In Norway the name is spelled Straumbotn or Strømbotn or Strømbotne. It is a place location.

Literally translated: Strøm means stream and botn means bottom, however botn in this context means bottom deep into the fjord. Natively it is pronounced —

Strømbotn was a long standing name for the farm where my ancestors were born, lived, and died.

Older spelling variations of the farm name from the Oluf Rygh Norwegian Farm Names documentation project:

1. Strømbotten         1641
2. Botneenget          1647
3. Strøm Bottenn     1661
4. Strømbotten         1723
5. Strømbotn            1838 and 1891

There is an article that describes the patronymic naming system observed in the following tables but simplified: A child’s surname came from the father’s first name. If you had a daughter you would add – datter to the end of the father’s firstname, if you had a son you would append  – sen or –son, – søn, the meaning is the same) to the father’s first name. Sometimes the name of the farm was used as a 3rd name not so much as a surname but as an address identifier. The following table is translated from parish census records : Hemnes Church in Nordland, Norway and from Carl-Anders Olsson online and the Digitalarkivet at the University of Bergen online. The tabular presentation that follows is a simplification of statistical information contained in the book of farms: Hemnes Gård og Slekt. You can inspect a copy of pages 567 to 572 (Straumbotn) from that book. Keep in mind that the contents of the book of farms is itself a transcribed version of original handwritten ledgers for farm number 89 in the book. Note: The Leilending (leaseholder) didn’t own the land but was granted it’s use through a lifetime lease contract.  The Strombotne relatives were leilending (tenant) farmers. See background information on Norwegian farms. The leaseholder was generally a couple and the lease was good for his, or her lifetime.  The biggest threat was the death of either the husband or the wife, since there had to be a “couple” on the farm; consequently, remarriages were very common in the leilending system.  In most cases a leilending couple could let offspring inherit the land, but a new lease contract had to be registered. 

As families grew, Strømbotten farm would be divided to accommodate. A secondary numbering unit (‘bruksnummer’ with the abbreviation ‘bnr.’) with a name commonly appended was utilized for such property. As such Mons Pedersøn allowed for his two daughters and their families by dividing the farm into 2 units Bnr. 1 Straumbotn and Bnr. 2 Straumbotn in 1726. Eventually there would be additional units added:  Bnr. 3 NYGAARD in 1892, a new parcel from Bnr. 1 Bnr. 4 ØVRINGMO in 1899, a new parcel also from Bnr. 1 Bnr. 5 NYMOEN in 1911, a new parcel from Bnr. 2 Bnr. 6 BJERKE in 1948,  a new parcel also from Bnr. 2 and Bnr. 7 SJELMO from Bnr.5 in 1951

Anders Jacobsøn (1697 – 1754) from Straumfors lived on Bnr. 2 (276b) Straumbotn from 1726. He married Kirsti [ Kirsten ] Monsdatter.  in 1725

    Children:
    Guru, (1726) moved to Brattland bnr. 3
    Ole, (1728, d. 29.1. 1785)  unmarried
   Jacob, (1733 – 1797) son and heir

 Jacob Anderssøn (1733 – 1797), worked on Bnr. 2 Straumbotn all his life. In 1763 he married Else Jonsdatter (1736 1815) from Medstraum Farm

    Children:
    Anders, (16.9.1765, d.  1785) died on a trip to Lofoten
    Jon, (9.6. 1767)  moved to ______  bnr. 9
    Ole, (1769, d. 2.5. 1772) smallpox
    
Mogens [ Mons ], (1770 – 1839)  farmed here with his father until his father’s death after which he left for Tybekken Farmand married there.

    Kiersten [ Kjersten ],  (1773 -1814) daughter and heir

Johannes Johansen (8.1. 1771 d. 9.12.1859) born in Drevvatn married in 1796 Kjersten [ Kiersten ] Jacobsdatter. (1773 – 1814) and so on…

The 1900 Census for Strømbotten  Farm lists Units 2 and also Unit 1, 3 . In the 1900 Census, Kristoffer Olai and his daughter Pernille have adopted the farm name for their last name as per custom trend. The change to a fixed family surname  began in the early 1800’s and was widespread by about 1900. The use of a fixed family name was made compulsory by law in Norway in 1923. As a result of this change, many began using their patronymic name as their fixed family name; others chose their farm name as their permanent family name and thus the name — Strømbotne or Strombotne.

Straumbotn [Strømbotne] Gård [Farm]

In Norway the name is spelled Straumbotn and here is the farm as it appears today: Straumbotn Gård at Nesnaveien 832, N-8725 UTSKARPEN