History
In 1668 king Frederik III sold the Stange common area to chief district judge Nils Toller, who was interested in the lumber rights, with right of redemption by the king (see Odelsrett). On 29 August 1759 records show that it was auctioned and the king's right of redemption was exercised. King Christian VII again sold an area amounting to much of the current commons on 8 January 1789 to the Anker family for 15,155 Dano-Norwegian rigsdalers. The Anchors lumber business suffered economic setbacks and they sold it at auction along with the Morskogen and 17 lesser locations for 5,000 Norwegian speciedaler to settle encumbrances in 1822. It was purchased by the majority of the residents of Stange (112 farms) for use as a public commons. All the registered Stange farms except the priests farm, the church farm of Lundgård, the residence of Kjemstad and the farm of Huse participated in the purchase and received the rights to use the commons. More land has been purchased and added to the commons in recent years.
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