Esviken
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Esviken (formerly Esvigen) is a villa surrounded by an elaborate garden. It is located on a former farm on Leangbukta bay between Vettre and Konglungen in Asker, Norway. [1][2]
History
Industrialist Halvor Schou (1823–1879) and his wife Anna Cecilie Crowe (1829–1914) bought Løkenes farm in the late 1860s. They commissioned the villa to be designed by noted architect Wilhelm von Hanno (1826–1882). Esviken was completed in 1872 and used by Schou and his heirs as a summer residence.[3][4]
Their daughter Birgitte Halvordine Schou (1847-1923) was married to industrialist Einar Westye Egeberg (1851–1940). They inherited the villa and half of the surrounding property. Their daughter Hermine Egeberg (1881–1974) was married from 1901 to Count Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg (1875-1954). Wedel-Jarlsberg was Lord Chamberlain for King Haakon VII of Norway from 1931 to 1945 and one of the King's closest confidants for over thirty year. Esviken is located close to Skaugum which was owned by the royal family. The King and Queen visited Esviken many times. [5][6]
Formally, Hermine and Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg took over the property in 1930, but in reality, this happened around thirty years earlier. The Wedel-Jarlsberg family extended the garden significantly. In 1960, the property was inherited by their daughter Hedevig Wedel-Jarlsberg (1913–1996), who married Per Christian Cornelius Paus (1910-1986), his wife's distant cousin and himself a descendant of the Schou family. [7]
In 1996, their children Cornelia Paus, Christopher Paus and Peder Nicolas Paus inherited the property. The property was sold to Asker municipality in 1999. The villa and garden were listed as a protected cultural heritage site by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 2006.[8] [9]
References
- ^ "Esvikens historie". esvika.no. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Leangbukta (bukt i Asker)". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Halvor Schou". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Ole Petter Bjerkek. "Wilhelm von Hanno". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Einar Westye Egeberg (1851–1940)". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Wedel Jarlsberg". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Paus (slekt)". Slektshistoriewiki. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Paus". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ 107057 Esviken, Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
External links
- Esviken website
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members
- Sir Hans Olufsson (ca. 1500), cleric
- Sir Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder (1587), cleric
- Sir Peder Povelsson Paus (1590), cleric
- Sir Povel Hansson Paus (1620), cleric
- Sir Povel Pedersson Paus (1625), cleric
- Sir Hans Povelsson Paus (1656), cleric
- Cornelius Povelsson Paus (1662), judge
- Peder Hansson Paus (1691), judge
- Hans Pedersson Paus (1721), judge
branch
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- Cornelius Paus (1726), civil servant
- Hedevig Paus (1763)
- Ole Paus (1766), shipowner
- Henrik Johan Paus (1799), lawyer
- Christian Cornelius Paus (1800), governor
- Christopher Blom Paus (1810), shipowner
- Henrik Ibsen (1828), playwright
- Johan Altenborg Paus (1834), war commissioner
- Ole Paus (1846), industrialist
- Karl L. Paus (1856), industrialist
- Christopher Lintrup Paus CBE (1881), British diplomat
- Thorleif (von) Paus (1881), diplomat
- George Wegner Paus (1882), lawyer
- Hans Wangensten Paus (1891), engineer
- Robert Paus Platt OBE (1905), British diplomat
- Helvig (von) Paus (1909)
- Ole (von) Paus (1910), general
- Per Paus (1910), industrialist
- Thorleif Lintrup Paus (1912), diplomat
- Cecilie Paus (1943), shipping magnate
- Peder Paus (1945), businessman
- Ole Paus (1947), singer
- Pontine Paus (1973), shipping heir
- Olympia Paus (1976), shipping heir
- Marcus Paus (1979), composer
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branch
- Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss (1839), theologian
- Henriette Pauss (1841), teacher
- Olav Pauss (1863), shipowner
- Nikolai Nissen Paus (1877), surgeon/humanitarian
- Augustin Paus (1881), industrialist
- Bernhard Paus (1910), surgeon/humanitarian
- Vilhelm Paus (1915), diplomat
- Brita Collett Paus (1917), humanitarian
- Nikolai Paus (1944), businessman
- Pauspur
- Paus collection (Paus Trajan)
- Herresta
- Kvesarum Castle
- Villa Paus
- Esviken
- Paus & Paus
- Ole Paus Company
- Wilh. Wilhelmsen
59°50′00″N 10°29′08″E / 59.8333°N 10.4856°E / 59.8333; 10.4856