A Great Estate Revisited. British Sports Tourism and Imperial Enterprises in and Around the ‘Great’ Vefsn Estate, Northern Norway 1850–1914
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11992557 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gunn Helen Søfting (Nord University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-34 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0346-8755 • E-ISSN: 1502-7716 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03468755.2026.2635951 |
| OpenAlex | W7140134747 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Critical voices were raised against foreign tourism in Norway during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This article aims to provide a deeper understanding of this criticism by examining the development of British sports tourism in and around the Vefsn Estate in Helgeland between approximately 1850 and 1914. This kind of tourism developed in the context of several larger formations and processes, such as Norwegian nation-building and British imperialism, and frictions arose between the conflicting processes. Around the same time as British tourism began to develop in this region, a controversial British-owned company emerged. Later, sporting companies targeting the British market also began operating near the Vefsn Estate. Even though the British presence created new opportunities for paid work, it also came at a cost. Spaces became contested places between various groups of interest. The activities of British enterprises left ‘imperial experiences’ among the local population, creating anger, uncertainty and anti-British sentiment.
Business history · Estate · Real estate · Tourism · Central European national history · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |