Family farm taken over in Tingvoll

The latest Møre og Romsdal news from the past 48 hours: a young mother takes over the family farm at Strupstad in Tingvoll, Norway’s surviving stave churches worry about budget cuts, Helse Møre og Romsdal acknowledges heavy workplace pressure, and Molde qualifies in the football cup. Crime news remains in the background.

Møre og Romsdal news: Family farm taken over in Tingvoll

Silje Osnes left her teaching post in Tingvollvågen, the administrative centre of Tingvoll municipality, to take over the family farm Strupstad gard, which her family has occupied since the 14th century (NRK Møre og Romsdal). She made this choice to create her own job after becoming a single mother. Her 5-year-old daughter, Sigrid, and the family cat Ole live with her on the farm.

Silje Osnes’s grandmother repeatedly asked her whether she was truly sure she wanted to take over the farm and give up the security of her teaching job. “I think deep down, she also finds it somewhat amusing,” Silje Osnes told NRK Møre og Romsdal.

Strupstad gard has been inhabited since the Middle Ages. Silje Osnes’s decision reflects the desire to sustain local agricultural activity in Møre og Romsdal despite economic constraints. She said she could not run the farm if she had to handle everything alone.

Culture: Stave churches threatened by budget cuts

Norway’s government budget proposal plans to reduce funding for Fortidsminneforeningen, the association that manages 8 of the country’s surviving stave churches, including Rødven in Rauma municipality and Kvernes in Averøy (NRK Møre og Romsdal). Ann Kristin Sørvik, who oversees operations at the Kvernes stave church on the island municipality of Averøy, says the cut would be “almost a deathblow” for the buildings.

“It is absolutely terrible to cut funding for what is our culture and history. If we do not receive the millions, it will be almost a deathblow, for the stave churches among others,” she told NRK Møre og Romsdal. She explains that this would mean fewer events, less maintenance and no possibility of welcoming school classes as before.

Stave churches are major architectural witnesses to Norwegian history. The possible reduction in funding comes as the budget debate continues. 2 sites in Møre og Romsdal are directly affected: Rødven in Rauma municipality and Kvernes in Averøy.

Health: Helse Møre og Romsdal acknowledges workplace pressure

Helse Møre og Romsdal acknowledges that managers in the health care company are having a difficult time, but denies that the working environment is dangerous (NRK Møre og Romsdal). The board chair warns that workplace pressure will continue.

The statement follows questions about working conditions in the sector. The public health care company covers Møre og Romsdal county. It acknowledges difficulties but rejects the notion that there is a culture of fear. Staff and unions are closely following the situation.

Sport: Molde and AaFK qualify, Bergsøy without its coach

Molde FK’s women’s team qualified for the next round of the cup with a 5-0 away win over Malvik on Wednesday 21 October (NRK Møre og Romsdal). The 2 17-year-old players Sigrid Gamst and Karna Kalliainen Vestavik scored 3 of the 5 goals, with Gamst scoring 2. Hilde Årsbog Bjåstad and Sanna Andersen Mahle scored the other 2. Both Molde and AaFK have qualified for the next round.

The head coach of Bergsøy handball club, Gintaras Savukynas, is on sick leave due to a serious illness, the club announced on Facebook (NRK Møre og Romsdal). “The most important thing for Bergsøy Handball now is that Gintaras gets the time and calm he needs to recover,” the club wrote. Former coach Peter Pucelj is acting head coach. Bergsøy has just been promoted and will play in the REMA 1000-ligaen, Norway’s top handball division, in the 2026/2027 season.

📌 Local briefs

An accident involving a motorcycle and a car injured 3 people near Volda, a municipality in the Sunnmøre district, at Lindåsneset on the peninsula; the motorcyclist was taken to hospital in a conscious state, and the road was closed for a time (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

2 men are on trial for aggravated assault and rape with an object at a construction site in Ulsteinvik, the administrative centre of Ulstein municipality, which occupies the western part of Hareidlandet island; the prosecutor has called for lengthy prison sentences (NRK Møre og Romsdal).

A person reportedly attempted to buy sexual services via Vipps in Ålesund, according to Sunnmørsposten (Sunnmørsposten).

Sources: NRK Møre og Romsdal, Sunnmørsposten, Romsdals Budstikke, The Local Norway — Period: 21 October 2026 and 22 October 2026