Lindøyis anislandin theByfjordeninStavangermunicipality inRogalandcounty,Norway.The 280-decare (69-acre) island lies about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the centre of thecity of Stavanger.It sits in anarchipelagosurrounded by the islands ofVassøy,Hellesøy,andKalvøy.All of those islands are connected to the mainland only by boat.
 View of Lindøy island | |
  Lindøy Location inRogalandcounty | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Rogaland,Norway |
| Coordinates | 58°59′19″N5°48′21″E/ 58.9887°N 05.8057°E |
| Area | 28 ha (69 acres) |
| Length | 800 m (2600 ft) |
| Width | 750 m (2460 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Administration | |
| County | Rogaland |
| Municipality | Stavanger |
Orphanage
editThe island was used as anorphanagefor more than a hundred years, established byLars Oftedalin the late 1800s. A local adage in Stavanger was that parents would tell their boisterous children to "beware, otherwise I will send to Lindøy!" The reason for the institution of Lindøy was priest and politician Lars Oftedal bought the 280-deciare (0.69-acre) large island in 1887. The following year opened the so-calledRedningshjem og Oppdragelsesanstalt( "Rescue Home and Educational Institution" ) which had space for 30 "perverse and depraved boys." This was not uncommon in Norway to open such institutions on isolated islands around the country, such asBastøyandUlvsnesøy.Originally, the island was used by theWaisenhusetorphanage in Stavanger and it was specifically for boys who were unfit to live there in the city.[1][2]
In 1896, theStortingpassed the Child Welfare Act and this introduced the concept of a school. In 1900, the island was bought by the municipality and starting in 1907 there were two institutions on the island: the boarding school "Hope" on the north side in Nordvik and forced school "coercion" in Sørvik. "Hope" was the oldest, and would prove to be the longest running. To be sent to "coercion" was often caused by frequent truancy, while it was worse cases that were sent to "hope." This boarding school had room for 30 boys, while "coercion" had up to 12, and these businesses existed together until 1946.[3]
Guardian councils were abolished by the new Child Welfare Act of 1953 and these were replaced by child welfare Commissions. A boarding school home was then renamed as a "special school". The child welfare laws were revised again in 1995 and since then, Lindøy has been purely a home for residential care for youths 18 and younger. The center was planned shut down in 2010, but the decision was changed and the institution currently serves up to 6 youths.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Stormark, Hege."Lindøy – skremselsbilde og skolehjem"(in Norwegian). Kulturminneåret 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 3 October 2011.Retrieved12 August2011.
- ^"Lindøy".Stavanger byleksikon(in Norwegian). Stavanger: Wigestrand. 2008. p. 305.
- ^Hammer, K.V.;Keilhau, W.(1924)."Oftedal, Lars".In Blangstrup, Christian (ed.).Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon(in Danish). Vol. 18 (2nd ed.). København: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. pp. 420–421.Retrieved12 August2011.
- ^Gjerseth, Kjell(2005).Hvis du ikke er snill. Historier om Lindøy.Stavanger.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^Rødder, Karsten (1937).Knus ikke en elendig i porten.Oslo: Gyldendal.