Mågerø is the private holiday home and summer retreat of the Norwegian royal Family. The compound is located on the small

Mågerø Mågerø is a small peninsula just south of the Norwegian city of Tønsberg. It is a part of the island Tjøme, a typically Norwegian summer vacation area. Mågerø is the location of the Royal Norwegian Air Force The Royal Norwegian Air Forc ...

peninsula on the Tjøme island, which is also the retreats

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History

The royal family had owned several holiday retreats prior to the construction of Mågerø. This included the villa ''Bloksberg'' at

Hankø :''See also Hangö, Finland.'' Hankø Island is located in the Oslo Fjord, Østfold county, Norway. It used to be the property of the Dano-Norwegian king, the site where the king hunted deer. Later an island of retreat, notable visitors are the No ...

, originally purchased and owned by

King Olav Olav V (; born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was the King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991. Olav was the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales. He became heir apparent to the Nor ...

, and the estate ''Berget'', which was owned by Queen Sonja's family. The royal family was, however, bothered by the lack of privacy at the former retreats, and therefore wanted a proper, shelter holiday home to be constructed when King Harald and

Queen Sonja Sonja (born Sonja Haraldsen on 4 July 1937) is Queen of Norway since 17 January 1991 as the wife of King Harald V. Sonja and the then Crown Prince Harald had dated for nine years prior to their marriage in 1968. They had kept their relations ...

ascended the throne in 1991. The complex was designed by Lund Hagem Arkitekter, and build between 1991 and 1993. For security reasons, the retreat is located at the military area '' Control and Reporting Centre'', which is controlled by the

Norwegian Air Force The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) ( no, Luftforsvaret, , The Air Defence) is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian Armed Forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peacetime establishment is approximatel ...

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