Anders Pålsson and Anna Jonsdatter were a Sami couple from Sorsele in Sweden. They built simple turf huts (goahti) and settled at Klubbplassen around 1950, under the Reinåmoen farm in Korgen. The couple had three children: Maria Sofia, Anna Stina, and Sara Kristina. The family made a living from livestock farming. In 1875, they had six sheep, two goats, and two reindeer. Anna was a cobbler. Their daughters, Maria and Sara, worked as herders for the farmers at Reinåmoen.
Sara and Anders
Sara married Anders Abrahamsen (1850–1921) from Hattfjelldal in 1885. They built their own house, marking the end of their life in the cabin. In 1886, they had a son, Nils Martin, who tragically died at the age of three. Sara and Anders did not have other children of their own but became godparents to many children in the village, which suggests that they were well-liked by the locals. They had their hayfields at Klubbplassen, Grønndalen, and Sjurfinnheimen.
Sara and Anders ran the café Sarakampen in Korgsjyen. It is said that when Anders expanded the café, he proudly remarked: “See, now it’s better, now people don’t have to walk in the mud to get in.” When Sara exhibited a cow from Klubbplassen at the local agricultural fair, she won first prize. This was reported in the newspaper and received a prize and much praise.
By 1921, Anders was living alone in his log house when it burned down. He was taking a nap and died in the fire. Sara died two years earlier.
Marja puinn Kløbben
Marja lived her life unmarried and made a living at Klubben. She shared a house with Sara and Anders at Klubbplassen but had her own barn for her goats. She was a skilled and respected blacksmith, a craft she had learned from her mother. This skill proved useful in her daily struggle for survival. Marja had her own hayfield on the steep hillside above Klubben. She stored her dried hay in an old bear den, Bjynnlihelleren. Her old scythe, sharpening stone and remnants of her drying racks are still lying there. A large boulder stone, known as “Marjasteinen” was also used as a hay storage place. From Klubbplassen, there is a marked path til “Marjasteinen”. Marja died in 1916.
Klubbplassen
Klubbplassen was a cotters farm under Reinåmoen farm, bnr. 1. After Anders Abrahamsen’s death in 1921, Nils Reinåmo lived there until around 1950. A couple of years later, Hans Reinåmo used the land for hayfields. Later, the area was planted with trees.
Marja’s goat barn was repaired and used as a forest cabin and resting place. The site had just over five decares of arable land and no less than three hayracks: «Ytterlaæ, Storlaæ, and Nerlaæ.»
Today, there is an information board at Klubbplassen that tells the history of this place. The forest cabin is still there, but other buildings are gone.
Sources:
• Note about Kløbbplassen, Dag Brygfjell/Torfinn Reinåmo, 2022
• Article in the magazine Rotfeste no. 1 – 2015 by Esther Ødegård
