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«stabbur», or store-bouse on posts, is a typical Norwegian building,
and is destined for the storage of such provisions as can be
preserved, e.g. grain, flour, cured pork, meat, herring and other
fish, «fladbrød» (a sort of bannocks), butter, cheese, etc., and in
some parts of the country also such clothing and bedding as is

Stabbur.

not in daily use. The stabbur is as a rule divided into two
stories, of which the top one is used for grain, and the lower
one for other food products. In order to prevent vermin from
entering the house it is built upon massive posts at a height
of 1 or 1 ½ yards above the ground. In several of the
mountain valleys there is a gallery of more or less artistic design
before the front door of the stabbur. On many farms, especially

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