Images of BergenGamlehaugen (The Old Hill), the #RoyalCastle in #Bergen, sometime in the 30s.
Originally built as a family home for Christian Michelsen, the first prime minister of the modern independent #Norway. The reason he got this built in 1901 – which at the time was in #Fana municipality, bordering Bergen – was as a protest against the high local tax rate of Bergen municipality. 14% vs. 4% was apparently enough to drive even a Bergen patriot out of the city.
When he died in 1925, the property was given to the state on the condition of it being kept well-maintainted. It has since been the Royal #Castle when the family is in town.
In 1972 Fana municipality was made part of the larger Bergen municipality.
Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-pk-3211.html
#Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography
Originally built as a family home for Christian Michelsen, the first prime minister of the modern independent #Norway. The reason he got this built in 1901 – which at the time was in #Fana municipality, bordering Bergen – was as a protest against the high local tax rate of Bergen municipality. 14% vs. 4% was apparently enough to drive even a Bergen patriot out of the city.
When he died in 1925, the property was given to the state on the condition of it being kept well-maintainted. It has since been the Royal #Castle when the family is in town.
In 1972 Fana municipality was made part of the larger Bergen municipality.
Photo by Atelier KK, via University of Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-pk-3211.html
#Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhitePhotography
