Skaugum: The residence of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess

[Alexandria]

www.ibl.se - Skaugum - Haakon, Mette-Marit, Marius and the princely couple's first baby's home, presently under renovations.

 

[norwegianne]

Haakon and Mette-Marit moving into Skaugum

From The Palace
17.12.2003

Kronprinsparet har flyttet

Deres Kongelige Høyheter Kronprinsen og Kronprinsessen har i dag flyttet inn på Skaugum.

Rehabiliteringen av hovedhuset med overordnet infrastruktur er for det meste ferdigstilt, men det gjenstår en del generell innvendig og utvendig oppussing. Dette arbeidet fortsetter de nærmeste årene.

Det er ikke tatt endelig stilling til hva som skjer med Kronprinsparets leilighet i Ullevålsveien.

 

[xicamaluca]

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/ar...rticleID=693880

Christmas in new home

Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have completed their move to the renovated royal estate Skaugum in Asker and they will celebrate their first Christmas there with members of the crown princess' family.

Queen Sonja and a convalescent King Harald, recovering from bladder cancer surgery, will host their daughter princess Martha Louise and her family - husband Ari Behn and their daughter Maud Angelica - for the Christmas holidays.

King Harald is expected to leave Rikshospitalet University Hospital on Dec. 22 and is on sick leave from his official duties until the middle of March.

Skaugum has been completely renovated and rehabilitated and the crown couple will occupy the second floor, with the first being primarily reserved for formal representation.

Newspaper VG reported that Crown Princess Mette-Marit left a concert at the Oslo Spektrum on Wednesday evening after becoming unwell. The Crown Princess is pregnant and the baby is due next month.

The crown couple were attending a performance of the Oslo Gospel Choir, featuring Princess Martha Louise. The crown princess did not need medical attention.

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Jonathan Tisdall

 

[xicamaluca]

An aerial view of Skaugum in Asker. PHOTO: BJØRN SIGURDSØN/SCANPIX

 

[hrhcp]

xicamaluca  Posted: Dec 18th, 2003 - 3:10 pm

An aerial view of Skaugum in Asker. PHOTO: BJØRN SIGURDSØN/SCANPIX

If you look at the right building, you will see two windows in the attic ... that's my room (when I am on vacation).

 

[zhontella]

Originally posted by King Christian@Dec 19th, 2003 - 6:13 pm
If you look at the right building, you will see two windows in the attic ... that's my room (when I am on vacation).

Poor Sweetie. You sound so abused.

 

[hrhcp]

Hey ... I have the building to myself then, seeing that the Royals are THEN traipsing around the country on their "family business' thingy.

 

[karolinabraganza]

Skaugum

i couldnt find the thread on their home...

anyway, perhaps someone could post my question to the original thread? thanks

the pictures of the new family were taken at their home, werent they?
can someone explain? this must be the renovated palace. are there pictures of the old rooms? what did they change?
was the first session also taken at Skaugum?

thanks
looks very light and brightly furnished and ecorated. very traditional though.


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[Torkel]

Skaugum is a rather big mantion house located outside the capital Oslo. The place was a wedding gift for then Crown Prince Olav in 1929, and has been the traditional recidence of the heir since that time. You will find more info on the house at the website of the Norwegian monarchy. Go to Properties - then Private ownership - then Skaugum.

All pictures (both from Saturday (only photo-session) and Sunday (interview, television etc) were taken at Skaugum, in the official rooms on the ground floor. I believe all the pictures are from the same room - commonly known as Crown Princess Märtha's Drawing Room. Sadly there are few pictures of the interior online. These rooms have not been redecorated now - they remain the same as in the time of Crown Princess Märtha. The private apartements on the first floor, however, has been totally refurbished. They will not release pictures of those rooms.

 

[karolinabraganza]

thank you very much for this information, that was very helpful.

karolina

 

[Josefine]

do one call it a castle or a mansion?

 

[hrhcp]

Do one call it a castle or a mansion?

How about a "Residence".

 

[KikkiB]

I Norway we just call it Skaugum, and everybody know what it is. But I wouldn't call either a mansion or a residence. I would say it is a villa, not very royal, but compared to other royal residences it is not so big. Then again the Norwegain royal family is not so grandios compared to other European royal families. Probably got something to do with the fact that the Norwegian monarchy is less than 100 years old...

 

[norwegianne]

A villa. Or the main building on a farm, which is what Skaugum is.

The old building looked more like a mansion, I would say, than the new one does.

(Skaugum burnt down just after Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Märtha had moved in.)

 

[Josefine]

thank you

I would love to see some photos

 

[norwegianne]

Picture of Skaugum as it was before the fire in 1930.

 

[Josefine]

how big is the house

 

[LaMinka]

Skaugum, The Crown Princely Residence

Pics of Skaugum:
http://www.hola.com/casasreales/200...s/skagum-3b.jpg
http://home.online.no/~joesund/Bilder/13432.jpg


http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/199...s04iSkaugum.JPG

 

[LaMinka]

Here is another picture of Skaugum takend last Sujmmer from Isifa:

 

[Sol]

A strike among electricals also hit the couples residence at Skaugum. For several hours they had no electrical power - guess you all can imagine how that is. Before afternoon a dispensation were given and Skaugum and thousand other farms in that area were given the electrical power back.. just in time to get the cows milked.

 

[norwegianne]

N24 - (short for Næringsliv 24, or Business 24 in English) has an article on Royal subsidies, that I thought was rather interesting.

Farm-subsidies for the Crown Prince Couple.

Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit receive 513 984 Norwegian Kroner in subsidies for running the farm at Skaugum. Norwegian farmers, as a whole, get 7,5 bilions in support from the state.

By : Ina Vedde-Fjærestad

It is shown by an overview over production subsidies to Norwegian farmers, that Nationen (a newspaper) have received access to.

"The subsidies are necessary, so that the farm at Skaugum won't run at loss," say the Palace Information Advisor Svein Gj. Gjeruldsen to TV2 Nettavisen, and points out that it is the farm, and directly not the Crown Princely Couple, who receive support.
http://n24.no/makro-og-politikk/article1377898.ece

The article also mentions other Norwegian farmers who receive support, but I just translated the royal angle on it.

I know that other royals also receive support for farming, ie. Prince Joachim in Denmark, the Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth.

 

[The O.C. Fanatic]

Since they have a farm do they grow their own crops and sell them to the people or whoever and donate the income they made to their charities? Or is it just a hobby type of thing?

Eaither way at least they're do something in their spare...

 

[Larzen]

Since they have a farm do they grow their own crops and sell them to the people or whoever and donate the income they made to their charities? Or is it just a hobby type of thing?
Eaither way at least they're do something in their spare...

Skaugum is a (quite big after NOrwegian standards) farm, it is privatly owned bm the Crown Prince, like all other farms in Norway they get farm subsedies based on the size (and possible production not quite sure) The farm is run by an agronomist, he has three co-workers. They produce meat, Milk and grain
From Kongehuset

The Skaugum estate in Asker southwest of Oslo is run as a modern, forward-looking farm under a farm manager with 3 permanent assistants. The main products are grain, milk and meat. The farm is self-supporting and any profit is re-invested. The farm consists of about 120 acres of cultivated land and about 125 acres of forest, as well as roughly 135 acres of rented tilled land. Half the area is used for grain and the rest for feed production and pasture. In 1992 a new modern byre (based on environmental and free range principles) was taken into use. The livestock consists of 125 head of cattle and the milk quota amounts to 214,000 litres per year. The bull-calves go to beef production, while the heifers are reared as dairy cows for milk production.

Anyway, you do not get rich farming in Norway

And I doubt think Haakon and Mette-MArit spend their spare time in the cowshed but they have a horse and they recently said the childen had gotten a bunny each. In the video from Ingrids first birthday you can see the horse and see them visiting the cowshed

 

[Josefine]

is there any reception hall in the house


does anyone know?

 

[Her_Majesty]

Skaugum Estate


Skaugum Estate is the residence of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. The farm lies in Asker municipality, southwest of Oslo, and has a history dating back to the Middle Ages.

More Information and Pictures:
kongehuset.no - Skaugum Estate

 

[Paty]

Skaugum Facade´s Rehabilitation.

The Royal House has announced today that the goverment has assigned 12´6 Millions for the rehabilitation of the main building of Skaugum´s facade.

Is expected that the piece of work begin soon.

kongehuset.no - Utvendig rehabilitering på Skaugum

 

[Vik]

More about the restoration at Skaugum - The Norweigan Royals: Restoration work required at Skaugum

 

[Josefine]

will they live there during the restoration?

 

[marine2109]

General View of Norwegian Royal Residence Skaugum
ASKER, NORWAY - APRIL 27: . General view of Skaugum, the official residence of Crown Prince Haakon and Cown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway on April 27, 2012 in Asker, Norway.

Getty Images - Search: NOR: General View of Norwegian Royal Residence Skaugum

 

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