Bogstad Manor (''Bogstad gård'') is a historic

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and former estate located in the borough of

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. It is situated in the northwestern part of Oslo.

Background

Bogstad has its origin in a farm which was located near

Bogstadvannet Bogstadvannet () is a lake between the city of Oslo and the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway. It is part of Sørkedalsvassdraget, which in turn is part of Oslomarkvassdraget. Originally, the lake was named Få(d)vannet after an earlier n ...

, a lake in the valley of

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. The farm was owned by several notable people. It went from merchant and councilman

Peder Nielsen Leuch Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek , ''Petros'' (an invented, masculine form of Greek ''petra,'' the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic ''Kefa'' ("stone, rock"), the new na ...

(1692–1746) and his family to

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Peder Anker Peder Anker (8 December 1749 – 10 December 1824) was a prominent Norwegian landowner, businessman and politician. He served as the first prime minister of Norway from 1814 until 1822. Biography Peder Anker was a member of a Danish-Norweg ...

, then to his son-in-law Governor of Norway

Herman Wedel Jarlsberg Count Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg (21 September 1779 – 27 August 1840) was a Norwegian statesman and nobleman. He played an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 and was the first native Norwegian to hold th ...

via his marriage to Karen Anker, the only child of Peder Anker. The property included forested acreage which provided the basis for sawmills and timber trade. Timber trader and landowner

Morten Leuch Morten Leuch (15 April 1732 – 24 January 1768) was a Norwegian timber trader and landowner. He was the owner of Bogstad Manor at Sørkedalen . Biography Morten Leuch was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of merchant ...

was the owner of Bogstad estate from 1756.

Bernt Anker Bernt Anker (22 November 1746 – 21 April 1805) was a Norwegian merchant, chamberlain and playwright who became the wealthiest person in Norway during his lifetime. Born in Christiania (later Oslo), he amassed his fortune primarily throu ...

later acquired the estate through marriage with Leuch's widow, Mathia Collett. Peder Anker utilized the slope from the main house down to Bogstadvannet for development with curved paths and artificial creeks. The landscape was further developed from 1780. The estate was developed with a larger manor house in 1785. The last private owners were Nini Wedel-Jarlsberg (1880–1945) and Westye Parr Egeberg (1877–1959). The property has been owned by Oslo municipality since 1954. The manor house is owned by Bogstad Foundation and operated as a museum in cooperation with the

Norwegian Museum of Cultural History Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Museum of Cultural History), at Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway, is a museum of cultural history with extensive collections of artifacts from all social groups and all regions of the country. It also incorporates a large open ...

. The manor house dating from between 1760 and 1780 was built in the style of

Classicist architecture Classical architecture typically refers to architecture consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or more specifically, from ''De architectura'' (c. 10 AD) by the Roman architect Vitruvius. ...

and is a typical example of building styles for the period. Bogstad Manor has been fully furnished with paintings, chandeliers, furniture and other furnishings from the period 1750–1850. Guided tours of the museum are available during summer months. Bogstad has become the name of a neighborhood of northwest Oslo which includes the area of Bogstad Manor and Bogstad Golf Course operated by the Oslo Golf Club (''Oslo Golfklubb'').''Oslo Golf Club Bogstad'' (visitnorway.com)
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References

Primary source

* Hauge, Yngvar, Nini Egeberg (1960) ''Bogstad, 1773-1995'' (Oslo: H. Aschehoug)

Other sources

*Roede, Lars (2010) ''To gårder – to brødre. Mye om Frogner og litt om Bogstad'' (Oslo: Boksenteret/Bogstad stiftelse) *Hopstock, Carsten (1997) ''Bogstad - et storgods gjennom 300 år'' (Oslo: Boksenteret/Bogstad stiftelse)

External links

Bogstad Gård websiteBogstad Gård Museum

Bogstad Gård Digitalt Museum
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