List of castles in Norway

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There are many castles and palaces in Norway. The Norwegian word slott means castle, palass means palace, and fort or festning means fortress. To see list of fortresses in Norway, see List of Norwegian fortresses. In Norway, there tend to be many more manor houses compared to castles.[citation needed]

Akershus Castle by night Royal Palace, Oslo

## Medieval castles and ruins

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These are castle ruins from the medieval Kingdom of Norway.

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Akershus Castle | Oslo | Castle and fortress  |  |
Audunborg | Ålhus village  | Ruin  |  |
Avaldsnes Kongsgård | Karmøy island  | Ruin  |  |
Bergenhus | City of Bergen | Castle and fortress  |  |
Broberg Castle | Lysekil Municipality (now in Sweden)  | Ruin  |  |
Båhus | Konghelle village (now in Sweden)  | Castle and fortress and partly ruin  |  |
Dyngehus | Town of Uddevalla (now in Sweden)  | Ruin  |  |
Hamarhus | Town of Hamar | Castle and fortress and partly ruin  |  |
Isegran  | Town of Fredrikstad | Built in to a fortress  |  |
Konghelle Kastell  | Konghelle village (now in Sweden)  | Ruin  |  |
Mjøskastellet | Ringsaker Municipality | Ruin  |  |
Olsborg | Tanum Municipality (now in Sweden)  | Ruin  |  |
Oslo kongsgård Kastell  | Oslo | Ruin  |  |
Oslo Old Bishop's Palace | Oslo | Ruin  |

Peel Castle | Peel, Isle of Man | Castle and partly ruin  |  |
Ragnhildsholmen  | Hisingen island  | Ruin  |  |
Stavanger Bishop's Palace  | Stavanger | Ruin  |  |
Steinvikholm Castle | Stjørdal Municipality | Castle and fortress and partly ruin  |  |
Sverresborg | City of Bergen | Build in to a fortress  |  |
Sverresborg | City of Trondheim | Ruin  |  |
Tunsberghus | City of Tønsberg | Ruin  |  |
Trondheim Archbishop's Palace | City of Trondheim | Palace  |  |
Valdisholmborg  | Indre Østfold Municipality | Ruin  |  |
Valkaberg  | Oslo |  |  |
Vardøhus | Town of Vardø | Build in to a fortress  |  |

## Castles

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Name | Place | State | Architect | Built by |  | Ref.

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Austrått | Ørland Municipality |  |  | Ove Bjelke |  |
Egeberg Castle | Oslo Municipality |  | Halfdan Berle  | Westye Egeberg |  |
Fresjeborgen  | Larvik Municipality | Destroyed  |  | Iver Jenssøn  |  |
Fritzøehus | Larvik Municipality |  | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan | Michael Treschow |  |
Gamlehaugen | Bergen Municipality |  | Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland | Christian Michelsen |  |
Oscarshall palace | Oslo Municipality |  | Johan Henrik Nebelong | Oscar I |  |
Barony Rosendal | Kvinnherad Municipality |  |  | Ludvig Rosenkrantz |  |
Royal Palace | Oslo Municipality |  | Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow | Charles III John |  |

## Manors and Mansions

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These are manor houses (Norwegian: Herregård or Setegård) and mansions (Norwegian: Lystgård)

Name | Place | Architect | First owner |  | Ref.

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Alby | Moss Municipality |  |  |  |
Alvøen Mansion | Bergen Municipality |  | Fasmer  |  |
Ask estate  | Ringerike Municipality | Johan Georg Boll Gram  | Johan Georg Boll Gram  |  |
Atlungstad Mansion  | Stange Municipality | Herman Major Backer | Carl Gustav Wedel Jarlsberg |  |
Austad Manor  | Drammen Municipality |  | Peder Juel von Cappelen |  |
Berby Manor  | Halden Municipality |  | Ole Bjørnstad  |  |
Boen Mansion  | Kristiansand Municipality |  | Daniel Isaachsen  |  |
Bogstad Manor | Oslo Municipality |  | Morten Leuch |  |
Borgestad Manor | Skien Municipality |  | Johan von Arnold  |  |
Borregaard Manor  | Sarpsborg Municipality |  | Jens Werenskiold |  |
Buskerud Manor  | Modum Municipality |  |  |  |
Bygdøy Royal Estate | Oslo Municipality |  | Oscar II |  |
Bærums Verk  | Bærum Municipality | Johan Henrik Nebelong | Baron Harald Wedel Jarlsberg |  |
Christinegård | Bergen Municipality |  | Modesta Hansdatter Formann  |  |
Damsgård Manor | Bergen |  | Joachim Christian Geelmuyden Gyldenkrantz |  |
Dønnes Manor  | Dønna Municipality |  | Isach Jørgen Coldevin  |  |
Eidsfos Manor  | Eidsfoss village  |  |  |  |
Eidsvoll Verk | Eidsvoll Municipality | Carl Frederik Ferdinand Stanley  | Carsten Tank Anker |  |
Elingård Manor  | Fredrikstad Municipality |  | Jens Bjelke |  |
Falkensten Manor  | Horten Municipality |  | Anders Pedersen Styhr  |  |
Fjøsanger Mansion  | Bergen Municipality |  | Danckert Krohn  |  |
Folkenborg | Town of Mysen |  | Folkenborg Museum  |  |
Fornebu  | Oslo Municipality |  |  |  |
Fossesholm  | Øvre Eiker Municipality |  |  |  |
Fossum Manor  | Skien Municipality | Christian Collett  | Severin Løvenskiold |  |
Fossum Manor  | Modum Municipality |  | Det Kongelige Modumske Blaafarveværk  |  |
Frekhaug Manor  | Alver Municipality |  | Cort Abrahamsen Holtermann  |  |
Frogner Manor | Oslo Municipality |  |  |  |
Frogner Manor  | Skien Municipality |  | Christopher Hansen Blom  |  |
Frønningen  | Lærdal Municipality |  | Bjarnhard Rumohr  |  |
Gimle  | Kristiansand Municipality |  | Bernt Holm  |  |
Gjemsø Abbey  | Skien Municipality |  |  |  |
Gjøvik gård  | Gjøvik Municipality |  |  |  |
Grefsheim Manor  | Ringsaker Municipality |  |  |  |
Grimsrød  | Moss Municipality |  |  |  |
Gulskogen  | Drammen Municipality |  |  |  |
Gaarder  | Elverum Municipality |  |  |  |
Hafslund Manor  | Sarpsborg Municipality |  | Peter Elieson  |  |
Halsnøy Abbey | Kvinnherad Municipality |  |  |  |
Herregården Manor  | Larvik Municipality |  | Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve |  |
Holden Manor  | Village of Ulefoss |  |  |  |
Holleby Manor  | Sarpsborg Municipality |  |  |  |
Hovinsholm Manor  |  |  |  |  |
Hverven  | Stange Municipality |  | Ole Olsen Bolstad  |  |
Jarlsberg Manor | Tønsberg Municipality |  | Baron Gustav Wilhelm von Wedel |  |
Kaupanger Manor  | Sogndal Municipality |  | Knagenhjelm |  |
Kjellestad  | Bamble Municipality |  | Blehr  |  |
Kjos Manor  | Kristiansand Municipality |  | Daniel Isaachsen  |  |
Kjørbo  | Bærum Municipality | C.H. Grosch |  |  |
Kronstad Manor | Bergen Municipality | Ole Peter Riis Høegh  | Joachim Friele  |  |
Lade Manor | City of Trondheim |  | Hilmar Meinche  |  |
Leangen Manor | Trondheim Municipality |  |  |  |
Ledaal | Stavanger Municipality | Fredrich Otto Scheel  | Gabriel Schanche Kielland |  |
Lerchendal Mansion  | Trondheim Municipality |  | Christian Lerche  |  |
Linderud  | Oslo Municipality |  | Erich Mogensøn  |  |
Losby  | Lørenskog Municipality |  | Meyer  |  |
Lyse Abbey | Bjørnafjorden Municipality |  | Formann  |  |
Løkken Bellevue  | Oslo Municipality |  |  |  |
Melgården  | Åmot Municipality |  |  |  |
Minister Astrup Mansion  | Oslo Municipality |  | Hans Rasmus Astrup |  |
Moen Hovedgård  | Trondheim Municipality |  | Huitfeldt |  |
Mæla Manor  | Skien Municipality |  | Cappelen |  |
Maarud  | Sør-Odal Municipality |  |  |  |
Nedre Nanset  | Larvik Municipality |  | Chr. Christiansen  |  |
Nes  | Fredrikstad Municipality |  | Vincents Ottesson Bildt  |  |
Næs verk | Tvedestrand Municipality |  |  |  |
Nøisomhet  | Molde Municipality |  | Mathias Joacim Goldt  |  |
Nørholm Manor  | Grimstad Municipality |  |  |  |
Odals Verk manor  | Sør-Odal Municipality |  |  |  |
Oslo ladegård  | Oslo Municipality |  | Christen Mule |  |
Overud gård  | Kongsvinger Municipality |  | Thorvald Meyer |  |
Refsnes Gods | Moss Municipality |  | David Chrystie  |  |
Rein Abbey | Indre Fosen Municipality |  |  |  |
Ringnes  | Stange Municipality |  | Herman Heyer  |  |
Ringstabekk  | Bærum Municipality | Heinrich Ernst Schirmer | Jens and Barbra Ring  |  |
Risøbank  | Lindesnes Municipality | Robert Lorimer | Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen |  |
Rogneby  | Østre Toten Municipality |  |  |  |
Rød Manor  | Halden Municipality |  |  |  |
Sakslund Manor  | Stange Municipality |  | von Ziegler  |  |
Sem Manor  | Asker Municipality |  | Bernt Holtsmark  |  |
Semb Manor  | Horten Municipality |  |  |  |
Skallum  | Bærum Municipality |  |  |  |
Skaugum Manor | Asker Municipality | Arnstein Arneberg | Olav V of Norway |  |
Skinnarbøl Manor  | Kongsvinger Municipality |  | Christian Ludvig Scheidt Rynning  |  |
Skredshol Manor  | Ringsaker Municipality |  |  |  |
Smithestrøm Mansion  | Drammen Municipality |  |  |  |
Solnør | Ålesund Municipality |  |  |  |
Staur | Stange Municipality |  |  |  |
Stend Manor  | Bergen Municipality |  | Hans Hjort  |  |
Store Milde  | Bergen Municipality |  | Henrich Henrichsen Weinwich  |  |
Store Ullevål  | Oslo Municipality |  |  |  |
Storhamar Manor  | Hamar Municipality |  |  |  |
Stubljan | Oslo Municipality |  |  |  |
Sollerud Mansion  | Oslo Municipality | Heinrich Ernst Schirmer | Carl Rustad  |  |
Svanøy Manor  | Flora  |  |  |  |
Søndre Brekke Manor  | Skien Municipality |  | Jochum Adtzlew  |  |
Teie  | Tønsberg Municipality |  |  |  |
Thomas Erichsens Minde  | Bergen Municipality |  | Thomas Erichsen  |  |
Thorsø Manor | Fredrikstad Municipality | Olaf Lilloe  | Kai Bisgaard Anker Møller |  |
Tjøtta Manor  | Alstahaug Municipality |  |  |  |
Toft  | Dovre Municipality |  |  |  |
Tomb Manor  | Råde Municipality |  |  |  |
Torderød Manor  | Moss Municipality |  | David Chrystie  |  |
Tøyen Manor  | Oslo Municipality |  | Jørgen Bjelke |  |
Vinje Bruk  | Inderøy Municipality |  |  |  |
Vækerø Manor | Bærum Municipality | Heinrich Ernst Schirmer | Carl Otto Løvenskiold |  |
Ulefos Manor  | Village of Ulefoss | Christian Collett and Jørgen Henrik Rawert  | Nils Aall |  |
Urdi Mansion | Bergen Municipality |  |  |  |
Utstein Abbey | Rennesøy island  |  |  |  |
Værne Abbey | Moss Municipality |  |  |  |
Østerhaug  | Elverum Municipality |  |  |  |

## City Palé

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Garmangården  | Oslo Municipality |  |  | Johan Garmann?  |  |
Harmonien  | Trondheim Municipality |  |  | Hans Ulrich Mølmann  |  |
Hagerupgården Palé | Bergen Municipality |  | Johan Conrad Ernst  | Hans Schreuder  |  |
Hornemannsgården  | Trondheim Municipality |  |  | Paul Dons  |  |
Kallevigs palé  | Arendal Municipality |  | Peder Krogh Bonsach Jessen  | Morten Michael Kallevig |  |
Rosenkrantz palé  | Oslo Municipality |  |  | Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz |  |
Sommergården  | Trondheim Municipality |  |  | Otto Sommer  |  |
Stiftsgården | Trondheim Municipality |  |  | Cecilie Christine Schøller  |  |
Thorvald Meyers palé  | Oslo Municipality |  | Wilhelm von Hanno | Thorvald Meyer  |  |
Paléet | Oslo Municipality | Burned down  |  | Christian Ancher |  |

## See also

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* List of Norwegian fortresses

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Castles in Norway

* Akershus Fortress
* Archbishop's Palace, Trondheim
* Audunborg
* Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate
* Bergenhus Fortress
* Egeberg Castle
* Fredriksten
* Old Bishop's Palace in Oslo
* Oslo Kongsgård estate
* Steinvikholm Castle
* Sverresborg
* Sverresborg (Bergen)
* Tønsberg Fortress

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