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. Bogstad gård OB

Background

Bogstad has its origin in a farm which was located near Bogstadvannet, a lake in the valley of Sørkedalen. The farm was owned by several notable people. It went from merchant and councilman Peder Nielsen Leuch (1692–1746) and his family to

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

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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 P ...

was the owner of Bogstad estate from 1756. Bernt Anker later acquired the estate through marriage with Leuch's widow,

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. 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

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(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

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

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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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