Birgitte Elene Kielland

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Gabriel Kirsebom Jansen Kielland (in Norwegian)
Han anføres i sønnens opptegnelser å ha vært utdannet til student. I 1750-årene fór han til sjøs som skipper, og nedsatte seg derpå 1758 i Sogndalsstranden som handelsmann og havarikommisjonær og tok borgerskap i Christiansand. Han var kirkeverge i Sogndal. Mens han var bosatt der, sees han stadig å ha gjort forretninger sammen med sin i Stavanger etablerte bror Jacob. Efter morens foreldre hadde brødrene arvet 1 bismerpund 4 ½ merker smør i gården Drageland i Sogndal, som de solgte 5. januar 1758, 3 merker smør i Reeg, som solgtes 2. januar 1765, og 12 merker smør i Høiland i Hetland. 27. juni 1764 kjøpte Gabriel Kielland ¼ i Sogndal kirke for 230 Rd. Da faren var død flyttet Gabriel Kielland sommeren 1765 til Stavanger. Solgte da sine hus, der var oppført på den av faren tidligere bebodde grunn i Sogndalsstranden.I Stavanger, hvor han tok borgerskap og nedsatte seg som kjøpmann, hadde Gabriel Kielland allerede 22. juni 1764 innkjøpt sin hustrus farmors, Birgitta Nyrop, slekten Valentinsens våningshus med tilhørende sjøhus på Jorenholmen med to dertil hørende grunnstykker. 5. april 1769 kjøpte han dertil et sjøhus og 4. august 1780 et hus på Holmen, og 13. april 1771 ervervet han seg et sjøhus i Skudesnes for å delta i de der pågående sildefiskerier. Av en skattefortegnelse fra 1773 sees det at Gabriel Kielland den gang var den fjerde i rekken av Stavangers skatteydere. Han eiet sammen med broren flere skip, og hørte til dens første handelsmenn. Han kalles derfor også i skifteprotokollen "Den i Livet velædle og velberømte Kjøbmand". I 1772 festet han flere av de da utparsellerte Egenæs-løkker, og han hadde 12. september 1768 av sin svigermor for 500 Rd. fått avståelsesbrev på "lille Hvidingsø" med tilliggende holme (senere Sølyst og Ressholmen). Han var forhandler av stemplet papir og blev en av byens "eligerede Mænd". Gabriel Kielland synes å ha vært en mann av smak. Hans sønn forteller at han hadde anvendt megen bekostning på å utstyre sitt hus i Sogndal, og det kan av gamle dokumenter sees at han hadde sans for smukt innbo og husgeråd.

He is stated in the son's records to have been a student student. In the 1750s he went to sea as a skipper, and then established himself in 1758 in Sogndalsstrand as a trader and casualty commissioner and took citizenship in Christiansand. He was a church guard in Sogndal. While living there, he is constantly seen having done business with his brother Jacob, established in Stavanger. After the mother's parents, the brothers had inherited 1 bismer pound 4 ½ marks butter in the farm Drageland in Sogndal, which they sold on January 5, 1758, 3 brands of butter in Reeg, which was sold January 2, 1765, and 12 brands of butter in Høiland in Hetland. June 27, 1764, Gabriel Kielland bought ¼ in Sogndal church for 230 Rd. When his father died, Gabriel Kielland moved to Stavanger in the summer of 1765. He then sold his houses, which were listed on the land previously inhabited by his father in Sogndalsstrand.

In Stavanger, where he took the bourgeoisie and set up as a merchant, on June 22, 1764, Gabriel Kielland had purchased his wife's grandmother, Birgitta Nyrop, the family's Valentinsens farmhouse with associated sea house on Jorenholmen with two associated plots. On April 5, 1769, he purchased a sea house and on August 4, 1780 a house on Holmen, and on April 13, 1771 he acquired a sea house in Skudesnes to participate in the herring fisheries in progress. From a tax record from 1773 it is seen that Gabriel Kielland at that time was the fourth in the series of Stavanger's taxpayers. He owned several ships with his brother and belonged to its first traders. He is therefore also called in the shift protocol "The in good life and well-known merchant". In 1772, he attached several of the then extinct Egenæs loops, and on September 12, 1768, he had his mother-in-law for 500 Rd. received letter of resignation on "little Hvidingsø" with adjacent islets (later Sølyst and Ressholmen). He was a dealer of stamped paper and became one of the city's "elated men". Gabriel Kielland seems to have been a man of taste. His son says he had used a great deal of expense to equip his house in Sogndal, and it can be seen from old documents that he had a sense of beautiful furnishings and household items.

Gabriel married Margaretha Maria Jacobsdatter Lund on 7 Dec 1753 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway. Margaretha was born on 5 Mar 1724 in Abildsnes, Hidra, Vest-Agder, Norway; died on 22 Feb 1761 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway; was buried on 2 Mar 1761 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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I en familieopptegnelse fra slutningen av det 18. årh. anføres det at han i sin ungdom ervervet seg midler ved å seile rundt med en slupp og forsynte flåten med proviant under krigen med Sverige. Hvordan det enn kan forholde seg hermed, så kan det i hvert fall sees at Jan Kielland allerede tidlig har hatt noen kapital til sin rådighet. 4. desember 1721, da han nylig var blitt gift, festet han av sin svigerfar en grunn i Sogndalsstranden. Han nedsatte seg der som handelsmann, kalles 1729 velfornemme borger til Christiansand og tok tillike borgerskap i Stavanger. En av stiftamtmannen 14. juni 1727 autorisert regnskapsbok er ennå bevart. Hans virksomhet omfattet alminnelig kjøpmannshandel, pengeforretninger, skipsrederi samt fiske i Sogndalselven. Han ses bl.a. å ha hatt varige forbindelser på Bragernes, dit han avskipet fiskevarer. I et dokument, datert Stavanger 5. november 1743, ansatte han sin formue til ca. 3000 Rd. Han eiet 1 bismerpund 3 merker smør i Saurdal, som 15. mars 1730 blev bortbygslet, og kjøpte derhos: 2. oktober 1732 2 bismerpund 6 merker smør i Nedre Aamot med odel og åsete, hvilken gård han allerede 1734 bortbygslet og 11. mars 1761 atter solgte; 4. mars 1737 1 mark smør i Gytland, solgt 10. november 1738, og 11 merker smør i Ytre Myland, solgt 14. november 1740; 8. januar 1741 1 løp 1 bismerpund 19 merker smør og 5. april 1743 17 merker smør i Haneberg, atter solgt 3. februar 1765; enn videre 2 bismerpund smør og 11 merker smør i Aarstad, solgt 19. mars 1744 og 29. mars 1753, samt 10 ½ merker smør i Øyestad, solgt 14. november 1748. Allerede 24. februar 1724 hadde han kjøpt 1/6 i Sogndal kirke for 113 Rd. Senere tilkjøpte han flere anparter, så at han kom til å eie 5/8 i kirken. 4/8 solgtes 18. desember 1765 for 370 Rd., mens 1/8 etter hans bestemmelse av sønnene blev skjenket sognets fattige 9. januar 1769.
De offentlige protokoller viser at Jan Kielland har sittet i temmelig utstrakt virksomhet, og at han ubetinget har vært stedets betydeligste handelsmann. At han også har nydt distriktets aktelse og tillit, synes å fremgå av de mange verv som verge og lagverge, som var ham overdratt. På sine gamle dager opphørte han med handelen og tok bolig på Haneberg. Noen offentlig skifteforretning etter ham finnes ikke, men det er grunn til å anta at han etterlot seg en etter forholdene betydelig formue. Det er fra hans siste år oppbevart noen få opptegnelser, som tyder på at han har vært en meget religiøst anlagt mann.



In a family record from the end of the 18th century. It is stated that in his youth he acquired funds by sailing around with a slip and supplying the fleet with provisions during the war with Sweden. Whatever the case may be, it can at least be seen that Jan Kielland already had some capital at his disposal early on. On December 4, 1721, when he had recently been married, he attached his father-in-law to a land in Sogndalsstrand. He settled there as a trader, was called the well-known citizen of Christiansand in 1729 and also took citizenship in Stavanger. One of the founding dean on June 14, 1727, an authorized accounting book is still preserved. His business included general merchandising, money stores, shipping companies and fishing in the Sogndalselven. He is seen, among other things. having had lasting connections at Bragernes, where he shipped off fishery products. In a document dated Stavanger November 5, 1743, he employed his fortune for approx. 3000 Rd. He owned 1 bismer pound 3 brands of butter in Saurdal, which was demolished on March 15, 1730, and bought it: October 2, 1732 2 bismer pound 6 brands butter in Lower Aamot with cheese and cheese, which farm he already removed in 1734 and March 11, 1761 resold; March 4, 1737 1 mark butter in Gytland, sold November 10, 1738, and 11 brands butter in Ytre Myland, sold November 14, 1740; January 8, 1741 1 run 1 bismer pound 19 brands butter and April 5, 1743 17 brands butter in Haneberg, again sold February 3, 1765; even 2 bismer pound butter and 11 brands butter in Aarstad, sold March 19, 1744 and March 29, 1753, as well as 10 ½ marks butter in Øyestad, sold November 14, 1748. Already February 24, 1724 he had bought 1/6 in Sogndal church for 113 Rd. Later he bought several shares, so he came to own 5/8 in the church. 4/8 was sold on December 18, 1765 for 370 Rd, while 1/8 according to his determination of the sons was bestowed on the parish's poor 9 January 1769.
The public protocols show that Jan Kielland has been in rather extensive business and that he has unquestionably been the most important trader of the place. The fact that he also enjoyed the district's esteem and trust appears to be evident from the many offices of the guardian and lawyer, who were entrusted to him. In his old days, he ceased trading and took up residence at Haneberg. Some public shift business after him does not exist, but there is reason to assume that he left behind a substantial wealth. From his last year, a few records have been kept, suggesting that he has been a very religious man.

Jan married Frøchen Gabrielsdatter Kirsebom on 15 Jan 1721. Frøchen was born on 21 Mar 1699 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway; died on 11 May 1742 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway; was buried on 18 Jun 1742 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Etter foreldrene arvet han Eve i Heskestad 1 bismerpund smør, 1 bismerpund 3 merker smør i Saurdal i Sogndal, hvorav han solgte 18 merker til broren Lauritz, og 6 spd. korn i Hetland i Birkreim, bortbygslet 4. desember 1701. Han kjøpte dertil sammen med broren Lauritz 31. mars 1698 1 bismerpund 1 mark smør i Haneberg og bygslet 18. november 1695 den del av Nedre Løvaas med sletten som broren Ellef hadde brukt, samt 2. mars 1696 og 18. januar 1699 to anparter i Aarstad. Sr. Jacob Kielland, som (før 1691) hadde hatt borgerskap til Christiansand, synes å ha drevet ikke ubetydelig forretninger. 1693 skattet han til garnisonens underhold i Christiansand 6 Rd. - Høyeste skatt dersteds 24 Rd. og laveste 1 mark, og han hadde mange debitorer rundt i Sogndal og de tilstøtende distrikter. 1701 sees han med sin skute, 4 lester, å ha gjort flere reiser med fiskevarer m.m. til Christiania og Drammen. Han fungerte sammen med broren Lauritz som offentlig beskikket besiktigelsesmann og hadde befatning med havarisaker. Lykken sviktet ham imidlertid fullstendig. 24. august 1708 måtte han selge sitt hus og sjøhus i Sogndalstranden. 13. september s. å. solgte han en tredjedel i skibet "Giertrud Cecilia" for 200 Rd., og 21. november s. å måtte han også skille seg ved hva han hadde tilbake av jordegods. Av tingbøkene fremgår det at han bl. a. var kommet i gjeld til Sr. Tørres Christensen i Mandalen, og av tolder Jens Duns i Flekkefjord var han blitt forstrakt med penger "til hans Skibsrums Befordring til Dunkerchen". Han tok nu for noen tid bolig i Flekkefjord. Rettsprotokollen for Lister (Riksark. Nr. 2297 fol. 5) inneholder følgende tilførsel fra vårsaketinget på Fedde tingsted den 4de mars 1709:
"Jakob Nielsen Kielland, borger til Christiansand og boende i Flechefiord, frembkom og tilkiendegav hvor uløkelig hand nu i forbigagne Aar haver mist hans Skibsrum kaldet Dirche Zicilia paa Reise her fra ad Skotland, lad med Trælast, hvorudi han reddede den halve part, og for dette endnu staar i Debet: Tilforne, ligesaa uløkelig, ved Søen forlist een sin Farkost ved Landning, Er nu formedelst saadanne store anstød (disverre) geraaden i gield og saa slet tilstand, at hand fast ingen Raad eller middel veed til sin og børns ernæring, end sige at fortsette sin borgerlige handel og brug, som han hidtil haver stræbt at vedholde, men nu for hannem maa ligge øde; Dette alt i henseende allerunderdanigst at søge Kongel. Naade til nogen hjelp og Rædning igjen - og tilspurde hand nu samtl. Nærværende Almue, om dennem denne hans store modgang ej er bevist? Dertil de Svarede, at det noksom en hver er vitterlig, og beklagede derhos at hannem saa contraire er gaaen, saasom da hand sad med nogen tilstand i sit borgerlige brug, har hand bistaaet en hver som hannem søgt haver, med hvis hand nogenlunde har kunnet komme afsted, omskiønt hand selv hos mange haver taget skade og misbetaling - Herpaa hand da et Tingsvidne af Retten var begierende" .
Senere bodde han avvekslende i Flekkefjord og på gården Løvås i Sogndal. I 1712 sees han påny å være kommet noe til krefter, idet han da kjøpte en anpart, 28 merker smør, i gården Midbø. Han eiet nå også gården Egeland, 36 merker smør, i Heskestad. I 1717 opptrådte han som befullmektiget i havarisak. Han nevnes 1720 som værende østerpå og 1721 som "velfornemme borger" i et skifte i Sogndal. Død på Hvidbrandsøen ved Haugesund 4. desember 1726 og begravet i Haugesund kirke. Hans sønn Jan sier i sine opptegnelser, etter å ha omtalt farens død:

" Der skal sig ingen af verden rose før hand i graven er komen haver hand som andre Syndere udi verden gud høyelig fortørnet saa maatte hand noch tit klage at herren hafde fuld skienchet hans beger som han sagde sig noch at haue fortient den som synes at kunde været klogere det maatte ønskes at vi af andris skade kunde blive viis."

Jacob married Echen Jansdatter, daughter of Jan Henrichsen and Elisabeth Jacobsdatter. (Echen Jansdatter was born circa 1672 and died circa 1701.)

After the parents he inherited Eve in Heskestad 1 bishop's pound butter, 1 bismer pound 3 brands butter in Saurdal in Sogndal, of which he sold 18 brands to his brother Lauritz, and 6 spd. grain in Hetland in Birkreim, remodeled on December 4, 1701. He bought it together with his brother Lauritz on March 31, 1698 1 bismerpund 1 mark butter in Haneberg and the building block November 18, 1695 the part of Nedre Løvaas with the plain that the brother Ellef had used, and March 2, 1696 and January 18, 1699, two shares in Aarstad. Sr. Jacob Kielland, who (before 1691) had had the bourgeoisie of Christiansand, seems to have run insignificant business. In 1693 he treasured the garrison's maintenance in Christiansand 6 Rd. - Highest tax there 24th Rd. and lowest 1 mark, and he had many debtors around in Sogndal and the adjacent districts. In 1701 he is seen with his ship, 4 tests, having made several trips with fishery products etc. to Christiania and Drammen. He worked with his brother Lauritz, who publicly appointed an inspector and was in charge of accident cases. Happiness, however, completely failed him. On August 24, 1708, he had to sell his house and sea house in Sogndalstrand. On September 13, he sold a third in the ship "Giertrud Cecilia" for 200 rd, and on November 21 he had to distinguish himself with what he had left of the estate. It appears from the land register that he has, among other things, a. had come into debt to Sr. Tørres Christensen in Mandalen, and by the customs officer Jens Duns in Flekkefjord, he had been extorted with money "to the ship's room for transportation to the Dunkerchen". He now took residence for some time in Flekkefjord. The legal record for Lister (Riksark. No. 2297 fol. 5) contains the following entry from the spring lawsuit at Fedde tingsted on March 4, 1709:

"Jakob Nielsen Kielland, a citizen of Christiansand and a resident of Flechefiord, made and handed over how unfortunate the hand now has lost his ship's room, called Dirche Zicilia on a journey here from Scotland, leave with lumbering to save half the party, and for this is still in the debate: Admit, as unkind, by the sea, one bypasses his craft at landing, is now by such great stumbling blocks (disvergence) the guise of the gield and so vile state, that no firm or means knowing its and children's nutrition than say to continue his bourgeois trade and use, which he has so far endeavored to maintain, but now for the sake of his despair, this all in all respects to seek the king, grace to any help and fear again - and now hand in hand. Present Almue, if this one has not proved his great adversity, to the same, replied that each one is well-known, and regretted that he was so contraire, as if he were ed any condition in his bourgeois use, the hand has assisted every one who has applied for gardens, whose hand has been about to get away, circumcised hand even in many gardens, and damage and misconduct - Hereupon when a witness of the court was covetous ".

Later he lived alternately in Flekkefjord and on the farm Løvås in Sogndal. In 1712 he was once again seen to have come into power, when he then bought a share, 28 brands of butter, in the farm Midbø. He now also owned the farm Egeland, 36 brands of butter, in Heskestad. In 1717 he acted as an agent in a casualty. He is mentioned in 1720 as being eastern and in 1721 as "well-known citizen" in a shift in Sogndal. Death at Hvidbrandsøen near Haugesund on December 4, 1726 and buried in Haugesund church. His son Jan says in his records, after mentioning his father's death:
"No one of the world should stand before hand in the grave has come hand in hand like other sinners in the world god highly upset so hand hand often complain that the gentleman had full skienchet his cup as he said no to haue to deserve the one who seems to customer been wiser it had to be wished that we might be injured by others. "

Jacob married Elchen Jansdatter Kielland on 5 Mar 1693 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway. Elchen was born on 4 Jan 1672 in Kielland, Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway; died on 5 May 1701 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Stayed in 1643 in Sogndalsstrand and later for several years - yet in 1662 - on the farm Myland, from which he was seen by a January 11, 1697 busy thing witness, to have been triggered against 1/2 run butter in Lower Aamodt, which he owned in 1665, and 1 bismerpund butter in Eye in Heskestad. He is seen to have taken over his mother's farmland Hofland, which his widow sold on July 5, 1690. When Niels Lauritzsen moved from Myland, he might as a result of his brother Jacob Lauritzsen's death farm Kielland. This farm, located by the river Sogndalselven a short distance from its outlet in the sea, had from the old time been the beneficiary of Stavanger Cathedral. Kielland sermon is mentioned on July 6, 1577, and the farm is then granted the hearer at Stavanger school, whom it still permits in 1661, as it is listed with a landslide of 1 race 1 spd. butter (now mark 9.36). The farm has its name from a current water-filled pothole, in the language of the village Kjelle, or after the old, for the family name, later preserved spelling "Kielle".Niels Kielland is mentioned as a lawyer on March 4, 1664 and November 26, 1667, and on March 12, 1668, became a lawyer in Sogndal. He died in 1673. The shift after him was held on April 11, 1678, and showed a total fortune on 297 Rd. 1 mark 6.He seems to have been married twice. All the children mentioned at the time, however, were of his marriage to Ingeborg Olsdatter.

Bodde 1643 i Sogndalsstranden og senere i flere år - ennå 1662 - på gården Myland, hvorfra han av et 11. januar 1697 opptatt tingvitne sees å være blitt utløst mot ½ løp smør i Nedre Aamodt, som han eiet 1665, og 1 bismerpund smør i Eye i Heskestad. Han sees å ha overtatt morens odelsgods Hofland, som hans enke solgte 5. juli 1690. Da Niels Lauritzsøn flyttet fra Myland bygslet han - muligens som følge av broren Jacob Lauritzsøns død - gården Kielland. Denne gård, der ligger ved Sogndalselven et kort stykke fra dens utløp i havet, hadde fra gammel tid av vært Stavanger domkirke beneficert. Kielland præbende nevnes 6. juli 1577, og gården tillaes da høreren ved Stavanger skole, hvem den fremdeles tillå i 1661, da den finnes oppført med en landskyld av 1 løp 1 spd. smør (nå mark 9,36). Gården har sitt navn av en derværende vannfylt jettegryte, i bygdens språk Kjelle, eller etter den gamle - for familienavnet senere bibeholdte - skrivemåte "Kielle". Niels Kielland nevnes som lagrettesmann 4. mars 1664 og 26. november 1667 og var 12. mars 1668 blitt lagrettesmann i Sogndal. Han døde 1673. Skiftet etter ham holdtes først 11. april 1678 og viste en samlet formue på 297 Rd. 1 mark 6. Han synes å ha vært gift to ganger. Alle de ved skiftet nevnte barn var imidlertid av hans ekteskap med Ingeborg Olsdatter



Niels married Ingeborg Olsdatter, daughter of Ole Bjørnssøn and Gro Olufsdatter. (Ingeborg Olsdatter was born circa 1630 and died circa 1693.)

The farm Kielland is located in Rogaland, south of the village of Hauge in Dalane. The farm name is linked to a water-filled pothole on the property. In the local dialect, this is a Kjelle, or according to the old spelling that is retained in the family name, Kielle.


The farm is still in operation, but the pot of potatoes has long been filled with stone for the sake of livestock. If the glacier countries did not come up with a hole in the ground, then we have a good replacement in this hole in the water's edge, right near the key ;-)


The local pronunciation was supposedly the original chain. The writing style Kielland first appeared in 1616. There have been several alternative ways of writing: Kollandt 1563, Kieldeland and Kuelandt 1567, Tielland 1610, Kiedland 1668, Kielland 1616 and Kielland unchanged since 1723.


Farm names with similar origins are also found in other settlements. In Egersund, where another farm gave rise to a family name with the spelling Kielland towards the end of the 19th century; In Søgne, where a family who writes their name Kjelland comes from; and in Lyngdal, in Bjelland and in Haus where the farm names have become Tjelland. Those who now own and operate the farm in Sogndal also use the spelling Kjelland.


The farm is located by Sogndalselva, a short distance up the valley, and belonged to old Stavanger Cathedral. The property relationship is known from 1577, and the income then fell to the hearer at Stavanger school. So it was still as late as 1661.




In Sogndal, the southernmost municipality in Rogaland county, the main building consists of a wide valley, surrounded by ridge ridges and with access to the sea in Rekefjord and at the outlet of Sogndalselva. The district seems to have had a relatively close population early. The diplomas show that one of Western Norway's more wealthy families, whose members are known by the name Uthyrm, had properties and probably also their headquarters there in the 14th and 15th centuries.


From the early 1600s, several farmers from Sogndal had citizenship to Stavanger. Citizenship was necessary to be able to trade lawfully. From the beginning of the 18th century, a number of traders and seafarers developed, who lived partly on the coast in Sogndalsstrand or in Rekefjord, partly around their farms. In a social sense, the valley was more characterized by a scattered small town municipality than by a regular country car. The income came mainly from lobster, salmon and a rich spring herring fishing.



More about genealogy in Sogndal you can find elsewhere. On the Internet there is a good one overview of family history source material .



The Kielland family's cognitive descent can be followed back to the farm Øvre Åmot in Sogndal.


The oldest secure year with the connection is 1603. Then Knud, Bjørn and Helge Åmot are mentioned. Knud then pays gracefully with 2 specialty grains, Bjørn with 4 specialty. The same year, Karine is mentioned at Åmot. She is called Knud's grand woman, and was therefore probably married to Bjørn or Helge. In 1606, Bjørn, Knud and Sigbjørn, 1610-14 Bjørn, Lauritz, Sigbjørn and Helge Åmot are mentioned. The first three then had the same status in relation to the taxation.


Lauritz Åmot , who is mentioned in the accounts from 1610, is the Kielland's oldest probably known ancestor. In 1623 he was appointed a lawyer. From 1629 it seems to have gone back for him. He then lived at Nedre Åmot, and is mentioned last time in the tax year 1637. When his eldest son hot Bjørn, it is close to assume that he himself has been the son of the older Bjørn. Further conclusions hardly give the names preserved, except perhaps that the family may not have been old at Åmot. There seem to have been new people there between 1591 and 1603. If Lauritz Åmot is the son of Bjørn, this must be an older man, who must be assumed to have lived on another farm earlier. In 1563, a farm in Hauge did not live far away. He is also referred to as landowner farmer, and is one of those who in 1591 seals the authority for the village's envoy to the royal shed.


Lauritz Åmot was married to Guri Kidelsdatter. She brought odel from the farm Hofland in Egersund parish, and married again as a widow after Lauritz. At the turn of her in 1673 the children inherited Hofland's first marriage and every 40 riksdaler.


Lauritz and Guri had many children, and Niels Lauritzen (1618-1673) was their son number four. As an adult, he lived in the Sogndals beach and on Myland farm. He married the daughter of Sogndal's largest farm farmer. This gave him enough money to allow the farm Kielland to be built around 1665. When he moved there, the family took the farm name to the last name so the custom was. Since then, the name Kielland has followed his backlash.


Niels Lauritzen Kielland got seven children, who in succession had: Lauritz, Olle, Ellef, Jacob, Kield, Lauritz dy, and Guri. Several of these came to operate with merchant ships and shipping.


Jacob Nielsen Kielland (1665-1726) was the most successful of the siblings. He acquired the bourgeoisie of Kristiansand, and had his own ship that sailed with fishery products to Christiania and Drammen. In addition, he traded with lumber abroad across the North Sea.


Jacob also had seven children, but only three of the children grew up. The elder was Jan Jacobsen Kielland (1693-1765) . Jan worked his way up to become Sogndal's most important trader. Particularly formed herring fishing grounds for wealth. In good years there could be huge quantities of herring that were exported to ports in Norway and abroad. Other goods were taken away from there. During the Great Nordic War, Jan Jacobsen transported supplies and ammunition to Admiral Tordenskjold, among others. With the peace in 1721 he officially established himself as a merchant. Even though Niels Lauritzen has a great aftermath, only Jan Jacobsen Kielland's descendants have passed the family name all the way through to this day. He is thus the founder of the vast majority of those who are now called Kielland.


The descendants of Jan's two sons, Gabriel Kirsebom Jansen Kielland (1724-1780) and Jacob Jansen Kielland (1726-1788), has been has made the greatest progress in obtaining the family new members. The two brothers moved to Stavanger to trade, and each one had progress in business.


Gabriel, who built houses at Holm-Egenes , received eleven daughters besides his sons Jan Kielland (1769-1813) and Morten Henrik Kielland (1770-1826). Jan initially had several ships in motion, but lost everything during the Napoleonic wars, and was bankrupt. In 1808 he was granted a postmaster, and was the first in Stavanger with that title. Morten Henrik was educated as a priest. Jan was the father of the two priests Gabriel Kirsebom Kielland (1796-1854), also known as Gustava Kielland's husband , and Jan Theodor Kielland (1803-1844), and to the printing press Lauritz Christian Kielland (1808-1861).


Jacob Jansen Kielland founded the trading house "Jacob Kielland & Søn" (when his son was not yet two years old), a business that went so well that his son Gabriel Schanche Kielland (1760-1821) was able to record Norway's most important fortune in his time. Gabriel was listed the large villa Ledaal , which has since become both royal residence and cultural institution for Stavanger city.


The names Jan, Gabriel, Jacob and Morten Henrik have since passed down through the generations.

Nils married Ingeborg Olsdatter Myland. Ingeborg was born in 1630 in Mydland, Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway; died in 1693 in Kielland, Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lauritz married Guri Kidelsdatter. Guri was born in 1600 in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway; died in 1673 in Kielland, Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]