Presteenkesetet Sjo

Sjo was built as a home for the widow of prost Andrew Christian Krog in 1795 with the permission of the king in Copenhagen. Prost Krog was long ill, and wanted to build a private home for his wife and children, so they had a place to move to after his death. Krog even paid for the construction of Sjo, and Mrs. Else Marie Krog moved in during 1797, after her husband's death.

Krog's successor was prost William Cornish Lassen. He bought Sjo in 1810, but never lived there himself. His son, Albert, was also prost here at Gran. He first married Krog's daughter, who died in childbirth only 25 years old. Later Albert got married with "the beauty of Christiana," Dorothea Andrea Lange. When Dorothea became a widow in 1834, she moved to Sjo to stay there with her children. Dorothea stayed at Sjo until her death in 1867. In this period there was a lot of activity here including farming and several servants were employed.

The poet Aasmund Olafson Vinje lived here during his honeymoon in 1869, and he died there in 1870. He is buried in the cemetery at the sister churches.

The house is now privately owned but is open for tourists by appointment.