Kvikne of Today
The main way of making one's living in Kvikne after
the,mining period, has been farming. The possibility of
growing grain in Kvikne is rather bad. The majority of what
is grown, is grass to feed the cattle. Potatoes are grown,
but not in a great extent.
In former days all the hay in Kvikne was sun-dried. Today
the major part of the crops is put into silo. The cow is
number one in Kvikne farming. Milk production is therefore
the main base. Many of the farms have a number of sheep
which are put out to graze freely in the mountains during
the summer.
To understand Kvikne farming in older days more
completely, please read the article about seter life.
COMMUNITY AND POPULATION
Kvikne was its own municipality for many years until
1965. Then the southern part, Kvikne, was merged with
Tynset, while the northern part, Innset, was merged with
Rennebu. The old Kvikne community, with the main
Kvikne-section and Innset together, had a population up to
1700 people. The Kvikne section of Tynset of today has a
population of about 700 people.
In 1838 a new law reached the statute books regulating
the administration of municipalities. Kvikne became a county
council with a chairman or mayor. The first chairman in
Kvikne was Even Hallsteinson Ulset, born 1795. He was the
Ulset brothers' grandfather. (Read the Ulset farm story)
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