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I am Sigrid Bårdsdatter, the first abbess of Rein Abbey. My half-brother was Duke Skule. Under the reign of the child King Håkon Håkonsson, the Duke was the most powerful man in the Kingdom. In the Year of our Lord 1226, Skule fell ill. In his prayers he vowed that if he survived, he would...

Five thousand years ago a man stands at the foot of the cliff. He holds a sharp stone in his hand. He has already sketched the silhuette of an elk on the rock. Now he begins the arduous task of carving the grooves deeper into the rock. He carves an image of a young elk...

On the 29th of April 1978, the largest quick clay landslide of the century struck Rissa. Over the course of 45 minutes, large tracts of firm ground was reduced to liquid clay. Fifteen farms, two family homes, a cabin and a community hall were eradicated and washed into the nearby lake. 32 people lost everything...