Trolten in Åsland

Trolten is located on a farm in Åsland in Kyrkjebygda. The stone is almost completely round, weighs 93.5 kg, and has previously been used as a test of strength by young men in the village. A valid lift consists of lifting the stone from the ground in one movement, rolling it up your torso and throwing it over your shoulder such that it lands behind you. This is called throwing Trolten.

The stone has been on the farm for many generations, and it is said that it was the wife on the farm who brought it from the river. She liked the stone so much that she asked her husband to get the horse and drag the stone up from the river and to the farm. But the husband put off getting the stone, and when the wife eventually got tired of waiting, she took matters into her own hands. She rolled the stone up into her apron and carried it up to the farm, where it has been lying since.

There are several people from Åsland who have lifted the stone, one of them is the uncle of the farmer who owns the farm today. When he was 14 years old in 1931, he threw Trolten. Thus he is the youngest person known to have lifted the stone.