{"id":185876,"date":"2015-11-16T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T14:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.losbygods.no\/?page_id=185876"},"modified":"2026-09-02T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:03:45","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.losbygods.no\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

History and old traditions remain as echoes of times gone by, when Losby was a large estate. The story of Losby is the story of the peaks and troughs of the timber trade, of famous Christiania residents, recreation, entertainment, hospitality and hunting trips, but also of hardworking smallholders and servants.<\/p>\n

The name Losby comes from the man’s name Loptr, and means “Loptr estate”. Gods is the norwegian term for Manor. This property came into being when the three southernmost forest estates of Losby, Vestmork and \u00d8stmork were combined into one. The three estates had their own small sawmills when the timber industry was booming in the 16th century. The first smallholdings came into being on the estates as early as the 17th century. The smallholders were saw millers by preference, and many of them worked for Losby Bruk as sawmill or forest workers.<\/p>\n

The timber trade was a great money-spinner at that time, and Losby was just the beginning for Christiania tradesman Peder Cudrio in 1744.<\/p>\n

He became the master of most of the forests between Oslofjorden and \u00d8yeren, an area of approximately 40 000 acres. When Peder Cudrio passed away, his wife Karen Cudrio managed the properties until she died 32 years later.<\/p>\n

In 1797, their grandchild Andreas Lumholtz inherited Losby.<\/p>\n

Lumholtz started holding festivities here, and many great people were guests at Losby.<\/p>\n

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Karl Johan, then King of Sweden, and his retinue probably made the grandest visits to Losby in the early 19th century. When important people were guests of the estate, the daughters of the smallholders were often asked to “provide entertainment”. This gave rise to the rumour that smallholder Hans Gulbrandsen, born in 1816 in Lia, was the son of the King of Sweden. In 1829, Lumholtz had financial problems and sold the estate by auction to Jacob Peter Meyer and Isak Muus.<\/p>\n

Losby Gods stayed in the family between 1829 and 1896. Various family members have had the pleasure of owning it.<\/p>\n

These include:<\/p>\n