Comments on: Running a Farm in Norway

By: Edward

Edward — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:56:26 +0000

In reply to Carol. Why not? I moved from Lower Silesia to USA.. I had no knowledge of English language...OR computers

By: Mehmet Kizilbey

Mehmet Kizilbey — Tue, 18 May 2021 21:23:06 +0000

İnformative. But there are many things İn detail.Some of them are unless you dont understant you live.But life is full of experiences like me İn Türkiye. İ liked very much. l understand better for living İn Norway.

By: Erling B

Erling B — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 04:16:24 +0000

In reply to Dewald Potgieter. Hi Dewald So did you move to Norway? I am curious because I am from South Africa and am also keen to move there. Regards Erling

By: Jim Flynn

Jim Flynn — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:33:10 +0000

Good luck to you. We have been visiting Norway for
forty years and look at it as our second home. For
9 years we had a fritidsbolig in Lindesnes kommune
but sold it when we lost the last ferry to Scandinavia.
We still visit every year and have many friends there.
This year we will be touring around more of romsdal
and sign og fjordane with visits to Geiranger and
Alesund.
Du er glad I Norge. Ha det bra.

mvh

Pat og Jim

By: Helene

Helene — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 14:38:34 +0000

Wow, that is inspiring!
Several of my relatives (on both sides of the family) in France were farmers, however the last one was my grandmother’s second man… who was barely breaking even. He was a lamb and poultry farmer. Organic… before that became fashionable. Everyone was trying to convince him to farm differently (intensively), he would reply that he didn’t want to run concentration camps for chicken. He was also really unhappy with the way slaughterhouses were run, he took me on a tour of the slaughterhouse where his animals went when I was only 9, stressing out that this was not the worst… and that, as it was close to the farm, the animals only spent a couple of hours in transport.
In France, farmers are the profession with the highest rate of suicide. Most of them are just not breaking even. The price of milk is too low, the feed is too expensive, and in the past you could only get subsidies from the EU if you farmed a lot of land, and it had to be on an intensive model. The rules have changed… but it’s not possible for farmers to change the way they do things from one year to the next.
It’s really inspiring that farmers manage to make a profit in Norway, while running tiny farms (18 cows and 20 ewes?! The only country where I’ve come across such tiny farms is Romania… and farmers are struggling to make ends meet there too, especially if they have children who would like to see the world a little) I’ve been reading about the high cost of life in Norway: if the reason for the high cost of food (cheese, lamb, beef etc.) is that the farmers sell their milk and their animals for a good price, I am more than happy to pay for it! Definitely one more reason to move there!

By: Guy Jacobsen

Guy Jacobsen — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 16:55:03 +0000

I am half Norwegian and when my grandmother passed away I inherited part of a farm and other things but had no way of going to Norway so I signed everything over to family members that I never have met hoping one day I could travel there and meet them no I am 66 years old not in the best of health but feel very glad in my heart then I pass this on to them with no strings attached to make it easier for them I love reading your story and give me a little taste of what it would have been for me in Norway my grandmother what’s sponsored to come to America by mr. PK Wrigley and became his cook but that’s a whole nother story thank you again I really enjoyed reading the article peace and love to all

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:54:14 +0000

In reply to Marshall Brynildson. What an interesting read. Since I will never be able to move to Norway (from the USA) I love reading other’s experiences.

By: Susan Palma

Susan Palma — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 12:56:20 +0000

Gosh I’d love to come to work for you. Give me a call if you’d like to hire a hand.

By: Dewald Potgieter

Dewald Potgieter — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:02:24 +0000

We find this very informative and good. We are planning to move to Norway to farm and will take as much advise as we can get.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 01:53:12 +0000

Great story!