Skaugum

Skaugum
Skaugum in 1932
Skaugum is located in Norway
Skaugum
Location within Norway
General information
TypeManor
LocationAsker, Norway
Coordinates59°51′14.74″N 10°26′34.95″E / 59.8540944°N 10.4430417°E / 59.8540944; 10.4430417
Completed1932
OwnerNorwegian royal family
Design and construction
ArchitectArnstein Arneberg

Skaugum is an estate. Haakon VIII of Norway and Mette-Marit lives there. It is in Asker, Norway which is 19 kilometres (12 mi) away from Oslo. The estate is 1,215 acres (492 ha) big, 480 acres (190 ha) of it are farms.

History

The estate belonged to a church in the Middle Ages. Many people owned it over the years, but in 1909 Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg bought it. Then, when Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha got married in 1929, Wedel-Jarlsberg sold it to them. In 1937, Prince Harald was born there.

The house that Wedel-Jarlsberg had, which looked like a Swiss chalet, burned down in 1930. An architect named Arnstein Arneberg built a new one on the same spot, using the old foundations. They used stone to build it, so it wouldn't catch fire again.

Second World War

During World War II, Nazi soldiers stayed at Skaugum. Then, the estate became the official home of a man named Reichskommissar Josef Terboven in June 1940. After Hitler died, Terboven lost his job and killed himself there in 1945.

Residence of the heir apparent

In 1968, King Olav V gave the estate as a wedding gift to his son, King Harald V, and his wife, Crown Princess Sonja. The King moved to the Royal Palace in Oslo. King Harald did the same thing, giving the estate to his son, Crown Prince Haakon, and his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, when they got married in 2001.

Skaugum is different from the Royal Palace because it's privately owned by the royal family. It's not open to the public. Like other royal homes in Norway, there are Royal Guards there to protect it.

References

  1. ↑ "Skaugum Estate". The Royal House of Norway. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2023-10-23. Skaugum Estate is the residence of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ Bratberg, Terje (2023-01-24), "Skaugum", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2023-10-23, Gården har et totalareal på 1215 dekar, hvorav 480 dekar dyrket mark.
  3. ↑ Hagen, Per Erik (2010-06-16). "Husdyrenes siste sommer på Skaugum" [The livestock's last summer at Skaugum]. Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-10-23. På Skaugum er det 480 dekar dyrket mark, i tillegg leies det i dag mye jord fra nabogårder.
  4. ↑ Torvanger, Åse Moe (2023-01-27), "Herman Backer", Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2023-10-23
  5. ↑ Goeschel, Christian (2009), Suicide in Nazi Germany, OUP Oxford, p. 152, ISBN 978-0191567568, retrieved 23 October 2023
  6. ↑ "Mens hele Norge feiret freden, reiste Hitlers forhatte rikskommisær til Skaugum og sprengte seg". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2023-10-23.