Norje Village, what was it?

[Darrell Lewis]

Seeing how two of my ancestors were from there, and both were navy men and one a crofter(torparen), I wonder if this was a village of navy or service personel.

[Hans Rosenlund]

Norje is a farmer village in Ysane parish, Blekinge. In Blekinge all villages had to support a number of navy men with a small croft (the rest of Sweden had the same system, but mostly with soldiers). The big navy base was Karlskrona, where many of them sailed away and never came back.

[Christian Andersson]

Hi Darrel!
 
You will find some information about the parishes in Blekinge at Blekingerötter. There is for instance a map covering Ysane parish, so go and see if you find Norje there!
 
Regards Christian

[Darrell Lewis]

Tack! Both Christian and Hans!, I have Blekingerötter saved in favorites, and you can get a close look at Norje Village, so it was like we have in the US, Navy housing with a twist, for they were farms when they weren't sailing. I did not know if they sailed from there or from Karlskrona, but Hans, guess you answered that. MVH, Darrell