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Hei alle sammen,
Had my family over from Norway for 2-3 weeks.  They were 19 all together, sister and brother with spouses, 3 of my children, 6 grand children and a great  granddaughter(saw her for the first time).  It was a lot of fun and I already miss them.  BUT I need a vacation after that vacation.
Plans are Fish Boil in Int'l Falls if possible, and Scandinavian Fest in Budd Lake, NJ.  Both in September.

Sounds like a fun and hectic summer for you ! The weather on the Norwegian Westcoast was decent this summer, but right now we`re having very nice weather with temperatures in the 70`s...so it is nice to be outdoors and enjoy the weather Hope it will last....(optimistic I know)

Hi Kare

Thanks for sending me the English version.  It is fascinating.  Because I was told she was a priest's daughter, I assumed she would have died young.  But it appears that she was quite old and must have lived in terrible pain.   And to be robbed after death as well.  Poor lady.  I am glad I live in the 21st century.

Stephen Barclay de Tolly died in 1780 and if she didn't arrive at the museum until 1828, I wonder where she "lived" for 48 years.

Best wishes
Sunni

Hi,
the info is that Teshemmin arrived Bergen Museum 1828.

I have an English version for you here
http://folk.uib.no/hmikk/Personlig/mummie_en.html

Kåre

Hi Kare

Thank you for the information regarding the mummies.  Teshemmin was the mummy that we thought might have been donated by the Barclay de Tolly family.  I don't really understand a lot of Norwegian these days and I would really appreciate a small precis of the mummy scan article if you have time.  If not, please don't worry.

There is also a book called Slektan Meidell in Bergen Library which contains the history of the Barclay family in Norway.   It took me a long time work through that!

Best wishes
Pauline

Cool, Thanks for this information..

Hi.
Mummies of two persons from Bergen Museum, one of them, Teshemmin, daughter to a priest, buried between 525-350 B.C. a crocodille and a cat were CT scanned in 2009 at the University Hospital at Haukland, Bergen 2009
http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/hordaland/1.6472102

Kåre

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Hi Kare

I believe the Prince's sword is in private hands, although it maybe kept somewhere for safe keeping. 

There is an Egyptian mummy in the Bergen Museum.  It was brought back from Egypt by Stephen Barclay de Tolly in the 1700's.  He was a sailor.  When asked how he got it back to Norway, he said "With great difficulty!".   I don't know how it ended up in the museum and they had no record of who had given it to them, so they were quite pleased when I turned up and offered an explanation.

Best wishes
Sunni

Hello Sunni.
Is the prince sword in private ownership or is it kept in a museum?

I still have some information from the Norwegian part of the Barclay family wrtiten in Norwegian.

Seems like some of the men served in the Norwegian army in mainly western Norway and some of the Barclay women married officers.

Best wishes
Kåre

Hello Sunni.
Is the prince sword in private ownership or is it kept in a museum?

I still have some information from the Norwegian part of the Barclay family wrtiten in Norwegian.

Seems like many of the men served in the Norwegian army in mainly western Norway and some of the Barclay women married officers.

Best wishes
Kåre