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Contents
| Publisher's foreword | 9 | |
| Author's foreword | 11 | |
| BETWEEN INLAND AND COAST | 15 | |
| Southland without a coast | 17 | |
| THE VILLAGE BECOMES POPULATED | 25 | |
| The human basis of life | 26 | |
| Increasing settlement | 31 | |
| Trade journeys and good conditions | 41 | |
| The great symbol of prosperity | 53 | |
| Plague and death | 55 | |
| THE GREAT WEALTH OF NATURE | 59 | |
| How forestry became a main industry | 60 | |
| "The golden age of timber" | 64 | |
| "Farmer and shipowner" | 75 | |
| New forms of sales and distribution | 81 | |
| Better management, better forest | 93 | |
| The results of the initiative | 100 | |
| Wood in daily life | 113 | |
| AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY | 125 | |
| Ownership of the land | 126 | |
| The agricultural industry in the shadows | 135 | |
| Towards restructuring | 139 | |
| Agriculture's greatest time | 147 | |
| "The silent years" | 159 | |
| Important - but not like before | 165 | |
| THE THIRD NATURAL WEALTH | 177 | |
| On an old basis | 178 | |
| Iron ores | 181 | |
| Short-lived adventure in copper | 187 | |
| Apatite | 194 | |
| The new mining operation | 200 | |
| OF THE "WORK'S" SAGA | 213 | |
| Works and buildings | 214 | |
| A difficult beginning | 216 | |
| Under new management | 220 | |
| When Frolands Verk helped Grimstad forward | 230 | |
| Smith and the Lofthuus movement | 233 | |
| The golden years of the work | 236 | |
| Forsyningssituasjonen 1807-1814 | 245 | |
| In the power of mortgage holders | 249 | |
| Big changes | 255 | |
| CHURCH AND PARISH LIFE | 265 | |
| New construction in a time of need | 267 | |
| The inventory | 271 | |
| The story of a rune stone | 276 | |
| Own parish - and new problems | 278 | |
| Rebuilds | 281 | |
| The village priests | 291 | |
| The development of church life | 298 | |
| WITH BOOKS AND PENAL | 301 | |
| On the background of the catechism | 302 | |
| A difficult road | 305 | |
| "Teachers change every year" | 309 | |
| The permanent schools | 312 | |
| Secondary schools and vocational schools | 328 | |
| The evolution to a central school | 331 | |
| COLLABORATION | 337 | |
| On foot and by hoof | 338 | |
| One hundred years of roadways | 346 | |
| Froland and the railway | 361 | |
| Car and car routes | 369 | |
| The car displaces the railway | 379 | |
| Post, telephone and telegraph | 383 | |
| AT THE SEA | 451 | |
| In war and in peace | 452 | |
| POPULATION NUMBER | 459 | |
| Rural people and emigrants | 461 | |
| BUILDING AND COUNTRYSIDE | 471 | |
| A village legend | 472 | |
| The development of self-government | 475 | |
| Health conditions | 478 | |
| Storemoen | 486 | |
| Drawings from herred and economy | 491 | |
| "Tax capacity is failing - - -" | 499 | |
| Hopelessness, resignation - - - - | 503 | |
| When the need is greatest - - - - | 511 | |
| Some municipal figures | 513 | |
| At the empties | 518 | |
| Grants and foundations | 522 | |
| BANKING AND TRADE | 527 | |
| Froland Sparebank | 528 | |
| The retail industry | 539 | |
| THE CRAFTSMAN IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY | 547 | |
| The professional grading | 548 | |
| Not enough skilled workers? | 550 | |
| Shoes and clothing | 558 | |
| Carpenters and joiners | 567 | |
| The many boat builders | 573 | |
| From combined professions to specialists | 577 | |
| THE ORGANIZED LEISURE MOVEMENT | 585 | |
| Extensive efforts | 586 | |
| The shooting clubs | 587 | |
| From shooting club to sport | 595 | |
| The early days of youth associations | 601 | |
| Big problems - but many joys | 606 | |
| The voluntary health service | 612 | |
| Peasant women's team | 616 | |
| From Salen to Nidarhall | 619 | |
| "Where the sun's rays don't reach - - -" | 629 | |
| The great leisure resources | 638 | |
| LIST OF SOURCES | 643 | |
