Historic Farm Wins Heritage Award

Innlandet news from the past 48 hours has centered on a heritage distinction, an ongoing rail case and several long-term projects. The Sygard Grytting farm in Sør-Fron has received the Directorate for Cultural Heritage’s historic preservation award (NRK Innlandet). On the rail, the Gjøvik line remains closed between Roa and Gjøvik, and 420 departures had already been cancelled in September (NRK Innlandet). Innlandet county also presents documented forestry, economic and cultural developments on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 November.

Inland news: Sygard Grytting receives the Cultural Heritage Award

The Historic Preservation Award (kulturminnepris) was presented in Oslo to Hilde and Stig Grytting, operators of the Sygard Grytting farm in Sør-Fron (NRK Innlandet). The property has belonged to the Grytting family for at least 17 generations. The couple must maintain 25 historic buildings while running an agricultural operation: producing meat, fruit and berries for visitors and cultural activities.

“Receiving such recognition for our work means a great deal. There is no other distinction we would have valued more,” Stig Grytting told NRK Innlandet. He took over the farm in 1989, and since then the family has devoted considerable effort to restoring the old buildings, with a particular focus on preservation.

The award therefore recognizes active use of a protected property rather than putting it behind glass. The presentation took place in Oslo, in the presence of the recipients, according to the public broadcaster.

Gjøvik Line: Traffic suspended and 420 departures cancelled in September

The Gjøvik Line, between Roa and Gjøvik, has been suspended since Wednesday, according to NRK Innlandet. Bane Nor is due to publish a new update on the situation on Thursday; the suspension would then have lasted eight days. In September, 420 departures were cancelled on both the Gjøvik-Oslo and Hakadal-Oslo sections.

Figures from Bane Nor cited by NRK Innlandet show punctuality and reliability for the Gjøvik Line in September to be well below the national average. Commuter Atle Brobakken, contacted by radio, is working around the problem by driving to Eidsvoll and then taking the train. The journey takes longer and his working time on the train disappears. “It becomes difficult to plan everyday life,” he says.

The case illustrates the municipalities in southern Innlandet county’s dependence on this connection for travel to Oslo. No reopening date has been confirmed at this stage.

Tomorrow's forest and employment in the valleys

In Brøttum, in the municipality of Ringsaker, Anne Guri Kløvstad, head of forestry at Glommen Mjøsen Skog, oversees plantations mixing spruce, pine and a few birches. “Tomorrow's forest will be different, but it will be good both for the walker and for the forest owner,” she tells NRK Innlandet. The trees planted today will not be ready for harvesting for 60 to 100 years, in a climate forecast to become warmer, windier and wetter. The industry is therefore adapting its tree species and methods.

On the employment front, GD Gudbrandsdølen reports that a company in the valley hired 50 people this year, including Markus (28 years old) and Preben (33 years old), who moved to take up their positions. The regional newspaper also notes that one person changed employer after a period of intensive work. These individual career paths document the appeal of the Gudbrandsdalen corridor for new arrivals seeking to settle.

Culture: an interactive exhibition at Domkirkeodden and a first in Ringsaker

The historic centre of Anno Domkirkeodden in Hamar is opening a new museum exhibition where visitors can use screens and interactive devices. Ranveig Nordbryhn, who is responsible for the content and mediation, sees it as a break: “We have never had such a modern exhibition in a museum in Hedmark,” she tells NRK Innlandet. Among other things, the public can take part in the virtual excavation of the Åker gold treasure, with a trowel and small brushes, and receives an on-screen warning in case of too sudden a movement.

In Ringsaker, the premiere of Ringsakeroperaen has been praised for its quality, reports Hamar Arbeiderblad, which describes “a very high quality.” The same source also reports on a dance scene with floor lamps at Tunet på Kvam, where a collector brings together around twenty Japanese classics, including a 1976 six-cylinder inline Datsun 200 L, alongside lighting fixtures from the 1970s.

📌 Local briefs

A truck crashed into the entrance of a house in Bybrua, in Gjøvik, on Monday afternoon 9 November; the vehicle also hit a parked car, with no injuries, and the driver’s licence was temporarily revoked (NRK Innlandet).

In Hamar, a Hamar vest apartment was searched and a man in his twenties was arrested (Hamar Arbeiderblad).

A school must arrange transport for students over 35 kilometres due to a closure with no set reopening date, and a bridge is to reopen as part of celebrations of the 200th anniversary of a town in the county (GD Gudbrandsdølen).

Sources: NRK Innlandet, Hamar Arbeiderblad, GD Gudbrandsdølen, The Local Norway — Period: 10 November 2026 and 11 November 2026