Kvanvig family web site
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USA
Lisa (Tangbakken) Femmenino & her
father Orlean Selmer Tangbakken went to Norway in September 2005
(Here are some pictures from Norway with relatives)
You can go to this site and put in the name Kvanvig, to see
many Kvanivigs living in Norway, and their
phone number and where they live. Some have e-mail.
http://www.gulesider.no/gsi/whiteSearchFront.do?spraak=3& Norwegian version
http://www.gulesider.no/gsi/whiteSearchFront.do English version
Norway news in English.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article755550.ece
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Thanks to these people for this information, Signe Elisabeth Zijdemans, Lynda Backman in Minnesota, Kenneth Kvanvig in North Carolina, Laura De Haven in Keizer Oregon, Tor & Kari Kvanvig Jessheim Norway, Ivar Kvanvig Kristiansand Norway, George Kvanvig Albuerquerque New Mexico, & Tormod Kvanvig, Kristiansand Norway. |
| I will be adding more notes later about individuals. I hope to hear from more of you with family information, and if you have something you would like me to include about an event in someone's life, please send me an e-mail. Thanks, Jerry Longstrom jelaz@cox.net |
The Name Kvanvig The Place Kvanvig
In the mid 1800's 9 children of Gjert Kvanvig, moved to the USA, the youngest of those
children, Jens Kvanvig stayed in Norway and raised 8
children.
My relation to the Kvanvigs is through
Agnes Sofie Långström, who married Magnus Kvanvig.
Agnes is a daughter of Axel Långström and Teodora Samuelsen.
Axel is a brother to my grandfather Gustaf Longstrom
I am searching for Kvanvigs anywhere that might be related.
If you know of any, please contact me. Thanks, Jerry Longstrom
Kvanne Angelica archangelica L.
(Garden Angelica)
The name Kvanvig, & the place Kvanvig, are sent from
Tormod Kvanvig who lives in Norway.
Tormud sent this info to Ken Kvanvig and Ken sent it to Jerry Longstrom
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THE
NAME The name
Kvanvig is deduced from the herbal plant KVANN (angelica archangelica).
KVANN has two subspecies where Strandkvann (beachkvann) is the one. The
ending -VIG in KVANVIG comes therefore from the plant KVANN wich grows
in a VIG (cove or inlet ) . This enterpretation fits perfectly with
Kvanvik's geographical environment, and the biological surroundings at
the place Kvanvik. KVANN is an approximately
1 meter high plant with a powerful root and a tube shaped
stem. The flower is green-white and the fruit is gray-yellow in color.
The plant has a strong aromatic smell. Our family
name is probably deduced by Strandkvann which grows in moist sea and
fjord beaches all the way along the Norwegian coastline. KVANN is
probably the plant that has had the greatest influence on Norwegian folk
medicine in time. (Kvann is for instance mentioned in EDDA - a
collection of poems that were written down in Iceland at the 1200
century). The root was
for instance used as tobacco-surrogat (today it is also used in the
perfume industry) and young stems were eaten as a delicatesse. In folk
medicine was KVANN used against indigestion and as a svet- and water
reducing remedy. The plant is rich in vitamins, and was a good remedy
against the defiency disease, scurvy. KVANN was
earlier grown in KVANNGARDER (Kvannfarms), mainly on the west coast,
where Kvanvig also lies. The Kvannfarms are mentioned in Magnus
Lagaboter's (Norwegian king 1263-1280) law, where the right of ownership
to these farms where strongly restricted. The custom with Kvannfarms has
been present also in newer history. There are strong indications that
the place Kvanvik used to be such a Kvannfarm. |
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THE
PLACE KVANVIG (K) The place
Kvanvik is situated 17 Norwegian miles west of Kristiansand. The nearest
town is Flekkefjord, and Kvanvik is 1 Norwegian mile north-east of this
town. Originally the main road from Kristiansand to Stavanger went right
by Kvanvik. Today the road is re-routed, and it is mostly residents and
tourists that uses this idyllic route. The place Kvanvik is protected
from weather and wind where it is situated in a small cove/inlet in the
end of a narrow fjord. The surroundings are typical for elderly
settlings. At thel 800
century there were 5 farms at Kvanvik. At census the year 1900 there
were 9 farms. Today there are about 20 houses at Kvanvik. As you probably have noticed I change between g and
k as the last letter in When Norway
became independent in 1905 a Danish prince was chosen to become our
king. His name was King Haakon the 7th. It was very necessary for the
little independent kingdom to get rid of anything that could connect us
to the union with Denmark, also in regards to the language. Slowly the
language was "made Norwegian". Also proper names and place
names were affected by this process. Something we are not so happy about
today. The place name Kvanvig with the Danish ending -g was changed to a
-k. Like your family we still use the -g, with pride. There are very few
in Norway, in our direct family, that have changed their name to Kvanvik. |
This picture of Kvanvik,
Flekkefjord came from Tormod Kvanvig in Norway.
(I do not know the date of this picture)
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