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more). — Application for admission is made to the gardener, Clausen,
who lives behind the chateau, to the left.
Leaving Christiania hy the Drammensvei (PI. A, 7), which is
bordered by numerous villas and gardens, we soon reach (3/4Engl. M.
from the L’niversity) the Skarpsno steamboat - pier. Here we cross
by the ferry (in 6-8 min.; fare 10 0.) to the wooded peninsula of
Ladegaardsø or Bygde, and then walk to the chateau in 7 min. more.
The chateau of *OscarshalI, which is conspicuously situated on
an eminence 80 ft. above the sea-level, surrounded by a pleasant
park, was erected in the ‘English Gothic’ style by Nebelong for
King Oscar in 1849-5*2, and adorned with paintings by eminent
Norwegian artists. It was sold by Charles XV. to the government,
but is still set apart for the use of the reigning monarch. It deserves
a visit not only for the collection of pictures it contains, but also
for the beautiful view it commands (adm. see above; fee (’2-l kr.).
The Dining Room, on the ground-floor of the smaller separate
building, is adorned with sis imposing Norwegian landscapes by J. Frich (d
1S5S), the finest being the Ravnedjuv, the Romsdalshorn, and the
Norangs-fjord, above which are ten celebrated works by A. Tidemand (d. 1876),
representing ‘Norsk Bondeliv’, or Norwegian peasant life. The Drawing
Room, on the ground-floor of the principal building, with its oak
panelling, is embellished with statues of Harald Haarfager, Olaf Tryggvason,
St. Olaf, and Sverre, in zinc, by Michelsen. A room on the 1st floor
contains nine basreliefs from Frilhjof’s Saga, in marble, by Borch, and four
tine landscapes by Gude (b. 1S25) from the same Saga.
Several rooms on the 2nd floor contain works by Swedish and
Norwegian artists, wood-carvings, basket-work. etc. We now ascend by a
winding staircase of 2S steps to the flat roof of the chateau, beyond which
43 steps more lead us to the summit of the tower, where we enjoy a
charming ’View of Christiania, its fjord, and environs.
About Yj M. beyond the chåteau is a modern gateway in tlie
old Scandinavian taste, and four antique Norwegian buildings,
reerected here within the last few years: viz. the Hovestue, a
farmhouse from Hove in Telemarken, fitted up with the original
furniture, and presented by its former owner Ole Hove; the *Church
of Got in the Hallingdal (p. 84), an old Norwegian church
constructed of boards and planks, and dating from the 12th or 13th
cent.; a Stabbur, or store-house, from Søndre Berdal in Telemarken,
with fine carved work; and a farm-house from the Gudbrandsdal
(attendant 25 0. for each pers.).
Refreshments at the Sæterhytte on the Dronningbjerg, 3/4 M. to
the N., between Oscarshall and the llygdø. A monument has been
erected here to Count Wedel-Jarlsberg, an ardent advocate of the
union with Sweden in 1814.
b. Hovedø.
About 1 Engl. M. to the S. of Akershus lies the Hovedø, an
island now belonging to the fortress (admission, see p. 5 ; boat there
and back 1 kr. 20 0.), on which are situated the ruins of a Cistercian
Monastery, founded by monks froiii pin coin in 1147. In 1532,
after the Reformed faith had been embraced by Denmark, Mogens
Gyldcnstjerne , the Danish commandant of Akershus, ordered the
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