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AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN REVIEW 
A Group of Buildings from Sjaak, a Small Low House in the Background with the 
Lokrestue and the Hjeltarstue on Either Side, and in the Foreground the Overha. 
L oft of a “Stabur” Mounted on High Supports 
people could get acquainted, for it was not considered respectful to 
seek a young woman openly. Later, of course, it fell into disiepu e. 
Below the maiden’s bower in the ramloftstue was a kind ol alcove 
called kleven , which was set aside for the old people. There they 
could be a little apart from the hubbub of the main room where all 
the indoor activities of the family went on, and yet they could see 
everything that happened. Grandma’s petticoats and carved chest, 
and grandpa’s Bible and spectacles, his snuff horn, pipe, and board for 
carving tobacco are all preserved in their places heie with t e 
derful painstaking care that gives the houses at Maihaugen the air ol 
having been just left bv their occupants. 
The Lokrestue and the Hjeltarstue at Maihaugen are said to be 
the only specimens extant in Norway of this transition type. The 
older and finer of the two is the Hjeltarstue, dating from 1565. Tra¬ 
dition says that it was once the home of a Danish princess, a daughtei 
of Christian IV, who married a common captain and was banished to 
