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      <title><![CDATA[Edvart Søberg to Alma C. Wilson 1948.4.11]]></title>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvart S&oslash;berg to Alma C. Wilson 1948.4.11</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">BREV FRA EDVART S&Oslash;BERG, EIDET, VESTER&Aring;LEN DATERT 11. APRIL-1948, TIL MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  ETT RUSTBRUNT 80-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED L&Oslash;VE, ETT BL&Aring;TT 40-&Oslash;RES FRIMERKE MED TEKSTEN &ndash;D/S CONSTITUTIONEN CHR.ANIA 1827&ndash;, NORGES F&Oslash;RSTE DAMPSKIP. DETTE FRIMERKET ER ETT AV EN SERIE P&Aring; 11 SOM KOM UT 15. APRIL -1947 I FORBINDELSE MED POSTVERKETS 300-&Aring;RSJUBILEUM (1647-1947).  BLANDT BREVENE FRA JOHAN HOLM&#039;S FAMILIE I NORGE ER TILSAMMEN 10 AV JUBILEUMS-FRIMERKENE REPRESENTERT, MENS ETT (55 &Oslash;RE) MANGLER.  I BREVET L&Aring; DET ET BILDE AV EDVART SAMMEN MED ONKELEN LYDER EIDUM.<br />
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LETTER FROM EDVART S&Oslash;BERG DATED APRIL 11 &ndash; 1948, TO MRS. ALMA WILSON, 102 WEST 5. STREET, DELL RAPIDS, SOUTH DAKOTA, U.S.A.  THE ENVELOPE HAS A RUSTY BROWN 80 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH LION, AND A BLUE 40 &Oslash;RE STAMP WITH THE TEXT &ndash;D/S CONSTITUTIONEN CHR.ANIA 1827&ndash;, WHICH WAS NORWAY&#039;S FIRST STEAM SHIP.  CHR.ANIA STANDS FOR CHRISTIANIA, WHICH WAS THE OLD NAME FOR OSLO, NORWAY&#039;S CAPITAL.  THIS STAMP IS ONE OF 11 THAT CAME OUT APRIL 15-1947 TO COMMEMORATE 300 YEARS OF POSTAL SERVICES.  ALL OF THEM EXCEPT ONE ARE REPRESENTED AMONG THE LETTERS FROM JOHN&#039;S FAMILY IN NORWAY. (THE 55 &Oslash;RE ONE IS MISSING).  ENCLOSED IN THIS LETTER WAS A PICTURE OF EDVART AND HIS UNCLE LYDER EIDUM.</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">Edvart S&oslash;berg</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text">1948.04.11</div>
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                                    <div class="element-text"><p class=–MsoNormal–>11/4-48</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Morn igjen Alma.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Jeg har f&aring;tt brevet fra deg, for 1 uke siden, men har desverre ikke hatt tid til &aring; skrevet f&oslash;r, men i dag er det s&oslash;ndag s&aring; da har jeg jo anledning.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Idag har jeg ogs&aring; skrevet brev til Arlene Johnson som du nevnte i brevet jeg fikk.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers har vi det bare bra alle sammen her hos oss.<span>&nbsp; </span>Du bad meg fortelle litt fra stedet her, og det skal jeg gj&oslash;re.<span>&nbsp; </span>Eiendommen v&aring;r er p&aring; ca. 150 dk. og p&aring; denne eiendommen er det et lite vann med holmer i, som det er m&aring;ke p&aring;, og om sommeren kan vi plukke egg av reirene deres &aring; spise.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvis du ser p&aring; det bildet av huset v&aring;rt som jeg har sendt Arlene, ser du et fjell i bakgrunnen, dette fjellet ligger ca. vel 1500 meter fra huset, og tett nedenuner det ligger vatnet med m&aring;kene i som jeg har nevnt.<span>&nbsp; </span>I dette vatnet fisker vi &oslash;rret om sommeren.<span>&nbsp; </span>Ellers er det for det meste myrer og hauger.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men myrene gj&oslash;r ogs&aring; nytte for seg her for folk som <em>(mangler et ord, skal sikkert v&aelig;re &ldquo;bor&rdquo;)</em> n&aelig;rt havet har ikke myrer og derfor kommer de om sommrene til v&aring;re trakter for &aring; tarve.<span>&nbsp; </span>Torvet brukes til brensel.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Sommeren er den fineste &aring;rstida her, for da st&aring;r &aring;krene gr&oslash;nne og skogen gr&oslash;nn, og fra fjellet h&oslash;res en stadig fuglesang.<span>&nbsp; </span>V&aring;ren er n&aring; kommet og det er serlig tidlig i &aring;r.<span>&nbsp; </span>Det f&oslash;rste <em>(mangler &ldquo;er&rdquo;)</em> gangen i mitt liv at vi har nesten full sommer den 1 april.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Far arbeider n&aring; p&aring; spreng med v&aring;ronna, han er jo alene n&aring; mens jeg er p&aring; skolen.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han kj&oslash;rer gj&oslash;dsel p&aring; jorda og steller alt mulig til sommeren.<span>&nbsp; </span>Dessuten kj&oslash;rer han begge bilene som vi har.<span>&nbsp; </span>Han og mor skal skrive senere.<span>&nbsp; </span>Hvis v&aelig;ret er riktig godt neste s&oslash;ndag, skal jeg l&aring;ne meg et fotografiapparat og g&aring; p&aring; fjellet &aring; fotografere hele bygda her, og da skal du f&aring; se hvordan det ser ut her.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du spurte om jeg kunne skaffe deg former til &aring; st&oslash;pe starinlys i, men det er sv&aelig;rt vanskelig, da dette ikke har v&aelig;rt i bruk p&aring; mange herrens &aring;r, men hvis du kan gi meg n&oslash;yaktig beskrivelse av hvordan de skal v&aelig;re skal jeg f&aring; en blikkenslager til &aring; arbeide dem.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Du sa at hvis jeg manglet en ordbok s&aring; skulle <em>(mangler &ldquo;du&rdquo;)</em> forskaffe meg ei.<span>&nbsp; </span>Og hvis det er mulig for deg &aring; f&aring; tak i, &ldquo;The general Basic English Dictionary&rdquo; s&aring; m&aring; du gj&oslash;re det, for den mangler jeg.<span>&nbsp; </span>Men n&aring; m&aring; jeg vel slutte, for jeg skal reise til skolen snart.<span>&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Beste hilsen fra Edvart S&oslash;berg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Eidet i Vester&aring;len</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Brevet som du sendte brukte 12 dager p&aring; turen fra Amerika til Norge.</p>
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<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>11/4-48</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Hi again Alma.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>I&rsquo;ve received the letter from you, 1 week ago, but unfortunately I haven&rsquo;t had time to write before, but today is Sunday so then I have the opportunity do so.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Today I&rsquo;ve also written a letter to Arlene Johnson whom you mentioned in the letter I got.<span>&nbsp; </span>All of us here are just fine.<span>&nbsp; </span>You asked me to tell you a little bit about this place, and I will.<span>&nbsp; </span>Our property is about 150 dk <em>(dekar=Norwegian land measurement)</em> and on this property there&rsquo;s a small lake with islets in it, on which there are seagulls, and in the summer we can pick eggs from their nests to eat.<span>&nbsp; </span>If you look at the picture of our house which I&rsquo;ve sent to Arlene, you&rsquo;ll see a mountain in the background, this mountain is about a little over 1500 meters from the house, and right below it is the lake with the seagulls that I&rsquo;ve mentioned.<span>&nbsp; </span>In this lake we fish for trout in the summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Otherwise there&rsquo;s mostly marshes and hills.<span>&nbsp; </span>But the marshes are put to good use here too because people who live near the ocean don&rsquo;t have marshes and therefore they come to our region in the summers to collect peat moss.<span>&nbsp; </span>The peat moss is used for fuel.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>The summer is the nicest time of year here, because then the fields are green and the woods are green, and from the mountain constant birdsong can be heard.<span>&nbsp; </span>Spring has arrived now and that&rsquo;s especially early this year.<span>&nbsp; </span>It&rsquo;s the first time in my life that we have almost full summer on April 1.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Father is working extremely hard on the spring farming now, as he&rsquo;s alone now while I&rsquo;m at school.<span>&nbsp; </span>He fertilizes the fields and works on all kinds of things for the summer.<span>&nbsp; </span>Besides he drives both the cars that we have.<span>&nbsp; </span>He and mother will write later.<span>&nbsp; </span>If the weather is really good next Sunday, I&rsquo;m going to borrow a camera and go up on the mountain and photograph the whole village here, and then you&rsquo;ll get to see how it looks here.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>You asked if I could get a hold of moulds to make candles in for you, but that&rsquo;s very difficult, as those haven&rsquo;t been in use for donkey&rsquo;s years, but if you can give me an exact description of how they&rsquo;re supposed to be I&rsquo;ll get a tinsmith to work them.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>You said that if I lacked a dictionary you would get one for me.<span>&nbsp; </span>And if it&rsquo;s possible for you to get a hold of, &ldquo;The general Basic English Dictionary&rdquo; then do so, because that one I don&rsquo;t have.<span>&nbsp; </span>But now I&rsquo;d better quit, because I&rsquo;m going to school soon.</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Best wishes from Edvart S&oslash;berg</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>Eidet in Vester&aring;len</p>
<p class=–MsoNormal–>The letter you sent took 12 days on the way from America to Norway.</p></div>
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