It belonged to the St. Hallvard's Cathedral (now in ruins) during the Middle Ages, and later the state church.

In 1826 the farm was registered as having 105 decares of crop, two horses, six cattle and nine sheep.

[1] Agricultural production on the farm continued well into the twentieth century, especially after horticulturalist Edv.

[5] The farm's communications had been drastically improved in 1872, when the road Vollsveien from Lysaker opened.

The main purpose was to aid the timber industry around the river Lysakerelva.