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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.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Asker Municipality, Manor houses in Norway and Palaces in Norway.

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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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Skaugum gard.jpg
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Commons category
Skaugum
inception
1932-00-00
date of official opening
1932-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Second World War
  • Residence of the heir apparent
  • Høiby affair
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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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