Lorens Berg

Lorens Berg (January 18, 1862 – September 14, 1924) was a Norwegian teacher and local historian.

Life Berg was born in Kodal, the son of Amund Andersen (1827–1868) and Anne Kristine Sørensdatter (1822–1870). He worked as a shepherd and farmhand as a child, and then as a sailor before becoming a teacher in 1881. He taught at Prestbyen in Kodal from 1891 to 1899. In less than 20 years he published local history books (bygdebøker) about Brunlanes, Hedrum, Tjølling, Sandar, Tjøme, Nøtterøy, and Stokke.

Publications 1905: Andebu. En Vestfold-bygds historie i 1600-aarene (Andebu: History of a Vestfold Village in the 1600s). Kristiania: Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri. 1909: "Gaarden Aker i Sem. En Gaardshistorie" (The Aker Farm in Sem. A Rural History). Historisk tidsskrift 20: 232–251. 1909: "Om Jordegodsets Fordeling i Tønsberg Len (det senere Jarlsberg Grevskab) i 1650 og 1701" (Estate Division in Tønsberg County, Later Jarlsberg County, in 1650 and 1701). Historisk tidsskrift 20: 33–66. 1912: "Om bygdehistorie" (Village History). Historisk tidsskrift 22: 86–92.