Map of Norway with Counties and Towns

Norway map. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Grue, Hedmark, Norway

The SANDER family is from the kommune of Grue, in the county of Hedmark in Norway. Grue is part of the traditional region of Solør, which consists of the valley between Elverum in the north and Kongsvinger in the south.


Hedmark county, Norway. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.


Grue kommune, Hedmark, Norway. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.

The SANDER Farm

Unfortunately Google Maps does not provide an exact location for the SANDER farm. However, you can get a general idea of the location from the two images below. The first shows how close the SANDER farm is to the town of Brandval. An "X" marks the general location of the SANDER farm.


Approximate location of the SANDER farm, Grue, Hedmark, Norway. Image courtesy of Google Maps.

The following is a satellite image zooming in a little closer. At the top center of the image is the Digernes farm. As you travel in a southeasterly direction along FV370 (Nuggursvegen), the next farm at which one arrives is the Melby farm. In the lower right hand corner of the image is the SANDER farm.


SANDER farm, Grue, Hedmark, Norway. Image courtesy of Google Maps.

Recently I received a photograph of the SANDER farm taken by Verla Williams in 1986. That year, she and Vincent Williams were in Norway during his sabbatical.


SANDER farm (Grue, Hedmark, NOR: 4 Jun 1986). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.