Tromsø Estate
The Tromsø Estate (Norwegian: Tromsøgodset) was a Norwegian estate, originally the in Troms located part of the Irgens Estate. The estate seat was Karnes Farm.
History
The properties concerned were in 1677 taken over by Giert Lange, who otherwise had been the manager of the Irgens Estate. The newly created estate consisted of approximately 120 farms and 90 Sami clearings (Norwegian: finnerydning).
In 1705, Baroness Cornelia von Westervick, the widow of Baron Joachim Irgens von Westervick, bought back the Tromsø estate, and she sat as a proprieterian until her death in 1708, whereafter her brother, Baron Jacob de Petersen, in 1713 took over the estate. His sons sold in 1751 the estate to merchant Johan Christian Hvid from Trondheim. His father, Michael Hvid, had been the estate manager since 1716 and remained so until 1757.
In 1764, Johan Hysing bought the estate, and he was in 1771 followed by his son, Ahlert Hysing. His brother-in-law, Andreas Røst, bought the estate in 1772, and in 1777 and 1781, it was sold to Georg Wasmuth.
On the 10th June 1783, the Tromsø Estate was divided into three estates:
- Skjervøy Estate: The northern part, including Skjervøy and Kåfjord up to the border of Finnmark, was taken over by Ahlert Hysing.
- Karnes Estate: The middle part, including Helgøy, Karlsøy, Ullsfjord and Lyngen, was taken over by Georg Wasmuth and later his son Ulrik Wasmuth.
- Bentsjord Estate: The southern part, including Hillesø and Troms, was taken over by Hans Andreas Moursund, who was married to Georg Wasmuth's daughter.
See also
Literature and sources
- Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål & Riksmål: (no:Tromsøgodset) (Per 10.06.2011.)