Magdalena Christine Lauritsdatter Galtung (Bef. 1630 - 1681)

Magdalena Christine Lauritsdatter Galte was born before 1630 on Torsnes farm, Jondal, Hordaland County, Norway. She died in 1681 on Håbrekke farm, Strandebarm, Hordaland County, Norway. She was daugther of Lauritz Johannessen Galte and Elisabeth Ottesdatter Orning. Magdalena Christine married the parish priest in Strandebarm, Rasmus Pedersen, abt. 1650. They had 6 children:

1. Elen Rasmusdatter, b. abt. 1652, d. 1732, m. June 18, 1693, Jan Jansen Mentz Bolstad.
2. Herborg Rasmusdatter, b. abt. 1657, d. 1723, m. Aug. 3, 1690, widower Jan Torkelsen Mentz Bolstad.
3. Peder Rasmussen, b. abt. 1660, d. 1727(#19), m(1) 1688, Margareta Eliasdatter, m(2) 1712, Herborg Halstensdatter Rødi. Peder was living on Linga farm, Strandebarm.
5. Elisabeth Rasmusdatter, m. the parish priest in Strandebarm, Søren Sørensen Hess.
5. Magdalene Rasmusdatter Galtung, m. the parish priest in Nordfjordeid, Povel (Paul) Hansen Glad.
6. Hans Rasmussen, b. Abt. 1672, d. 1745(#7), m. 1 Jan. 1690, Kari Olsdatter Berge. Hans was living on Bru farm, Strandebarm. He died 75 years old.

All the children were born on Ivarshus farm, Strandebarm, Hordaland County, Norway. Her daughter Elen's husband was son of Elen's sister Herborg's husband.

About Torsnes farm:

........At the beginning of the 1600s Lauritz Johannesson Galte, took over the farm, and he was one of the biggest landowners in Hardanger. He owned 53 farms and parts of farms. He was married to Elisabeth Orning from Stord, who cultivated medicinal herbs in her garden. Their son Lauritz (born around 1610) was expelled from the country after killing his relative, Axel Mowat jr, in a duel. One year later the king called him home again. Lauritz Galtung became an admiral and received the King’s seal on his nobility in 1648. He then assumed the name Galtung. Lars Hamre has pointed out that Sigurd Galte and Sigurd on Torsnes must be two different persons, and that there is unlikely to be any connection between the family of the king’s representative in Kvinnherad and the medieval family at Torsnes.

Note: The text above is a part of the text about Torsnes farm, and I've borrowed it from this site: https://www.grind.no/en/hardanger/jondal/torsnes.

One of the farms on Torsnes, dated abt. 1980. Photo: Elin Galtung Lihaug

Rasmus and Magdalena were living on Ivarshus farm. After Rasmus died, Magdalena was living on Håbrekke farm (1676 - 1781). Her daughter's Elisabeth (Lisbeth) and Elen was living on the Hårbrekke farm between 1688 - 1693. 1)

1) Næss Anders and Olav Kolltveit: Strandebarm og Varaldsøy i gamal og ny tid 1, Bygdesoga, page 359-360.
Olav Kolltveit: Strandebarm og Varaldsøy i gamal og ny tid 2, page 339 - 340.