Ledaal is a

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with ...

which is the official residence for the

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Stavanger Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. T ...

, Norway.

History

The manor house was built between 1799 and 1803. It was then owned by the merchant and leading citizen in Stavanger, Gabriel Schanche Kielland (1760-1821). He gave the estate its present name after the last letters of his and his wife's names: Gabrie''l'' Schanch''e'' Kiellan''d'', Johann''a'' Margareth''a'' Bul''l''. Ledaal was bought by

Stavanger Museum Stavanger Museum is a museum of natural and cultural history established in 1877, located in the Norwegian city Stavanger. The museum's collections consist of several departments: the department of zoology, the department for cultural history (wh ...

in 1936. The estate is today a royal residence, a museum and the representation building of Stavanger municipality.

In popular culture

In 1989 a painting of the residence was displayed at

Nasjonalgalleriet The National Gallery ( no, Nasjonalgalleriet) is a gallery in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. , the admission cost is 100 Norwegian kroner. History It was establishe ...

as a part of the exhibition ''Kulturminner i norsk kunst''. The painting was reviewed and commented during the opening day tour by King Olav V.

References

External links

Ledaal - Stavanger Museum web site
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