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Anno Kongsvinger museum

Our vision is "Knowledge of the past – involvement in the present". At Kongsvinger museum, we preserve knowledge of past practices through our collections. The collections are a starting point for understanding more of the past. Through history we also gain new insights and perspectives on our own time.

The museum has extended opening hours in the summer season and accepts groups on request all year round. School classes have free entry both within and outside normal opening hours.

​​​​​​Gyldenborg – Exhibitions, conference and administration
Gyldenborg is Kongsvinger Museum's headquarters with exhibitions, lecture hall, meeting room, museum shop and a small library with local history literature.

Kongsvinger Museum's exhibitions can be seen on the ground floor. In 2014 the exhibition "1814 – another story" opened and in 2021 it was replaced by the exhibition "HJEMLAND, Erik Werenskiold and Kongsvinger 1855-1905".

The department is the administrative center for the four museums in the Anno Kongsvinger region and the building also houses magazines, warehouses and workshops for the Anno Kongsvinger region. The Kulturkollektivet, Kongsvinger amateur theater and several other actors also have their offices on the top floor at Gyldenborg.

Gyldenborg was built by Forsvarsbygg in 2001, and the Anno museum moved into the building in 2013.

Aamodtgården – Get an insight into life as a civil servant
Aamodtgården at the foot of Kongsvinger fortress is one of the city's oldest signal buildings. Here you can get a tour of Nina and Harald Aamodt's apartment on the second floor. The apartment is a unique example of a civil servant's apartment furnished in the 1920s.

The garden is a paneled timber building in Empire style built in 1801. Originally it was known as Rynninggården, after Ole Roald Rynning who was the builder and first owner. The property got its current name after the Aamodt family who bought it in 1901. The property consists of the main building on two floors, a side building for servants, a farm building and the tent house from 1729, which originally belonged to Kongsvinger fortress. Kongsvinger museum opened here in 1985.

Aamodtgården is today home to Hos Marie,  a pleasant cafe that offers delicious cakes and lunch dishes, and perhaps the city's best coffee. You will also find the Kongsvinger art association here, as well as that the Kongsvinger – Vinger history team has an office in the building.

Skinnarbøl school museum – See everyday school life 150 years ago
Skinnarbøl school is located just off the main road from Kongsvinger to Austmarka, along the roads towards Finnskogen and Sweden. The history teams in Kongsvinger are hosts at the museum during the summer, and they serve strong coffee and delicious waffles!

The old school at Skinnarbøl was built as one of the first permanent schools in Vinger municipality in 1862. When the entire Skinnarbøl school district was closed down and the children moved to Kongsvinger Sentralskole in 1964, no one had a use for the old school building anymore, and it was left to expire. The school had two classrooms, one for the high school and one for the junior school, and an apartment for the teacher with two rooms and a kitchen, all on the first floor. The loft is unfurnished. Almost no structural changes have been made since the house was built.

After a combined effort from history enthusiasts and Kongsvinger museum, the school museum was opened.

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Street Art – Jessheim

COLORING THE STREETS in Jessheim 

In Jessheim there is a lot of exciting street art .

Jessheim celebrated its 10-year town anniversary in 2022 and in that connection a wall was painted with a Steinar Caspari motif designed by Egil Nyhus called Gjess.

In the park by Såvegen there is also an exciting piece of art painted on a small house.

On the back wall of Ullensaker Kulturhus there is also a wall with drawings inspired by motifs and people from Jessheim.

Martin Whatson has painted several walls around the Oslo region in correlation with a project called SPRAY. In Jessheim Whatson and Eric Ness Christiansen have done a huge piece together. To get to the art simply take the bus or train to Jessheim station. From there walk across the parking lot to Henrik Bulls vei. You can see Whatson's work finishing the piece on each sides of the road. 
Check out the SPRAY video here

Martin Whatson (b.1984) is a Norwegian street artist best known for his calligraphic scribbles in grayscale voids. Over the past decade, Martin has developed an unmistakable aesthetic combining abstract movement with figurative stencilled compositions. His works can be seen to mirror the rise and fall of the streets, as he symbolically recreates the urban environment, then vandalises it to reveal his vibrant transformations. Read more about Whatson

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The memorial ground in Drøbak

The memorial ground in Drøbak Bathing Park is seen in interaction with the established bust of the commander at Oscarsborg fortress Oberst Birger Eriksen, who ordered fire on the German battleship Blücher in April 1940, as well as an anchor from the ship. The three elements represent dramatic and tragic events. The memorial with inscriptions of the local casualties associates a sheet in the wind.

 

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Nes Church ruins

The first stone church in Nes was built on the headland between the Glomma and Vorma rivers in the twelfth century.

The ruins of the old Nes church can be visited any time anf guided tours for groups by prior arrangement April- October.

In pre-Christian times, there was a sacrificial site here. The church was built as a long church in Romanesque style in the 12th century. It was set on fire by the Swedes during the Seven Years' War in 1566, but was rebuilt and expanded into a cruciform church in 1697. In 1854, the church burned down again, but due to the danger of landslides, it was not rebuilt.

Some of the inventory from the old church was saved and is now located in the new Nes church from 1860. Magnificent views of the confluence of the rivers and the Nesbygda area.

Today the ruins host concerts and weddings at this magnificent location.

Nes, or Store Nes as it was called in ancient times, got its name from the promontory formed by the meeting of the Vorma and Glomma rivers. Nestangen is worth a visit in itself. Here you will find varied vegetation, beautiful cultural landscape, reminders of major landslides, and, not least, the church ruins, which the national antiquarian called the most beautiful ruin in Norway.

Around the church, there is a park where benches and tables have been set up for a pleasant rest. The old church cabin standing here was moved here from Fenstad north in the village and was the place where Norway's first coin engraver came from.

From E16, it is well marked with signs. Outside the winter season, you can drive all the way down to the ruins during the daytime, where a parking lot has also been constructed. On the way down, you pass Ullershov farm with proud traditions spanning many hundreds of years.

 

Important information for visitors to Nes church ruins
It is not allowed to drive by car or other vehicle down to Nes chruch ruins at night time!
Road barrier has been set up at the farm Ullershov, with information about opening hours. The barrier goes down at 11pm and does not open until 7am.
During the winter months, the road will be inaccessible to vehicles, due to ice or snow. All traffic will then be at your own risk.
 

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Filtvet Fyr

The first lantern at the lighthouse station was lit in 1840. It was placed in the wall of a private house. Gradually, ship traffic increased sharply, and in 1877 the new lighthouse was completed. The lighthouse was placed in a bay window on the second floor, above the lighthouse keeper's residence. When the lighthouse became electric in 1919, the lantern was moved up to a new lantern house, and since then, Filtvet lighthouse has looked like it does today. For more than a hundred years, lighthouse keepers lived here who made sure that the light never went out.

One of the more famous lighthouse keepers was Thomas Neumann. He came here in 1895, after a long career as skipper of several sailing ships. At that time, he was already 68 years old, and this was to be his retirement job. He moved into the lighthouse keeper's house with his wife Caroline. He was so happy that he protested when the lighthouse service wanted to replace him at the age of 82. He argued that it would be difficult to get a new job, as old as he had become. The case was solved by him receiving a small pension from the state, which was quite unusual at the time.

The automation of Norwegian lighthouses started in the 1980s, and since 1985 no people have lived in Filtvet lighthouse. But there is still a functioning lighthouse here, now in the form of a concrete column at the sea's edge.

Fetsund Lenser

Fetsund Lenser – a national heritage monument, timberfloating museum and nature centre. A unique blend of cultural and natural adventures, set in beautiful scenery on the Glomma, at the gateway to Nordre Øyeren nature reserve, northern Europe's largest inland delta. Norway's only preserved timber-sorting facility, now a national heritage monument.

Museum 
Timber-sorting facility on the water, 20 listed buildings, boats, workshops, exhibitions.
 

Visitor Centre Wetland, Northern Øyeren.A 300 m2 children-friendly centre with lot of interactivity, prize-winning architecture and exhibitions with focus on regional nature and wetlands. Nature trail, beautiful surroundings and a walk path following the river through the museum area Cafe and shops.

 

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Roald Amundsen´s home Uranienborg

For 20 years, Roald Amundsen lived in his house Uranienborg at Svartskog. When he disappeared in 1928, Uranienborg was left full of stories from the life he had lived and the people around him, including the secrets he had tried to keep to himself.

Roald Amundsen bought the house in 1908, and lived here until he stepped outside for the last time on June 16, 1928. He disappeared a few days later while trying to search for a missing Italian airship expedition.

Amundsen’s polar expeditions were costly and he eventually ran into money problems. In 1924, he went bankrupt, but two of his financial supporters, Herman Gade and Don Pedro Christophersen, bought Uranienborg and let Amundsen stay. After Amundsen’s death, they gave the property to the Norwegian state in 1933, and since 1934 Uranienborg has been a museum.

His home has been kept just as it was when he left for his final expedition. In 1911 Amundsen and his men skied to the South Pole as the first to reach the pole point. 

More information you will find here

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Dynamite history of Sætre

The factory was situated to Sætre as Håøya served as a natural shield that would help reduce the spread of an explosion and cause major damage. Embankments were also built around the factory to protect Sætre. In addition, Sætre had several other advantages such as access to hydropower, access to the sea to ship out dynamite and its remoteness from the largest towns.

The factory was a cornerstone company in Sætre; Around two-thirds of the population had their income from it. Workers' housing, a village hall and a school were built, and the local community grew. The life of the workers at the Engene dynamite factory was tough and risky, with the risk of explosions and accidents, of which there were several over the years. Dynamite production required accuracy and precision. The workers were also at risk of poisoning, health problems due to long working hours and poorly ventilated working conditions that caused chronic suffering.

How dynamite is made:

The main ingredient in dynamite was nitroglycerin, an extremely explosive liquid. Nitroglycerin was made by mixing glycerin with a strong acid mixture, usually nitric acid and sulfuric acid. Liquid is very unstable and can easily detonate on impact, heat or friction, so workers had to be careful. Then, the nitroglycerin had to be stabilized before it could be used to make dynamite. This was done by mixing with a porous absorbent material, usually diatomaceous earth (a naturally occurring silicate mineral). The dynamite was then sent to the "bakery" and mixed with other substances into a thicker mass that could be shaped into rods or other desired shapes. The dynamite was usually wrapped in cardboard or metal cover to protect it during storage and transportation.

After the dynamite was produced, it was carefully checked to test its explosiveness and stability, as well as to ensure that each production batch was uniform.

Due to the dangerous working conditions, technological developments and changes in the market, dynamite production ended in 1973 and the production of nitroglyceration in 1976. Nitrocellulose was produced until 1991, while production of dynamite continued at the plant at Gullhaug in Lier. Dynamite production at Engene was an important contribution to Norway's industrial development, but also a symbol of the risky working conditions that characterized the industry of the time.

MiA – Akershus County Museum

Experience the past, present and future in Akershus

MiA – Museene i Akershus – consists of 18 museums totalling 34 unique visitor locations across the whole region.

Our museums convey the rich history and culture of Akershus, ranging from Viking and coastal culture in Follo and Asker, agriculture in Romerike, log driving in the wetlands Nordre Øyeren, to historical buildings and railways.

MiA aims to show the past, but also strives to be a part of the future through contemporary exhibitions, ecological farming, biology and much more.
 

Learn about culture in Akershus through:

Family friendly activities

Local food

Guided tours

Open-air museums

Historical railway tours

Exhibitions, concerts and theatre

 

Opening hours: Our museums have different opening hours. Visit mia.no for further information.

 

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