Andris Eivindsson Vang was a schoolman, author and collector of folklore, and was the first in Norway to collect folklore and publish it in dialect. His first book was published in 1850, three years before Ivar Aasen's Prøver af Landsmaalet.
Andris Eivindsson Vang was born in Vang in Valdres and died in the same town. He was a shepherd boy in the parish from the age of twelve, and there he was taught by the priest. Otherwise, the boarding school was the only education he received. In 1817, Eivindsson Vang was appointed schoolmaster in Vang. In addition, he was a driven householder, kitchen master and collector of traditions. For a time he was also a bellman in Vang.
Eivindsson Vang was a skilled singer and was used a lot as a kitchen master both in maternity, weddings and funerals. "Wedding customs in Valdres" was the first thing he got into print - in Skilling-Magazin in 1848.
Early on, Eivindsson Vang began to write down adventures, blessings, scratches and rules - in dialect. Only when he had quit as schoolmaster in 1847 did he have time to publish the material. Gamla Reglo aa Rispo from Valdris, a collection of Tales, Legends and Adventures was published in 1850. It was the first folk memory collection in dialect, and Ivar Aasen strongly recommended the collection. In 1871 Gamla Segner came from Valdres, and in 1915 From Valdres (published by O.K. Ødegaard).
On a trip to Kristiania in 1847, Eivindsson Vang became acquainted with the composer and folk music collector L.M. Lindeman, and Lindeman wrote down 86 hymns, 83 verses and 13 longing songs after him. Eivindsson Vang is buried at Vang church. Teacher and author Hallvard Bergh had a memorial stone erected on his grave, with support from, among others, Ivar Aasen, Sophus Bugge and L.M. Lindeman. Andris Eivindsson's Vang stove from 1831 is today at Valdres Folkemuseum, Fagernes in Nord-Aurdal.
Andris Eivindsson Vang was born in Vang in Valdres and died in the same town. He was a shepherd boy in the parish from the age of twelve, and there he was taught by the priest. Otherwise, the boarding school was the only education he received. In 1817, Eivindsson Vang was appointed schoolmaster in Vang. In addition, he was a driven householder, kitchen master and collector of traditions. For a time he was also a bellman in Vang.
Eivindsson Vang was a skilled singer and was used a lot as a kitchen master both in maternity, weddings and funerals. "Wedding customs in Valdres" was the first thing he got into print - in Skilling-Magazin in 1848.
Early on, Eivindsson Vang began to write down adventures, blessings, scratches and rules - in dialect. Only when he had quit as schoolmaster in 1847 did he have time to publish the material. Gamla Reglo aa Rispo from Valdris, a collection of Tales, Legends and Adventures was published in 1850. It was the first folk memory collection in dialect, and Ivar Aasen strongly recommended the collection. In 1871 Gamla Segner came from Valdres, and in 1915 From Valdres (published by O.K. Ødegaard).
On a trip to Kristiania in 1847, Eivindsson Vang became acquainted with the composer and folk music collector L.M. Lindeman, and Lindeman wrote down 86 hymns, 83 verses and 13 longing songs after him. Eivindsson Vang is buried at Vang church. Teacher and author Hallvard Bergh had a memorial stone erected on his grave, with support from, among others, Ivar Aasen, Sophus Bugge and L.M. Lindeman. Andris Eivindsson's Vang stove from 1831 is today at Valdres Folkemuseum, Fagernes in Nord-Aurdal.
Andris Eivindsson Vang was a schoolman, author and collector of folklore, and was the first in Norway to collect folklore and publish it in dialect. His first book was published in 1850, three years before Ivar Aasen's Prøver af Landsmaalet.
Andris Eivindsson Vang was born in Vang in Valdres and died in the same town. He was a shepherd boy in the parish from the age of twelve, and there he was taught by the priest. Otherwise, the boarding school was the only education he received. In 1817, Eivindsson Vang was appointed schoolmaster in Vang. In addition, he was a driven householder, kitchen master and collector of traditions. For a time he was also a bellman in Vang.
Eivindsson Vang was a skilled singer and was used a lot as a kitchen master both in maternity, weddings and funerals. "Wedding customs in Valdres" was the first thing he got into print - in Skilling-Magazin in 1848.
Early on, Eivindsson Vang began to write down adventures, blessings, scratches and rules - in dialect. Only when he had quit as schoolmaster in 1847 did he have time to publish the material. Gamla Reglo aa Rispo from Valdris, a collection of Tales, Legends and Adventures was published in 1850. It was the first folk memory collection in dialect, and Ivar Aasen strongly recommended the collection. In 1871 Gamla Segner came from Valdres, and in 1915 From Valdres (published by O.K. Ødegaard).
On a trip to Kristiania in 1847, Eivindsson Vang became acquainted with the composer and folk music collector L.M. Lindeman, and Lindeman wrote down 86 hymns, 83 verses and 13 longing songs after him. Eivindsson Vang is buried at Vang church. Teacher and author Hallvard Bergh had a memorial stone erected on his grave, with support from, among others, Ivar Aasen, Sophus Bugge and L.M. Lindeman. Andris Eivindsson's Vang stove from 1831 is today at Valdres Folkemuseum, Fagernes in Nord-Aurdal.
Andris Eivindsson Vang was born in Vang in Valdres and died in the same town. He was a shepherd boy in the parish from the age of twelve, and there he was taught by the priest. Otherwise, the boarding school was the only education he received. In 1817, Eivindsson Vang was appointed schoolmaster in Vang. In addition, he was a driven householder, kitchen master and collector of traditions. For a time he was also a bellman in Vang.
Eivindsson Vang was a skilled singer and was used a lot as a kitchen master both in maternity, weddings and funerals. "Wedding customs in Valdres" was the first thing he got into print - in Skilling-Magazin in 1848.
Early on, Eivindsson Vang began to write down adventures, blessings, scratches and rules - in dialect. Only when he had quit as schoolmaster in 1847 did he have time to publish the material. Gamla Reglo aa Rispo from Valdris, a collection of Tales, Legends and Adventures was published in 1850. It was the first folk memory collection in dialect, and Ivar Aasen strongly recommended the collection. In 1871 Gamla Segner came from Valdres, and in 1915 From Valdres (published by O.K. Ødegaard).
On a trip to Kristiania in 1847, Eivindsson Vang became acquainted with the composer and folk music collector L.M. Lindeman, and Lindeman wrote down 86 hymns, 83 verses and 13 longing songs after him. Eivindsson Vang is buried at Vang church. Teacher and author Hallvard Bergh had a memorial stone erected on his grave, with support from, among others, Ivar Aasen, Sophus Bugge and L.M. Lindeman. Andris Eivindsson's Vang stove from 1831 is today at Valdres Folkemuseum, Fagernes in Nord-Aurdal.
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