The case in summary • Ten doors from the old buildings at Setesdalstunet have been removed and probably burned up.• The police have secured surveillance images of the perpetrator and the incident.• The doors are described as irreplaceable and of great historical value.• Damage has also been done to several of the buildings at the museum’s section from old Setesdal.• The buildings themselves are not affected by the arson attack.• The museum director expresses great sadness at the vandalism, and describes it as a great cultural-historical loss. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – This is a great loss of cultural history, says director of the Vest-Agder museum, John Olsen to news. – It is a shared cultural heritage that is being destroyed through what has happened now. The entire museum area is closed to the public this morning. Crime scene technicians from the police are on hand to investigate the scene carefully. An unauthorized person has probably entered the premises on Tuesday evening. Setesdalstunet is fenced with barbed wire and normally locked in the evening and at night. The police are investigating a break-in at the Vest-Agder museum where ten doors from the old buildings in Setesdalstunet are gone. Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB – Meaninglessly John Olsen explains that several of the buildings in the museum’s section from old Setesdal have been vandalised. The museum’s staff discovered the vandalism on Wednesday morning, and it is said that the fire was still smoldering in the morning hours. – Among other things, doors have been torn down from some of the buildings. These have then been set on fire, says Olsen. Setesdalstunet is surrounded by barbed wire fences. Photo: Anne-Martine Justvik / news – It appears pointless and incomprehensible that someone could do this, says department head Jon Andersen Gotteberg at Kristiansand museum. Kristiansand museum is part of the Vest-Agder museum. At Setesdalstunet there are several old storehouses and lofts that have been transported from Setesdal to Kristiansand. Here, among other things, is the museum’s oldest building, Nomelandsloftet, from 1585. At Setesdalstunet, there are several old storehouses and lofts that were transported from Setesdal to Kristiansand Photo: Tom-Richard Hansen-Olsen / news Video surveillance The police patrol on site reports that it has been taken out ten doors from several buildings, these were probably burnt on a bonfire in the square. – The police have secured surveillance images of the perpetrator and the incident, says police operations manager Øyvind Hægeland. ASHES: Ten ancient doors of great cultural and historical value have been burned on a bonfire on the museum’s property. Photo: Jon Andersen Gotteberg / Vest-Agder Museum The police, together with the museum, have had a review of the crime scene. A total of ten doors have been stolen and probably burned. The doors are referred to as irreplaceable and of great historical value. Damage to several buildings Famle storehouses and buildings have over time been transported from farms in Setesdal to the museum in Kristiansand. Photo: news The museum director says there is damage to a number of buildings. – But fortunately the buildings themselves were not affected by the arson, he says. – We find it terribly sad that someone is doing vandalism here. After all, this is a shared cultural heritage that the museum manages on behalf of the community, and which has been taken care of over a long period of time and which must also be taken care of for future generations, says Jon Olsen. This sight met the museum’s staff on Wednesday morning. Burned out doors from several buildings on Setesdalstunet. Photo: Jon Andersen Gotteberg / Vest-Agder-museet Published 11.12.2024, at 10.12 Updated 11.12.2024, at 1 p.m
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