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36-520: The borough is named after the old Frogner Manor . The Norse form of the name was Fraunar (plural form), and is likely derived from the word frauð ' manure ' — meaning 'fertilized fields'. (See also Frogn and Tøyen .) English-speaking foreigners may assume the word “Frogner” to be related to the English word frog but these words are not congnates. The word for “frog” in Norwegian is “frosk”. Note that

72-794: A housing estate or industrial estate . Large country estates were traditionally found in New York's Long Island , and Westchester County , the Philadelphia Main Line , Maine's Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island , and other affluent East Coast enclaves; and the San Francisco Bay Area , early Beverly Hills, California , Montecito, California , Santa Barbara, California and other affluent West Coast enclaves. All these regions had strong traditions of large agricultural, grazing, and productive estates modeled on those in Europe. However, by

108-526: A dog, picnic, play badminton or sunbathe. Frognerparken has Norway's biggest collection of roses; a total of 14,000 plants of 150 different species. Frogner Stadion and open-air bath is located in one corner of the park, towards Majorstua. In the corner by Frogner plass are Frogner Manor House and the Oslo City Museum . Frognerparken includes the Vigeland installation, Oslo's most visited attraction, and has

144-413: A large banquet hall. They fit it into an extension to the main building eastward, and to preserve symmetry they extended the building equally far westwards, to its present length of 54 metres. Among many foreign visitors Thomas Malthus enjoyed dancing in the ballroom in 1799 Bernt Anker died a childless widower in 1805. Frogner was bought by his nephew Morten Anker in 1807. His business was hard hit by

180-413: A new cemetery ( Vestre gravlund ). Significant parts of the estate instead became a public park . Frogner Manor was built in 1750 by Major Hans Jacob Scheel (1714–1774), the first owner to make Frogner his permanent residence. He erected four wings around a square courtyard, accessed through a porte-cochère in the south wing. His residence opposite was a log house , still intact as the middle section of

216-495: A summer-open café, a restaurant and Norway's biggest playground. A large open-air skating rink, maintained only during the winter, is free of charge to visitors. Many Norwegians own their own skates, but one can also rent skates at the site or take skating lessons. Frogner Manor Frogner Manor ( Frogner Hovedgård ) is a manor house and former estate in today's borough of Frogner in Oslo , Norway . The estate comprised most of

252-527: Is a church in the Frogner borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The congregation is part of the Church of Norway, the country's state church. Frogner Park ( Norwegian : Frognerparken ), north of the city centre, is Oslo's biggest park and one of its most popular recreational areas, both for its neighbours and for people from other parts of the city. On a summer day the park is full of people who come to run, walk with

288-515: The Oscarshall palace are also located here. Bygdøy has several public beaches and is a popular recreational area. On January 1, 2004, the previous borough of Uranienborg-Majorstua and Bygdøy-Frogner were merged with Frogner, creating the current, larger borough. The borough is known for its many villas and parks. It is one of the most expensive boroughs in Oslo due its central location, proximity to parks, marinas and attractive architecture, and

324-678: The Conservative Party. The Conservative Party has the most seats. The 15 seats are distributed among the following political parties for the 2019–2023 term: The Bygdøy peninsula is the current site of the Viking ship Museum, Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Museum of Cultural History), the Maritime Museum, the Kon-Tiki Museum , and the ship Fram , used by Roald Amundsen for his Antarctic expedition. The royal estate of Bygdøy kongsgård and

360-560: The Norman era, hunting had always been a popular pastime with the British royalty and nobility, and dating from the medieval era, land was parcelled off and put aside for the leisurely pursuits of hunting. These originated as royal forests and chase land, eventually evolving into deer parks , or sometimes into the Royal Parks if owned by the royal family. The ownership of these estates for hunting

396-469: The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. The main building at Frogner Manor (Frogner Hovedgård) dates back to approximately 1790 . Historical interiors from the late 18th century. Today the building is part of Oslo Museum. Frogner Manor is located on a former estate in an area that became part of today's borough The estate is now the site of Frognerparken. Frogner Church (Norwegian: Frogner kirke)

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432-401: The city of Oslo bought the property in 1896 to secure space for further urban development and a new cemetery. The last private owner, Gerhard Gade, retained the right to inhabit the house until his death in 1909. This spared the house from demolition, and an economic recession prevented further building on the land. In the meantime, the house was recognised as an important cultural monument. It

468-519: The country houses were destroyed , or land was parcelled off to be sold. An urban example of the use of the term estate is presented by the "great estates" in Central London such as the Grosvenor and Portman , which continue to generate significant income through rent. Sometimes London streets are named after the rural estates of aristocratic landowners, such as in the case of Wimpole Street . From

504-575: The current Frogner Stadium was built right next to the old stadium. At the site of the old Frogner Stadium, there are now tennis courts . The seter (mountain dairy farm) of Frogner was situated near the summit of the Holmenkollen hill north of Oslo, and included parts of the Nordmarka forest. The name is still preserved in the terminal Frognerseteren station of the suburban Holmenkoll Line , opened in 1898 and extended in 1916. Frognerseteren and

540-632: The economic depression during and after the Napoleonic wars , and he eventually went bankrupt and was forced to sell Frogner by auction in 1836. The buyer was the director-general of the Modum Blue Colour Works , Benjamin Wegner , who was married to Henriette Seyler of the Hamburg Berenberg banking dynasty . They demolished the southern wing of the manor and opened the courtyard. The turret above

576-404: The estate was bought by timber merchant and shipowner Bernt Anker (1746–1805), Norway's richest person at the time. He and his wife Mathia inhabited his family's town house during winter, and used Frogner as their summer residence. They entertained extensively and invited the wealthy elite of Christiania to assemblés every week. In order to accommodate guests indoors on rainy days, they needed

612-421: The forest was split from Frogner Manor when Benjamin Wegner sold the manor but kept Frognerseteren in 1848. Wegner's heirs sold it to Thomas Johannessen Heftye in 1864, and his heirs sold it to the municipality in 1889, thus making it the first forest owned by Oslo municipality. The Norse form of the name was Fraunar (plural form). The name is probably derived from the word frauð ' manure ' - and then with

648-449: The gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house , mansion , palace or castle . It is the modern term for a manor , but lacks a manor's now-abolished jurisdiction. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house . Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in

684-543: The historical legacy of being a choice residential district for the upper classes during the 19th century. Many of these expansive estates are now embassies , diplomatic missions , and other diplomatic representations. The Bygdøy peninsula - a short ferry journey from the city center - boasts several museums, including the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset), the Kon-Tiki Museum, Norwegian Maritime Museum and

720-474: The houses in the borough were built around 1900. Frogner has historically been and continues to be an affluent area of Oslo. Traditional districts of Oslo belonging to the borough are: As a borough of Oslo, Frogner is governed by the city council of Oslo, as well as its own borough council. The council leader is Jens Lie from the Conservative Party and the deputy leader is Carl-Henrik Bastiansen, also of

756-552: The late 1940s and early 1950s, many of these estates had been demolished and subdivided , in some cases resulting in suburban villages named for the former owners, as in Baxter Estates, New York . An important distinction between the United States and England is that "American country estates, unlike English ones, rarely, if ever, supported the house." American estates have always been about "the pleasures of land ownership and

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792-440: The log house to a more representative manor. He added a timber-framed extension to the west to complete the symmetry, and a central wall dormer , in front of a grand reception room in the attic. Scheel completed the transformation by covering the log walls behind timber-framing with brick infill, all finished with white-washed plaster, looking like masonry. In 1760 Scheels was nearly broke and had to sell his manor. In 1790

828-557: The meaning 'fertilized fields'. See also Frogn and Tøyen ). 59°55′27.41″N 10°42′10.98″E  /  59.9242806°N 10.7030500°E  / 59.9242806; 10.7030500 Estate (land) An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which generates income for its owner. In the United Kingdom , historically an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, tenanted buildings, and natural resources (such as woodland) that surround

864-517: The modern borough of Frogner, which has been named after the estate, and Frognerseteren with parts of the Nordmarka forest (Frognerseterskogen). The remaining part of the estate is now the site of the Frogner Park , with the manor house found in the south of the park and the Vigeland installation in the park's centre. The 18th century buildings on the grounds now house the Oslo City Museum . Frogner

900-466: The money for their improvement and maintenance usually comes from fortunes earned in other economic sectors besides agriculture. They are distinguished from ordinary middle-class American houses by sheer size, as well as their landscaping, gardens, outbuildings, and most importantly, recreational structures (e.g., tennis courts and swimming pools). This usage is the predominant connotation of "estate" in contemporary American English (when not preceded by

936-420: The name is commonly pronounced more closely to “Frong-nair” rather than “Frog-ner”; both are considered acceptable. The area became part of the city of Oslo (then Christiania ) in 1878. The borough was originally the grounds of an 18th-century country estate, Frogner Manor . The manor is now the site of Oslo City Museum . The Vigeland installation is located in Frogner Park ( Frognerparken ) A majority of

972-457: The opportunity to enjoy active, outdoor pursuits ." Although some American estates included farms, they were always in support of the larger recreational purpose. Today, large houses on lots of at least several acres in size are often referred to as "estates", in a contemporary updating of the word's usage. Most contemporary American estates are not large enough to include significant amounts of self-supporting productive agricultural land, and

1008-446: The porte-cochère was dismantled and rebuilt on the roof of the main building during their time as owners. The Wegners, in their turn, went through economic problems during the financial crisis of 1848 and had to sell Frogner by auction. In 1848 Fredrik Georg Gade (1807–1859), a wealthy merchant from Bergen , purchased the manor. His heirs held the property in joint ownership, under the management of his son Gerhard Gade (1839–1909). He

1044-454: The present main building. Behind it, a Baroque garden was laid out, its axis parallel to the main building. Scheel's log house was probably intended for a farm manager, and his plan may have been to build a more monumental residence as the focal point of the garden, symmetrical to its axis, and with a splendid view to the Frogner lake on the opposite side. However, his finances were overextend, and he had to postpone this plan, and instead convert

1080-516: The same ownership as the mansion itself, covering more than one former manor. Examples of such great estates are Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire , England, and Blenheim Palace , in Oxfordshire , England, built to replace the former manor house of Woodstock. Before the 1870s, these estates often encompassed several thousand acres, generally consisting of several farms let to tenants ; the great house

1116-472: Was in practice strictly restricted until the 19th century when legal changes to game hunting meant the nobility, gentry and other wealthy families could purchase land for the purposes of hunting. At the administrative centre of these sporting estates is usually a sporting lodge . These are also often known as shooting or hunting estates. In modern British English , the term "estate" has been generalised to any large parcel of land under single ownership, such as

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1152-545: Was married to an American, Hellen Allyne, and was the United States consul in Christiania. The former U.S. president and general Ulysses S. Grant visited Kristiania in the summer of 1878, and attended a gala dinner at Frogner with his entourage. Major parts of the farmland belonging to the manor was sold and built up through the end of the 19th century as the city expanded, but around one square kilometer remained when

1188-708: Was one of the largest and oldest agricultural properties in the Oslo area. In the Middle Ages, Frogner became ecclesiastical property, mostly owned by the Hovedøya Abbey , but was confiscated by the Crown in 1532, preceding the Reformation . From the mid 17th century to the late 19th century it was owned by wealthy officials or burghers of Christiania , then sold to the municipality of Kristiania in 1896 to make room for urban expansion and

1224-513: Was restored and placed at the disposal of the Oslo City Museum . In the main house at the Frogner Manor, the local historical museum of the City of Oslo is located. The museum gives an impression of the capital city's historical development. The private garden surrounding the manor house was historically much smaller. After Oslo municipality acquired the estate, much of the remaining agricultural land

1260-473: Was supplied with food from its own home farm (for meat and dairy) and a kitchen garden (for fruit and vegetables). A dower house may have been present on the estate to allow the widow of the former owner her own accommodation and household when moved out the primary house on the estate. The agricultural depression from the 1870s onwards and the decline of servants meant that the large rural estates declined in social and economic significance, and many of

1296-437: Was turned into a public park , the Frogner Park , with Gustav Vigeland 's sculpture arrangement ( Vigelandsanlegget or the Vigeland installation) erected in the centre from 1928 to 1943. In 1914 the area was the site of the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition . On the outskirts of Frogner Park is Frognerbadet (Frogner Baths), which opened in 1956. Old Frogner Stadium opened in 1901 and was the city's main arena for skating . In 1914

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