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The Ghost of General Birthe of Elingaard

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Ruling her Elingaard Manor house with an iron fist, the noble Birgitte Kaas is said to haunt it in her afterlife as well. But what is the truth of her strange disappearance and whispers about a deal with the devil?

Many people speak of strange sounds and fleeting shadows in old houses. Few expect to be announced by scent alone. At Elingaard Manor in Fredrikstad, visitors have reported a heavy, sweet perfume drifting through empty rooms. 

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It is said to belong to a woman who has been dead for more than three hundred years. And as the house now is often used for parties, weddings and gatherings, it is said you should put an extra plate, as the ghost of the house wants a seat. 

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The Elindgaard Manor House

Elingaard manor is located in Onsøy outside Fredrikstad city. The site has an unknown age, but has visible cultural monuments from the Bronze Age onwards.

The buildings at Elingaard have burned several times. The first known fire was in 1645. In this great fire, all the buildings on the farm were lost, along with the household goods, movable property and archives.

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The current building was built in 1749 after a major fire in 1746. In the middle of the main building is still the original basement from before the great fire in 1645. The main building had a floor area of ​​approx. 1000 square meters and two full floors. The residence was thus among the largest in all of Norway.

Elingaard is currently operated as a museum and is used as a venue for weddings and local associations. During the summer season, Elingaard is open to the public, and many locals remember coming to the manor house and be scared of the tales of the ghost said to be lingering. 

The Lady of Elingaard

Birgitte Christine Kaas Huitfeldt was born at Elingaard on 2 October 1682 to parents Stiftamtmann Hans Kaas and Sophie Amalie Bielke. Through her maternal line in the Bjelkeætten, she is a direct descendant of Mrs. Inger of Austrått. We know little about her upbringing, but she was orphaned when she was 18 years old.

She was married to a lieutenant general when she was 31 years, Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt (1674-1751), and quickly gained a reputation for strict discipline and iron control. Among servants and locals she became known as General Birthe. 

Birgitte Christine Huitfeldt Kaas (1672-1761):Birgitte was the daughter of the nobleman and civil servant Hans Kaas. He was first county governor in Smaalenene. She was a capable poet, and her hymn translations were in use long after her death.

Kaas was a representative of the last nobility in Norway, and grew up and lived in an environment characterized by this. Nevertheless, the family struggled with poor finances. Though deeply religious and a writer of hymns, rumors followed her throughout her life. Some whispered that her piety hid darker alliances, even claims that she cooperated with the devil himself.

Whether feared or respected, she ruled Elingaard with authority, and few dared to challenge her will.

The Night She Vanished

On August 14, 1761, Birgitte Christine spent the evening at an inn, where she played a game of cards and drank a lot before taking a horse drawn carriage home in the rain. When the carriage arrived at Elingaard, it was empty. The general’s wife had vanished somewhere along the road.

Speculation spread quickly. Had the driver murdered her and hidden the body? Has something far stranger occurred? Some claimed she had been taken by darker forces, punished or claimed by something beyond human understanding.

The truth appeared more ordinary, though no less unsettling. Her body was later found and kept at the manor for three weeks before burial. When the coffin was finally removed, it was carried out through a small opening in the wall rather than a door. This old custom was meant to prevent the dead from returning to haunt their home.

A Presence That Remains

If the ritual failed, Elingaard still bears the consequence. Guests and staff have felt sudden cold drafts passing through closed rooms. Others have seen the figure of a noblewoman moving silently between the garden pavilion and the great hall. Lights switch themselves on and off during the night, and at times the organ bench is found moved into the old mortuary building without explanation.

Most unsettling of all is the perfume. Sweet, heavy, and unmistakably old fashioned, it appears without warning and lingers long after the rooms stand empty.

Elingaard Manor: Garden seen from from stairs. The queens Margrethe of Denmark and Sonja of Norway planted one each of the linden trees seen in the middle in June, 1999. // Source: Helge Høifødt/Wikimedia

Since then, many have felt her presence, including Hans Pettersen, the former manager.

“I was cleaning the main living room when I saw her out of the corner of my eye,” he says. He still doubts it, but tells of rooms on the second floor where door handles have fallen off, guests have felt a cold draft and where the lights have been turned off. A cleaner saw the organ stool being moved in the morgue in 1996. A tenant had the room filled with the smell of perfume in the middle of the night in 1997..”

Birgitte Christine’s earthly remains rest in the burial chapel at Old Onsøy Church, laid to rest with a book in one hand and a switch of twigs in the other, symbols of wisdom and strength. Yet many believe her spirit never left Elingaard.

Generalfrua still walks her estate, enforcing her presence long after death, carried on cold air and the lingering scent of authority.

Paranormal Researchers

Over the years, many ghost stories have attached themselves to the manor house. Legends about a poor girl who were run over by a car when walking home are told about, a woman in white, a scorned bride running through the manor, crying as well as a black cat coming at guests. Many stories are now, often conflated with the story of General Birthe. 

There is also a story about a headless man in a black cloak down in the garden. If he comes up to the window, he announces death.

The place has become a popular place for people to visit and try to catch a glimpse of the haunting that is supposedly going on there. One segment of her show, Lilli Bendriss, perhaps one of the country’s most well known psychics, went down to the basement. White there, the images that came to her overwhelmed her so she had to storm out of the room, not wanting to get to the bottom of it all. 

But what happened in that basement all those years ago, and what the possible connection to Birgitte was, we will probably never know. 

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Her får Lilli Bendriss nok: – Visste bare at jeg måtte komme meg ut 

FLERE GJENFERD SOM OGSÅ VILLE VÆRE MED – Issuu 

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Birgitte Christine Kaas (1682–1761) – lokalhistoriewiki.no

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The Woman Waiting and Haunting Struten Lighthouse

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After being stranded on their little island at Struten Lighthouse in stormy weather with the waves crashing in, a woman succumbed to her illness and has since then been haunting it, still waiting for the help that never came. 

Far out at sea beyond Hvaler, Østfold, where the Skagerrak turns unforgiving and the horizon feels endless, lies a small volcanic island called Struten. The island is crowned by an abandoned lighthouse that should, by all logic, be dark and silent. At night, its light still shines across the water, guiding ships away from hidden reefs.

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Today, the lighthouse is part of the coastal trail in the Oslofjord, with options for overnight stays. And when darkness deepens, the island reveals something else.

Struten Lighthouse: A historic beacon on a remote volcanic island, stands amidst scenic greenery, symbolizing maritime heritage and haunting stories. // Source: Kyrre

An island born of shipwrecks

The waters between Hankø and Hvaler have long been feared by sailors. Storms rise quickly, currents shift without warning, and countless ships once met their end on unseen rocks. So many lives were lost that public pressure eventually forced authorities to act.

In the autumn of 1904, the barque “Sir John Lawrence” went down at Struten, and the entire crew of 13 perished. The wreck was located in 1997 and is considered a marine archaeological find of great interest. A proposal has been made to leave the wreck untouched as an “underwater museum”. The tragic sinking led to the demand from the seamen’s associations being made again. Now the matter gained momentum and a lighthouse station was built at Struten during 1906/07. In the autumn of 1907, Struten Lighthouse was completed and put into service.

Fyrvokter Fredrik Nannestad arrived from Kristiania with his wife Albertine Marie and their two sons, Fredrik and Arthur. Together, they were entrusted with keeping the paraffin lamps burning so that no more vessels would be claimed by the sea.

A life of isolation

Life on Struten was harsh and lonely. The family worked in shifts through the night, seven days a week. There was no telephone. No motorboat. No school for the children. Their only regular contact with the outside world was the mail boat, which arrived every other week if weather allowed.

In case of emergency, they were given one lifeline. If help was needed, a black balloon was to be raised on the flagpole. Someone on the mainland would see it. Help would come.

The winter of 1910 was unusually brutal. Storm after storm battered the island throughout February, cutting the family off completely. Waves smashed against the rocks. Wind screamed around the lighthouse tower.

Albertine fell gravely ill. She burned with fever, coughing blood and mucus as her strength faded. Fredrik did everything he could. As the storm howled, he tried again and again to raise the emergency balloon. Each time, the wind tore it loose.

At last, he managed to secure the black balloon to the flagpole. It fluttered wildly in the storm, a silent cry for help. But no one on land saw it, or they did, but it was a week until they could get a boat out to see what was going on. 

For days, Albertine lay dying while the lighthouse continued its duty. When the weather finally calmed a full week later, a rescue party was sent. They arrived too late. Albertine Marie Nannestad had been dead for several days. The doctor later determined she had suffered from tuberculosis, a deadly and contagious lung disease.

A tragedy that echoed

Albertine was buried in the city. The very next day, Fredrik and his sons were required to return to Struten and resume their duties.

The story shook the entire region. Locals began calling the lighthouse Djævleø-Fyre, the Devil Island Lighthouse. Newspapers wrote of the tragedy for days.

That same autumn, the eldest son died from a heart condition. The youngest left for America as soon as he was old enough. Fredrik remained alone on Struten until retirement, watching the light burn where his family had once lived.

A presence that never left

Struten Lighthouse was automated in 1985. Since then, no one has lived on the island.

Many report hearing footsteps in the steep spiral staircase leading up the lighthouse, even when they are completely alone. Others have seen the shadow of a woman moving silently across the island, her figure fading before they can approach.

Every night, as the old wall clock in the keeper’s residence nears quarter to eleven, she is said to begin her rounds. She is often seen near the flagpole. It is also said that the boulder on the north side turns every Thursday at midnight.

Since Struten Lighthouse was opened to tourists, witnesses claim she appears every single evening. In the fading light, a woman stands by the flagpole, scanning the horizon. At Struten, the lighthouse still does its job. And beside it, a keeper’s wife still waits for help that is more than a century too late.

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Struten – Historikk

Struten fyr – Wikipedia 

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Fredriksten Fortress and the White Lady of Halden

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In the border town of Sweden of Norway, Fredriksten Fortress has seen more bloodshed than many places. But who is the White Lady said to be haunting it, soaring around the clock tower in the night?

High above the town of Halden, a border town in Norway toward Sweden, where stone walls overlook the fjord and the borderlands beyond, Fredriksten Fortress rises with quiet authority. Built to defend Norway from invasion, it has stood through sieges, cannon fire, and centuries of uneasy peace. Today it is a place of museums, concerts, and summer crowds. But when night settles over the ramparts, the fortress is said to remember its dead.

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Among the many legends bound to these walls, none is as enduring as that of Den Hvite Dame, the White Lady of Fredriksten.

Fredriksten Festning: The haunted fortress in Halden, Norway is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman in white, said to have been behind mysterious disappearances and strange occurrences, leaving some soldiers defeated. // Source: Kjetil Bjørnsrud

A Fortress Shaped by War

Fredriksten Fortress is one of Norway’s most important military strongholds. From the seventeenth century onward, it played a crucial role in defending the border against Swedish forces. The fortress is perhaps best known for the death of King Charles XII of Sweden, who was killed during the siege of 1718. 

There is still a debate about if it was a Norwegian who killed him, or one of his own country men who was behind the shot. Long after the final shots were fired, the weight of conflict still seems to cling to the stone.

The Woman in White

According to legend, the White Lady was once the secret mistress of the fortress commander. Some say that she was the maid of commander Johan Hubner von Holst, or some say that it was actually one of the soldiers. 

Their relationship was hidden within the walls, known only to a few, and carried out in the shadow of constant danger. During a Swedish attack on the fortress, the commander or soldier was struck and killed by a cannonball or shot by a pistol. His body was never recovered, lost to the chaos of battle.

In some versions, her grief was simply that her love was never reciprocated. Either way, overcome with grief and despair, the woman is said to have climbed the fortress white clock tower and flung herself from it. Her death bound her to the place where her life and love had ended.

Since then, her spirit has never truly left Fredriksten.

Midnight on the White Tower

The White Lady is most often reported near the clock tower now known as the White Tower, appearing close to midnight and the full moon. She is also said to be seen around the commander’s building and down in the dungeons. 

Witnesses describe a pale female figure dressed in white, silent and still, never touching the ground as she glides past. Some say she waves gently toward those who see her. Others claim she stands motionless, gazing out over the city of Halden and the dark waters of the fjord beyond.

One of the strangest details repeated in many retellings is the behavior of the fortress lights. Several people have claimed that the spotlights illuminating the walls suddenly switch off moments before the apparition appears, plunging the area into darkness just before the White Lady reveals herself.

She is not said to be violent, but her presence carries a deep sense of sorrow, as if the grief that ended her life continues to echo through the stone.

The Missing Lieutenant and The Mad Soldiers

One of the most famed stories about the ghost comes from two soldiers placed on watch by the tower in 1820. When a soldier was taking over the shift of a soldier named Tobias, he noticed how strangely he beheaved, but didn’t find out what happened. Tobias was pale and shaken, staggering down the stairs, unable to put into words what he had seen. 

When a lieutenant came to free this next soldier, he too was pale and shaken. Wanting to investigate, the lieutenant grabbed his pistol and ventured up to the clock tower. Not long after, shots were fired, and all of them went to the scene. But no one found the lieutenant, who had vanished into thin air, and was never seen again. 

Tobias turned mute after the incident, and never talked about anything after, dying a year after he was sent home. The other soldier turned mad and died at the mad house the year after as well, and no one found out what really happened that night. 

Some speculate that it was actually the woman herself who killed her lover, and that she ever since has hated men, and they should be careful walking around the clock tower at night. In 1926, a human skeleton was found under the tower, and many claim that this had to be the missing lieutenant. But what really happened that night, was never cleared. Even how true the story was, is rather uncertain. 

Eyewitnesses After the Incident

After that tragic vanishing supposedly happened, many more soldiers came forward with their own stories about those who had seen the White Lady. In a newspaper, it was published when an old soldier who used to work there told about his own encounter an August night in the 19th century: 

“Her hair was covered with a grayish, veiled fabric that fell in folds downwards and blended in with the rest of her dress. I did not notice her body, but she must have been tall and slender. Her face was very beautiful. But because of her mournful eyes it seemed ravaged and pale. For a moment she stared intently at me, then the image was blurred, and she disappeared,” Source

Another soldier saw the white lady when he returned to Fredriksten on leave. He saw a beautiful lady as she “stepped out of nowhere” and came through the heavy gates towards Place d’Armes. She followed him on the way to the house he lived in. In front of the door he turned and looked five minutes later. She was still there.

In the 1930s and around World War II, there were a number of incidents surrounding the white lady although it had perhaps not been reported so much in the 1900s. But there are cases in modern times where sightings of the ghost happen. 

In the early 2000s, two German campers visited the fortress and claimed to have seen a smiling female figure in the middle of the night, dressed in a thin, white cloth. The Germans had never heard the story of the white lady and wondered if someone was filming it. NRK Radio and several newspapers interviewed the couple. 

Some psychics visiting claim to have felt a thing or two, and paranormal researchers coming from all around the world, claim to have found evidence of something supernatural inside of the fortress. Although the definite truth of it all will perhaps never be revealed. 

Julius Runge: Fortress Frederiksten at Halden-Norway

The King’s Bastion

There are also those claiming that the cafe is also one of the places where supernatural occurrences happens. Those working there say that the table cloths has been ripped off the tables and sounds from the kitchen on second floor makes sounds when no one is supposed to be there. 

From the top of the King’s Bastion, the view stretches across Halden, the fjord, and into Sweden. By day, it is a place of beauty and perspective. By night, it is one of the most commonly mentioned locations in reports of unexplained sightings and sensations.

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