Hergisheim is a house in

Stavern Stavern is a small water-side town in Larvik municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. It is south of the city of Larvik. Currently there are around 3,000 inhabitants in Stavern. It is a small town where tourism is one of the most important sou ...

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 ...

. It is classified as an artist's home because the novelist Gisken Wildenvey (1895–1985) and her husband the poet

Herman Wildenvey Herman Wildenvey (20 July 1885 – 27 September 1959), born Herman Theodor Portaas, was one of the most prominent Norwegian poets of the twentieth century. During his lifetime he published 44 books of his own poetry, in addition to translati ...

(1885–1959) lived in the house from 1927 onward. The Wildenveys came to Stavern in 1923 in search of a country house. The apartment where they had lived in Copenhagen from 1913 to 1920 had burned down, and the insurance settlement served as initial capital for construction. They moved in for Christmas in 1927, having previously rented in Stavern. The house is described in Gisken Wildenvey's memoirs ''Kjærlighet varer lengst'' (Love Lasts Longest, 1975) and in

Tom Lotherington Tom Lotherington (born 15 June 1950) is a Norwegian poet, novelist, biographer and translator. He made his literary debut in 1972 with the poetry collection ''Hverdagsfantasier''. He has written the novels ''Den tredje tjeneren'' (1985) and ''Kj� ...

's biography of Herman Wildenvey, ''Wildenvey – et dikterliv'' (Wildenvey: A Poet's Life, 1993). The

Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award The Herman Wildenvey Poetry Award ( no, Herman Wildenveys Poesipris) is a Norwegian award. It is conferred every year on July 20, the birthday of the poet Herman Wildenvey, in an event held at Hergisheim. The award consists of NOK 15,000 and a bronz ...

is awarded annually at Hergisheim. The name ''Hergisheim'' was created by combining the first syllables of the couple's names. The house is owned by the Wildenvey family.Hansen, Svend Einar. 2013. Her fikk ikke barnebarnet til Wildenvey komme inn. ''Ostlands-Posten'' (August 15).
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{{reflist Buildings and structures in Larvik Houses completed in 1927