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Excerpts about the land, fishing, owners and settlement are taken from the book's introduction with permission from Johan Borgos:
Jorda
Agriculture has never been the main industry in Andenes, but there are nevertheless a number of old assessments of the conditions for farming in the area. The cadastral survey from 1723 states that the land at Andenes is unsuitable for both hay and grain cultivation, and that fodder must be gathered ”in the mountains”. The site also has no forest, no fields and no mill.
Despite this, the commission felt that about thirty cows could be kept there, and the land tax should therefore be set at over six våg. At the time, Andenes had around twenty weathermen and perhaps ten householders. It seems that the commission simply counted one cow for each household.
The fishery
Excellent opportunities for fishing have created Andenes. Nowhere else along the Norwegian continental shelf do the eggs come so close to the coast. The place has fish-rich seas from the southwest and compass rose around to the southeast. The old assessments of the place are unanimous - Andenes is ”ideal for fishing”.
Fluctuations in the fisheries have had a major impact on Andenes, for better or worse. Rich fishing gave rise to prosperity and prosperity, while dark seas meant decline and distress. However, the development curve for Andenes is not just a copy of the statistics for landings. Other factors have also played a part.
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Owners
Andenes consists of old crown estates. This applies to all twenty cadastral farms. In the 1840s, about half of the farms became sea tenants, while the rest continued to be owned by the state. Parcels 41 and 42 were bought by Jonas Falck (see parcel 41), Lars Johan Jørgensen and Randina Lavina Rasmusdtr bought Ytre Nåløyet (parcel 43), Olai Petter Johansen and Petrikka Edia Aronsdtr bought Gabrielsbakken (parcel 46), while Johan Petter Eskildsen and Magnhild Nilsdtr became owners of Brattbakken (gnr. 47).
Ingeborg Pedersdtr was perhaps the first sea tenant in Andenes when she received the deed to Vestre Salberget (gnr. 51) around 1840. Five years later, Hans Kristian Hanssen and Karina Hansdtr bought the three easternmost farms, Della (gnr. 57), Geitberget (gnr. 58) and Rabben (gnr. 59).
Settlement
We do not know how long people have lived in Andenes. The earliest settlement may have been at Toften. This was the site of the Ramberg farm, which is mentioned in 1567. However, there are many indications that it had already been emptied of people by then, perhaps due to poor drainage.
In the 16th century, the settlement consisted of at least three clusters of houses on Andenes itself. Perhaps the area around Sløyken was the oldest after Toften, but Været had become the largest. Vikan also had a settlement, it seems.
