Mannsverk Farm
Contact:
Ove Mannsverk
Address:
Romsdalveien 29, 9537 Tverrelvdalen
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High up in the Tverrelvdalen valley in Alta, just before the hill begins to climb upwards and slate quarries and cascading rapids characterize the landscape, lies Mannsverk Gård. It has been here since 1870 and it is now Ove Mannsverk, the 5th generation, who runs the farm, together with his partner Cecilie Helgesen, father Tor Arne Mannsverk and mother Bodil Mannsverk.
In Tverrelvdalen, two things have been at the core of most families; slate and farming. Those who worked in the slate quarries often had a small farm next door, and that is how our farm came to be at one time as well. Tor Arne's parents, Tor and Anne Marie, were the first in the family to turn the small farm into a larger farm. Over the years, both dairy cows and pigs have roamed the barns – and the pigs still do – while under Tor Arne and Bodil it was just cattle. In addition, we have been a visiting farm, participated in "Inn på Tunet" and had handicraft production, largely thanks to a great commitment to communicating and further developing the farm.
Now Ove and Cecilie are taking this spirit further, and there are big plans for the development of the farm. We have already opened a farm shop selling beef from our own animals, as well as our own products made from cattle (sausages, burgers, cold cuts, etc.). In the summer we have Arctic strawberries produced in tunnels and summer pigs which grow big and strong on timothy grass in our garden.