Bergen Station ( Norwegian : Bergen stasjon ) is the main railway station in the city of Bergen , Norway. It is a terminal station on the Bergen Line , and serves trains from Oslo as well as the Bergen Commuter Rail from Arna , Voss and Myrdal . It is located on the east side of the city centre and has four platforms. The station was opened in 1913, four years after the Bergen Line itself opened; it replaced a former main station that was located further west.
6-505: The station building is one of the grandest in Norway. The architect, Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland , designed it in the National Romantic style . He also designed Gamlehaugen , and the stone buildings at Bryggen . The building has been protected against non-trivial modifications since 2003. Having been established in 1921, Norsk Spisevognselskap attempted to find a suitable location for
12-952: A painter. Until 1894, he assisted at various architectural offices in Ludwigshafen , Halle and Berlin. He established himself in Bergen during 1894 with architect Schak Bull . He established his own architectural practice during 1895 and in 1904 started a branch office in Ålesund . His first major exhibition was the National Exhibition at Nygårdsparken in 1898. In Bergen he drew several well-known buildings including Bergen Railway Station , Gamlehaugen and Bergen Handelsgymnasium . He also drew St Olaf's Anglican Church in Balestrand during 1897, as well as both Rødven Church and Stordal Church in Møre og Romsdal during 1907. From 1912 to 1918 he
18-487: A restaurant in Bergen. There was at the time a small restaurant in the station building, but there was not sufficient space for storage of food. Because of high real estate prices in the area, Norsk Spisevognselskap instead established a kiosk at the station on 1 May 1922. The same year, 1922, the company contemplated establishing a hotel near the railway station. The plan materialised in the construction of Hotel Terminus, which
24-697: Was a student at the Royal Arts School in Kristiania (1884-86), while attending a Master's degree and assisted at an architectural office. From 1887-90 he studied at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg in Berlin . In April 1896 he married pianist Anna Magdalena Cathrine Christie (1871–1948), daughter of jurist Hans Langsted Christie. They had two children, Jacob Christie Kielland became an architect and Else Christie Kielland became
30-476: Was born in Stavanger to parish priest and politician Jacob Kielland (1841–1915) and his wife Diderikke Jørgine (1842–1918), née Monrad. His grandfather was Jens Zetlitz Kielland , and through him, Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland was the nephew of painter Kitty Lange Kielland and novelist Alexander Kielland . He had five sisters and four brothers, all of them younger than he was, although one died young. Kielland
36-431: Was owned in part by NSB, in part by Spisevognselskapet and in part by other parties. On 2 April 1937, Spisevognselskapet established a restaurant in the station. Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland ( ( 1866-07-29 ) 29 July 1866 – 8 August 1926 (1926-08-08) (aged 60)) was a Norwegian architect , professor and author. Jens Kielland was a member of the prominent Kielland family. He
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