KALDOR - FARMING

Grazing cattle

Kaldor is located in Øyer, Gudbrandsdalen, 16 kilometers north of Lillehammer. Most of the farmland is let (during the winter) to the Hafjell Alpine Center, known from the slalom and giant-slalom events during the 1994 Winter Olympics.

The main farm is situated about 350 meters above sea level. We also have a mountain farm (seter) at Nysetra just below the top of Hafjellet, at 950 meters above sea level. The mountain farm is only accessible by car during the summer months. There remain approximately 20 acres (85 da)of cultivated land outside the alpine center, including 15 acres (60 da) at the mountain farm. The latter has been recultivated and added to by the present owners.

Betty, born 2006

Until the beginning of the 1960's, the farm was run in the traditional way, with cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry and horses. Today we breed beef cattle, a herd of Charolais. We produce approximately 15 calves a year. In the summer our cows graze in what are the slopes of Hafjell Alpine Center in the winter. 

Brandt, born 2006

The farm originally consisted of 17 buildings including 4 at the summer farm, but 3 barns had to be torn down due to the establishment of the Alpine Center in 1988. See Kaldor history. Almost all buildings have been renovated by the present owners. In the fall of 1996 we built a new barn adapted to the needs of our cows, who prefer the outdoors to the indoors, even during the harsh winter months.

Kaldor is situated at the foot of the Hafjell Mountain