Schafteløkken

Schafteløkken is a building in the neighborhood Elisenberg in the Frogner borough in Oslo, Norway.

Schafteløkken.

It is one of the largest existing wooden building in Oslo, Norway's capital.[1] It was built around 1807 for Andreas Schaft,[2] who had bought the square in front of the building in 1799.[3] He named the square Elisenberg, after his daughter Elise.[3] It is preserved, and mainly used for weddings and other official ceremonials.[1]

References
  1. "Schafteløkken". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 1 September 2010. p. 19.
  2. "Historikk" (in Norwegian). schaftelokken.no. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  3. "Kan du Frogner og St. Hanshaugen?". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 13 May 2009. p. 19.


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