A Tent house or a regimental arsenal building was in use in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 from the establishment of the regular army in 1628, and became common at the special exercise grounds.

In the first years, on every Sunday after the sermon, the local regiment would drill outside the church. After 1774 this location was changed in favour of special exercise or parade grounds, with annual musters of 12 days. At these places the “tent houses” were built.

Each larger farm or a number of smaller farms was obliged to supply one fully equipped soldier. This farm or group of farms was called a legd. One person was then appointed to do the service for the legd.

Ytre Valdreske Kompagni had an exercise or parade ground located close to Bagn Kirke, Sør-Aurdal municipality, down by the river. The regimental arsenal is relocated at Bagn Bygdesamling

Bagn Bygdesamling

Bagn Bydesamling is a small museum located in the hamlet of Dolven, south of Bagn in Sør-Aurdal, Norway.-History:The museum was founded in 1920 on the Islandsmoen farm. It includes the farm itself, a saw mill, a flour mill and other furnished buildings. The museum consisting of 12 log buildings...

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Granske Kompagni had its exercise ground at Granavollen, Gran municipality. The regimental arsenal is now relocated to Hadeland Folkemuseum

Hadeland Folkemuseum

Hadeland Folkemuseum is a regional museum for Hadeland . It was founded in 1913, and is located in Tingelstad in Gran. The museum is situated along Kongevegen , the road from Oslo to Bergen which passes through Hadeland...

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Historical Context

Northwestern Europe witnessed warfare on a scale not previously experienced during the period between 1558 and 1721. Military change was rapid and extensive in Norway, modifying the army structure and increasing the fortification

Norwegian Fortresses

Norwegian fortresses or fortifications have been constructed from some of the earliest recorded periods, down through the 20th century. The geography and topography of glacially carved, mountainous Norway constrain both the sea and the land routes which an aggresser must follow...

 of the borders and strong points. The burdens placed on the populace grew dramatically.

The Norwegian regimental army was established during the Thirty Years' War

Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....

, which consisted of a series of declared and undeclared wars based on religious and economic objectives that raged throughout central and northern Europe in 1618-1648. Denmark-Norway actively participated in the Thirty Year War (see Hannibal War

Hannibal War

The Torstenson war, Hannibal controversy or Hannibal War was a short period of conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway which occurred in 1643 to 1645 during the waning days of the Thirty Years' War...

) between 1625 and 1630. The French, English and Dutch opposed the Habsburg Empire. When the Empire attacked Danish possessions on the Baltic and in northern Germany, Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV was the king of Denmark-Norway from 1588 until his death. With a reign of more than 59 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch of Denmark, and he is frequently remembered as one of the most popular, ambitious and proactive Danish kings, having initiated many reforms and projects...

's troops joined, but were defeated by the army of the Catholic League

Catholic League (German)

The German Catholic League was initially a loose confederation of Roman Catholic German states formed on July 10, 1609 to counteract the Protestant Union , whereby the participating states concluded an alliance "for the defence of the Catholic religion and peace within the Empire." Modeled...

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