Skaugum
Sign in to saveSkaugum is an estate, manor house and the official residence of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit. The estate is located in Asker, southwest of Oslo, by the foot of the mountain Skaugumsåsen. The estate consists of of agricultural lands and of woodlands. The property occupies a central role in the Høiby affair, where Marius Borg Høiby is alleged to have raped women in the cellar of the main house and hosted so-called "Skaugum festivals" with criminal friends there, where drugs were distributed and consumed.
Key facts
- Building.name
- Skaugum
- Building.image
- Royal residence Skaugum 1932.jpg
- Building.image_caption
- Skaugum in 1932
- Building.building_type
- Manor
- Building.location
- Asker, Norway
- Building.pushpin_map
- Norway
- Building.completion_date
- 1932
- Building.owner
- Norwegian royal family
- Building.architect
- Arnstein Arneberg
- Building.architectural_style
- Functionalism
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Second World War
- Residence of the heir apparent
- Høiby affair
- Gallery
- See also
- References
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Skaugum is an estate, manor house and the official residence of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway and his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit. The estate is located in Asker, southwest of Oslo, by the foot of the mountain Skaugumsåsen. The estate consists of of agricultural lands and of woodlands. The property occupies a central role in the Høiby affair, where Marius Borg Høiby is alleged to have raped women in the cellar of the main house and hosted so-called "Skaugum festivals" with criminal friends there, where drugs were distributed and consumed.
==History== The estate was originally Church property during the Middle Ages, and passed through several owners until 1909, when Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg bought it. When Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha were married in 1929, Wedel-Jarlsberg sold it to the couple. In 1937, Prince Harald was born on the estate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skaugum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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