Sjømyr is an abandoned farm in the forests of Trøe, about 100 meters from the former Vest-Agder county border into Lillesand municipality. The property was bought in 1852 by spouses Jørgen and Mari Torjussen, who previously lived in Kiledalen near Drangsholt. At Sjømyr they kept four cows and eight sheep. As a widower, Jørgen moved to neighboring Stemmene in 1900. At that time the forest worker Gunder Jonsen lived here on Sjømyr. As a 60-year-old widow, Karen Ånonsen Gåseland moved from Stemmene to Sjømyr in 1910. Many people lived on the farm, including four of Karen's children. In addition, there lived several men who worked for board and lodging. One of them was Nils Olsen - or "Treske-Nils" - who got lost on the way from Drangsholt at Christmas 1933 and was later found dead in the Gåse valley about 300m west of Sjømyr.
The farm at Sjømyr consisted of sheep and cattle. Karen carved and spun sheep's wool into yarn. She knitted mittens and stockings, which were sold for little money. The feed for the animals was obtained from logging in the forest. Logging was practiced in parts of the forest, and Nils Olsen, among others, worked in the forest. Karen's son, Anders Kristian Anonsen, took over Sjømyr in 1918 and owned the farm until he sold it in 1953.
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