Gjesling
Gjesling is an old family at Vågå in Oppland, Norway.
In 1130 Ivar Gjesling was the earliest-known owner of the farm Sandbu in Vågå. He served as King Magnus IV's lendmann for the Opplands. Ivar Gjesling, allied himself with the Birchlegs — who chose Sverre as their king at Øreting in 1177. Sverre granted him the valley of Heidal as a reward.
Sigrid Undset's fictional Lady Ragnfrid, wife of Lavrans, was create a Gjesling from Sandbu.
Gjesling descendants still own the farm Sandbu in the Vågå region, Riddersandbu, which includes buildings built before 1600.
