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Dokkengården was built by Sundman Ole Hansen Styren at the end of the 18th century, and is Sundet's oldest house.

The sundman built the house close to the river Vorma, since his job was to row people across the river when needed. There was no bridge over the Vorma until 1857, but Styren built a winter bridge in the 1780s. Its remains can be seen at low water levels. At this time, the house was called Sundhuset, since the property on which it is located was then called Sundgården.

A waterman's job was to row people across the river. The first sundman whose name is known in the Sound was Kristoffer Sundmann in the 16th century. At that time, soundmen did not pay tax on what they earned, but in return had to ensure free passage for the king's and the priest's people, and also the king's mail.

After 1680, sundmen were also taxed. Fredrik Neumann has this list of sound men in the booklet "Sundet historie": The first whose name we know was Kristoffer Sundmann in the 16th century. Ole Hansen Styren was a soundman from 1755-1809. The house has mostly been used as a residence. The current owner is Espen Jansen.

H.C.H. Brandt started trading in Sundet in 1881.

First in Tønsagergården, then Vengergården and Hoelgården, before he could move into his own house, Brandtgården, in 1900. The house had a shop on the first floor, and accommodation for family, trade officers and servants on the other two floors. On the south side there was a large barn with storage space, and a horse and cart that transported goods to the branch of the Gold Agency. His son, Christian Fredrik (Fredrich) Brandt took over the business in 1917. Then the name "Glassmagasin" was introduced.

Nevertheless, the business continued in roughly the same vein, that is to say, you could buy almost anything you could get hold of over the counter there. People did not trade in meters and kilograms in those times; 3 acres of cottonseed meal and 1 mark of coffee were bought. Vadmel is a thick woolen fabric that was widely used for clothing in the past.

In the 1930s, the range of goods changed in character and from the Second World War onwards it can be said that the business was a fully developed specialist business in glass, stoneware and kitchenware. His son again, Trond Linner Brandt, took over C.F. Brandt's glass magazine in 1955. He had the honor of leading the "Glassmagasinet" through its 100th anniversary in 1981. 

The house was built by Karl Mikaelsen Gaarder in 1896.

It was a men's clothing store here until March 1997. A men's clothing store is a store that sells men's clothing.

Gaarder's competitor. Petter Stefferud and his wife also ran a men's ready-to-wear shop in the house for a couple of years from 1918 to 1920, when they moved to Sundgata 3.

During the Second World War, it was Walter Johannesen and a companion called Harald T. Lunde who ran the shop. After the war, Gunnar Gaarder took over, and after him Øivind and Egil Finnbråten took over.

They moved the shop to Saga 2 in March 1997. After that, the store became women's clothing, when Sissel Lycke started a store called Sølveplet here. She held on until an Indian restaurant took over the premises, and after it went bankrupt, the shop has once again been women's clothing, now Shimmering Clothing.

In recent years, the Kaffehjørnet restaurant has also been located here, with outdoor seating in the courtyard. Current owner is Chriss Brohaug, source Jan Benjamin Baraas

Helge and Julius Myrvang built Myrvanggården in 1927, on the property Solbakke, which was separated from Sundgaarden.

The architect and builder was Axel Bjørnstad from Feiring. In 1897, Sundgata 12 was built on the upper part of Solbakke, and Sundgata 14 was built in front of it.

The house is built diagonally crooked to fit the plot which narrows upwards towards Sundtoppen. This was a difficult task for the builder, and he is said to have stated that he would not build such a house again. The house is under construction, has 4 floors and the floor area is approx. 100 square. There has been business on the 1st floor, and on the 2nd floor there has been both business and housing.

The two upper floors have mostly been rental properties. Today, only the 1st floor is used for commercial activities.

The Bridge over the river Vorma – Sundbrua

Work on the Sundbrua began at New Year's time in 1922, and it was opened to traffic on 15 December 1923.

The bridges were cut and built up by hand from stone from the hill above Tynsåk, approx. 3 km. from the river. The bridge is symmetrically divided, with spans of 60, 70 and 60 m in length. The total length is approx. 200 m, approx. 100 m shorter than the previous wooden bridge.

 At the start of the Second World War, on 12 April 1945, the bridge was blown up to delay the German advance. It was repaired again during the war years, first temporarily with wood on 23 July 1940, later permanently. There was also a bridge here before this Sundbrua. This was a pile bridge, built of wood. It was opened for traffic on 17 May 1857, three years after the railway came to Eidsvoll. In the 1860s, a "tilting span" was inserted on the west side of the bridge, so that boats could pass.

The very oldest possibility to get across the Vorma was to be rowed across by a "sundmann"   Being a riverman could be a challenging job, because sometimes the wind was so strong that it was too risky to set out, and other times there was so much timber in the river that it was difficult to get across. In winter, there was often an open channel in the middle of the river, while along the shores there was thick ice where channels had to be cut for the boat. The first sundman whose name is known in the Sound was Kristoffer Sundmann in the 16th century.

 The name Vorma means "the warm one". The water in the river of Vorma is so warm that it rarely freezes completely in winter.

The original Sundgaarden was located where Sundgt. 8, Dokkengården, is now, i.e. on the north side of Sundgata.

At some point, probably in the late 1850s, the property Nedre Sundgaarden was separated. It was located here, on the south side of Sundgata. Here is a house called Sundgaarden to this day, but this is a fairly new house that was put up in 1994-1996, after the original house burned down in June 1993.

The house that burned down was called Stefferudgården, after the owner of the business, Petter Stefferud. From the beginning it was probably also called Vengergården, since it was Jens A. Venger who set up the house, probably around 1870. In the 1870s, the Eidsivja Trade Association was based here, one of the two trade associations in Sundgaarden.

The other was the Workers' Trade Union, which was located just across the street, in Sundgt. 6. In 1909, the house was registered by Eidsvoll Meieri, but in 1920 they sold it to Lovise and Petter Stefferud. They had then run a men's outfit and shoe shop in rented premises in Gaardergården further down Vormaveien since 1918.