

Wear on doorsteps tells about movement patterns and wear on tools about frequent use. This must be preserved for posterity. The fact that the machines were already equipped with an electric motor in 1914 makes the workplace modern for its time, while the traditional craftsmanship without mechanical power is well represented.

Both Verdal municipality, Trøndelag County Municipality, Stiftelsen UNI and SNK have contributed to financing the move. In addition, the builders of Lektor Musumsgate 15 AS have contributed
cost-reducing measures in the moving process.

We hope to be able to invite the public into the carpentry workshop in the summer of 2023