An old blacksmith's shop, now used as a common room at Camp Uvdal.
The sign translates into German:
The Blacksmith's Shop
The furnace in the "blacksmith's shop" is what remains of the blacksmith's shop from old times. Andres Jensen worked in such a blacksmith's shop in the first half of the 20th century. Andres was born on Christmas Day 1888 and lived on a small farm on the west side of Lake Udvald. At that time, there was neither a bridge nor a road. In the summer, people rowed across the lake, and in the winter, they walked across the ice.
Andres was known in the village as a tinkerer and skilled craftsman who could repair all sorts of things: walls, clocks, municipal equipment, sewing machines, agricultural machinery, and weapons. Whatever was broken or defective, Andres took it on.
In the 1920s, Andres participated in a crafts exhibition in Buskerud, where he displayed homemade rifles. He received a "bare" bronze medal. The jury could hardly believe he had done all the work himself, even though the village leader confirmed that Andres had built the rifle himself. He had not only built the rifle himself, but also the tools for it, which took several days.
Andres Jensen was also known for making many beautiful knives with ornate scabbards and engravings. German soldiers stationed in Udvald during World War II were eager to buy such knives and take them back to Germany. But Andres said that he would sink the ship himself if he knew his knives would cause pain to a German child.
Until his death in 1980, Andres continued to repair various items for the villagers.
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