{"id":33023,"date":"2026-05-11T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slekt1.com\/?p=33023"},"modified":"2026-05-11T07:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T05:02:00","slug":"the-floating-boy-who-could-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slekt1.com\/en\/flottumsgutten-som-kunne-se\/","title":{"rendered":"The little boy who could \u00absee\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-excerpt\">\n    <p><strong>The story of the psychic Johan Fl\u00f8ttum (1893-1923) from Sings\u00e5s, just south of Trondheim, started one day when he was out playing hide and seek with some friends.<\/strong> <strong>He was popularly known as \"Fl\u00f8ttumsgutten\" or \"Sings\u00e5sgutten\".\"<\/strong><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center\" class=\" translation-block\">Not a subscriber yet? <a href=\"https:\/\/slekt1.com\/en\/subscribe-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Click here to get full access!<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/slekt1.com\/en\/membership-join\/login\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/slekt1.com\/en\/membership-join\/login\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33023\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/slekt1.com\/en\/membership-join\/login\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historien om den synske Johan Fl\u00f8ttum (1893-1923) fra Sings\u00e5s, litt s\u00f8r for Trondheim, startet en dag han var ute og lekte gjemsel med noen venner. 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