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Anatomigården is a historic house located on the north side of Christiania Torv in
Byarkivets databaser
(In Norwegian)
Anatomisk institutt: Utviklingslinjer
(In Norwegian) Buildings and structures in Oslo {{norway-struct-stub
Anatomigården is a historic house located on the north side of Christiania Torv in Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
.
History
Antanomigården is located at ''Christiania Torv'', in an area in Oslo's old city center known as ''Kvadraturen''. It is one of the few remaining houses in Oslo built with thetimber framing
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...
method. It is in an area where about 50% of the buildings were half-timbered in the middle of 18th century. The facades (brick walls) of the building are sanded and covered with layers of protective rock materials, so the timbers are only visible on the gables. The age is unknown, but the house is likely to be from the 17th century. It is conserved, like the adjacent historic building, ''Rådmannsgården''.
In the 1800s, the Faculty of Medicine of University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
had its division of anatomy
Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...
here - hence the name ''Anatomigården'' (meaning " Anatomy House"). The building served as a headquarters for this faculty until a new building was erected on the main University campus at Blindern
Blindern is the main campus of the University of Oslo, located in Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway.
Campus
Most of the departments of the University of Oslo are located at Blindern; other, smaller campuses include Sentrum (law), Gaustad (medicine), ...
. From around 1860 the sculptor Brynjulf Bergslien
Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien (12 November 1830 – 19 September 1898) was a noted Norwegian sculptor.
Background
Bergslien was born in Voss in Hordaland county, Norway. He was a son of Lars Bergeson Bergslien and Kirsten Knutsdotter Gjelle. He was ...
had the studio in the building.
Until 2003, the house was used by the Young Artists' Society (''Unge Kunstneres Samfund'').
Since 2015 it has housed the gallery and office of the union BOA (The Association of Artists in Oslo and Akershus) on its premises.
See also
*History of Norway
The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat inland of the great ice sheets, the earliest inhabitants migrated north into the territor ...
References
External links
Byarkivets databaser
(In Norwegian)
Anatomisk institutt: Utviklingslinjer
(In Norwegian) Buildings and structures in Oslo {{norway-struct-stub