Villa Paus

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Villa Paus

Villa Paus (Pausvillaen) is a listed villa in Oslo, Norway. It is located at Christian Benneches vei 6 in Bygdøy. [1][circular reference]

History[]

The villa was built in 1907 for the iron and steel industrialist Ole Paus (1846-1931), a member of the Paus family, founder of the steel company Ole Paus and chairman of the commercial bank Den norske Creditbank (now DNB ASA). It combines Neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau influences. The property comprises about 1200 square meters, including ten main rooms, rooms for servants and a big hall, and originally had around 7 decare park and 80 metres shoreline. In the 1970s five new villas were built on parts of the park which were partitioned off.[2]

During the German occupation of Norway during World War II, the villa was used as the summer residence of Josef Terboven (1898-1945), German Civilian Administrator of Norway.[3] [4]

From 1953 it was owned by the barrister Mathias Dahl-Hansen and his family. In 1997, the villa was sold to the billionaire Petter Stordalen, one of Norway's richest men.[2] In 1999 Finansavisen described the villa as Norway's most expensive residence[3] and in 2016 the business magazine Kapital estimated the villa to be worth 150 million kroner (ca. 16 million euro).[5][6]

In front of the villa there is a three-meter luminous statue of Buddha. The sculpture is called "Sitting Tattoo with Mountains."[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pausvillaen (Bygdøy)". Unionpedia. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Helge Meland and Tor Inge Vormedal, Perler ved Oslofjorden, ISBN 9788292879450, p. 152
  3. ^ a b Finanskongens kongebolig in Dagbladet
  4. ^ "Josef Terboven". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Slik er milliardærenes Bygdøy-luksus in Hegnar
  6. ^ "Petter Stordalen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Stordalen har tre meter høy lysende Buddha i hagen i Hegnar Online

Coordinates: 59°54′20″N 10°41′41″E / 59.9056°N 10.6948°E / 59.9056; 10.6948

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