In 1927 Eivind and Ragna built a house at Ekeberg in Oslo, on land belonging to her sister, Ingeborg. The "Nordjordet" property was originally a smallhold. Eivind and Ragna acquired it in 1947.
'Welcome to this world'
In 1930 a second child arrived, Tone Alis. The painter Henrik Sørensen (sto fadder) "Welcome to this difficult but beautiful world, little miss Tone Groven" reads the card from the Sørensen family.