Hafslund is a borough located east of the city centre in the city of

Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...

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 the ...

, Before 1992, Hafslund was a part of

Skjeberg Skjeberg is a district of Sarpsborg, Østfold County, Norway. Skjeberg was formerly a municipality in Østfold County. The last administrative centre was at Borgenhaugen. As of 2018, Skjeberg has a population of 1,397. The parish of Skjeberg ...

municipality. The name Hafslund, which is composed of ''Hafr'', the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

name for husband and ''lundr'' meaning grove. There has been a permanent settlement at Hafslund for over 5000 years. Sarpsborg,Hafslund Hovedgård(Herrenhaus) 2

Sarpsborg,Hafslund Hovedgård(Herrenhaus) 2

Hafslund Manor

Hafslund Manor (''Hafslund Hovedgård'') is an estate located just outside Hafslund. At various times, it was owned by the

Østby family The House of Rosensverd is a Norwegian noble and royal family. Along with the Gyldenløve family of Austrått, the family are among the few noble and royal families who descend from the medieval royal House of Sverre according to genealogis ...

and, later, the industrialist and timber merchant

Benjamin Wegner Jacob Benjamin Wegner (21 February 1795 – 9 June 1864) was a Norwegian business magnate, estate owner and timber merchant. Born in Königsberg, East Prussia, he moved to London in 1819 and to Berlin in 1820, where he established an independ ...

and by

Maren Juel Maren Juel (18 March 1749 – 20 February 1815) was a Norwegian landowner, regarded as the wealthiest woman in Norway at her time. She was born in Christiania (now Oslo) as the daughter of timber trader and civil servant Hans Juel (1702–17 ...

who regarded during her lifetime as the wealthiest woman in Norway. The property is now approximately 6,000 acres, of which approximately a quarter of the acreage is forested. About 2,000 acres leased for residential and industrial land. The first public record of Hafslund dates to 1344, at which time the farm was crown property. Hafslund Manor dates from 1761. The

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is located at the old Sandesund ferry site. It was built after the earlier Baroque building burned down in the autumn of 1757. Hafslund Manor has well-preserved buildings and interiors. The main buildings were restored in 1937. Hafslund Manor is now a protected monument. The manor is owned by the industrial group

Hafslund ASA Hafslund AS is a group with ownership within the power industry. The group is fully owned by Oslo municipality. Hafslund's core business streams are hydropower, with 56 percent ownership in Norway's second largest hydropower company Hafslund Eco A ...

with the main building used for meetings and representation by the Hafslund Group.

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Hafslund Hovedgård
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