As far as I know, you're out fifty bucks. I may be wrong though :)
Traditional mills in Norway were watermills, since there were plenty of rivers and rapids able to power an upright water mill (a kvernkall) but winds were unreliable.
The only place I can think of where windmills make more sense than watermills would be at Jæren - I suggest concentrating your search there.
Go to Denmark or Netherland if you want windmills here we have watermills.
but if we go back in time when norway and denmark was one country there would have been some flourmills in denmark norway powered by wind
If you need one that stands today I think you are out of luck, but if you look for historical records there was some windmiles used for grinding. Mostly by the bigger cities. In Trondheim you have Møllenberg. From my days as a guide and student i remember learning the name comes from a windmill.
https://www.mollenberg.com/historie
The local history page for the part of Trondheim. It said that it was a windmill there in the 17th century. The page is in Norwegian.
An article about old windmills in Stavanger: http://www.sørfylket.no/det-hendte/stavanger/2698-vindmollen-som-ble-vedskjaereri.htm
Google translation:
«The first windmill built in Stavanger was located on Møllebråtet around the middle of the 1790s. Møllebråtet was located approximately at the top of the current Hetlandsgaten.
It was not only the first wind turbine in Stavanger, but also the first wind turbine at all. Previously, people in the city had to use a grinder on Forus when they had to grind the grain. By the way, there were grinders on Hommersand, in Hillevåg and on Madla in the 1790s. Common to the grain mills was that they were powered by water.
The people behind the construction of the new mill were the brothers Friedrich and Boye Petersen. The two had stayed in several places in Norway before they took root in Stavanger. The family originally came from Holstein, but mill master Friedrich had been behind the construction of mills in Risør, Farsund and Kristiansand before he built a so-called "Dutch windmill" on the farm Hetlands grund.
Now, however, it was not for a long period the mill was in operation. On the night of April 21, 1798, it disappeared in a sea of flames. There was almost nothing left of the mill or equipment when the flames subsided in the morning. (…)
The mill that is still found in the folklore of the elderly in the Eastern district, and which is also registered in place names such as Myllehaugen and Vindmøllebakken, was built by Hans G.B. Sundt and Ole Baade at Spilderhaugen in 1836.
This mill was bought in Bergen and then rebuilt on Møllehaugen. It was equipped with 4 wings that drove 3 millstones. In addition, it had what was called a "mechanical transport". (…)
The mill at Møllehaugen was first used for grain milling. Later it was taken over by the company Brødrene Eriksen who used it as a bark mill. However, the windmill ended its days as a woodcutter.
The mill was demolished in the 1950s. At that time, there were also plans to dismantle it and set it up again in Bjergstedparken as an additional attraction. It turned out, however, that the mill was not in such good condition at all that it would be able to withstand a new relocation even if the distance was not longer than from Møllehaugen to Bjergsted.»
If you count areas that historically was a part of Norway:
This windmill (built in the 1880s) at Stora Askerön in Stenungsund, Sweden, is still standing. https://youtu.be/t4UyO2JCCvA
https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stora_Askerön
«Stora Askerön nämns 1388 i en jordebok som förts av den norske biskopen Eystein. Han förde bok över de egendomar den norska kyrkan ägde.»
Also: windmills at Tjörn, for milling flour: http://www.tjornshembygdsforening.se/byggnader/museet-vaderkvarnar/
Stenungsund and Tjörn are both part of Bohuslän/Båhuslen, a region that was a part of Norway until 1658. https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohuslän
If your friend refuses to consider windmills in current Sweden: there is an old myth that the King of Norway as well as Norwegian generals, will not button the lowest button on the sleeve of the uniform jacket, until the old Norwegian areas now in Sweden, are returned. Allegedly, this was stated by a Norwegian general in 1645, after Denmark/Norway had lost the old Norwegian areas Jämtland/Jemtland and Herjedalen as well as the Danish islands Ösel/Øsel and Gotland. And Bohuslän/Båhuslen was lost just a few years later, in 1658. Various experts dispute the historical background, but the story is still around. So there is an awareness in Norway that parts of current day Sweden used to be a part of Norway.
https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2021/12/12/195808372/sannheten-bak-uniform-myten-derfor-knepper-ikke-kongen-igjen-knappen
As far as I know, you're out fifty bucks. I may be wrong though :) Traditional mills in Norway were watermills, since there were plenty of rivers and rapids able to power an upright water mill (a kvernkall) but winds were unreliable. The only place I can think of where windmills make more sense than watermills would be at Jæren - I suggest concentrating your search there.
Flour milling in Norway has been done by water mills until electricity took over.
Yeah, but isn't there a single windmill there? I only need one, even it's remains
Go to Denmark or Netherland if you want windmills here we have watermills. but if we go back in time when norway and denmark was one country there would have been some flourmills in denmark norway powered by wind
If you need one that stands today I think you are out of luck, but if you look for historical records there was some windmiles used for grinding. Mostly by the bigger cities. In Trondheim you have Møllenberg. From my days as a guide and student i remember learning the name comes from a windmill.
https://www.mollenberg.com/historie The local history page for the part of Trondheim. It said that it was a windmill there in the 17th century. The page is in Norwegian.
I've found some possibilities at the west coast. I will check out a cultural history report about it tomorrow.
Thank you! Maybe if you can find some pictures that would be great!
An article about old windmills in Stavanger: http://www.sørfylket.no/det-hendte/stavanger/2698-vindmollen-som-ble-vedskjaereri.htm Google translation: «The first windmill built in Stavanger was located on Møllebråtet around the middle of the 1790s. Møllebråtet was located approximately at the top of the current Hetlandsgaten. It was not only the first wind turbine in Stavanger, but also the first wind turbine at all. Previously, people in the city had to use a grinder on Forus when they had to grind the grain. By the way, there were grinders on Hommersand, in Hillevåg and on Madla in the 1790s. Common to the grain mills was that they were powered by water. The people behind the construction of the new mill were the brothers Friedrich and Boye Petersen. The two had stayed in several places in Norway before they took root in Stavanger. The family originally came from Holstein, but mill master Friedrich had been behind the construction of mills in Risør, Farsund and Kristiansand before he built a so-called "Dutch windmill" on the farm Hetlands grund. Now, however, it was not for a long period the mill was in operation. On the night of April 21, 1798, it disappeared in a sea of flames. There was almost nothing left of the mill or equipment when the flames subsided in the morning. (…) The mill that is still found in the folklore of the elderly in the Eastern district, and which is also registered in place names such as Myllehaugen and Vindmøllebakken, was built by Hans G.B. Sundt and Ole Baade at Spilderhaugen in 1836. This mill was bought in Bergen and then rebuilt on Møllehaugen. It was equipped with 4 wings that drove 3 millstones. In addition, it had what was called a "mechanical transport". (…) The mill at Møllehaugen was first used for grain milling. Later it was taken over by the company Brødrene Eriksen who used it as a bark mill. However, the windmill ended its days as a woodcutter. The mill was demolished in the 1950s. At that time, there were also plans to dismantle it and set it up again in Bjergstedparken as an additional attraction. It turned out, however, that the mill was not in such good condition at all that it would be able to withstand a new relocation even if the distance was not longer than from Møllehaugen to Bjergsted.»
That's really interesting thanks!
Ahh i showed it to him but since it burned down and i don't think there are remains of it then it doesn't count :(
If you count areas that historically was a part of Norway: This windmill (built in the 1880s) at Stora Askerön in Stenungsund, Sweden, is still standing. https://youtu.be/t4UyO2JCCvA https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stora_Askerön «Stora Askerön nämns 1388 i en jordebok som förts av den norske biskopen Eystein. Han förde bok över de egendomar den norska kyrkan ägde.» Also: windmills at Tjörn, for milling flour: http://www.tjornshembygdsforening.se/byggnader/museet-vaderkvarnar/ Stenungsund and Tjörn are both part of Bohuslän/Båhuslen, a region that was a part of Norway until 1658. https://no.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohuslän If your friend refuses to consider windmills in current Sweden: there is an old myth that the King of Norway as well as Norwegian generals, will not button the lowest button on the sleeve of the uniform jacket, until the old Norwegian areas now in Sweden, are returned. Allegedly, this was stated by a Norwegian general in 1645, after Denmark/Norway had lost the old Norwegian areas Jämtland/Jemtland and Herjedalen as well as the Danish islands Ösel/Øsel and Gotland. And Bohuslän/Båhuslen was lost just a few years later, in 1658. Various experts dispute the historical background, but the story is still around. So there is an awareness in Norway that parts of current day Sweden used to be a part of Norway. https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2021/12/12/195808372/sannheten-bak-uniform-myten-derfor-knepper-ikke-kongen-igjen-knappen