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Skaugum is the official residence of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway is the heir apparent to the throne of Norway. On birth he was named Prince Haakon Magnus but it was stressed in the announcement that he would go by the name Haakon....
 and of his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway , is the wife of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway....
.

The estate is located in Asker
Asker

Asker is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Viken Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Asker....
 municipality, about 15 miles southwest of Oslo
Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
. Owned by the Church in the Middle Ages, it 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 presented it as a wedding gift to the couple.

The original residence burned to the ground in 1930.






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Skaugum is the official residence of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway

Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway is the heir apparent to the throne of Norway. On birth he was named Prince Haakon Magnus but it was stressed in the announcement that he would go by the name Haakon....
 and of his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway , is the wife of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway....
.

The estate is located in Asker
Asker

Asker is a Municipalities of Norway in Akershus Counties of Norway, Norway. It is part of the Viken Districts of Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Asker....
 municipality, about 15 miles southwest of Oslo
Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
. Owned by the Church in the Middle Ages, it 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 presented it as a wedding gift to the couple.

The original residence burned to the ground in 1930. The Norwegian architect Arnstein Arneberg
Arnstein Arneberg

Arnstein Rynning Arneberg was a Norway architect, often considered the leading architect in Norway of his time, active as an architect for 50 years....
 was commissioned to design a new structure, entirely on the foundations of the old building.

In 1968 King Olav gave the estate as a wedding gift to his son Crown Prince Harald (later King Harald V
Harald V of Norway

}|-||}Harald V is the King of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V of Norway on 17 January 1991....
) and his wife Crown Princess Sonja
Queen Sonja of Norway

Queen Sonja of Norway is the queen consort of Norway, wife of King Harald V of Norway. She is styled HM The Queen.A commoner, the daughter of Karl August Haraldsen , a distant relative of Andrew Volstead and Bishop Johan Christian Heuch , and wife , n?e Dagny Ulrichsen , she became engaged to then Crown Prince Harald in March 196...
. In 2001 King Harald gave the estate as a wedding gift to his son, Crown Prince Haakon, and his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit.

See also

  • List of official residences


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