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| alvøen manorAlvøen is one of Norway’s oldest industrial communities, with worker cottages, production buildings and the mansion itself, which was the home of the owners, the Fasmer family. When Kong Haakon VII visited Alvøen in 1921, legend has it that Henrik Jansen Fasmer received him with the words: «Welcome, Your Majesty, to my kingdom!»
Here the Fasmer family had created a small and successful industrial community, with a school, savings bank, library and community hall for the workers. Alvøen Manor was also one of Bergen’s grandest private homes, and it has now been opened to the public. Here you will encounter the family, industrial history, social history and art history, presented in a way that provides an exciting and picturesque glimpse of past Norwegian social structures.
Photo: Regin Hjertholm
| Telephone: | 55 58 80 10 |
| Address: | Alvøveien 150 5179 Godvik |
| alvoen.hovedbygning@bymuseet.no | |
Adults NOK 60
Students NOK 30
Children free
Half price when visiting other Bergen City Museum arenas. Separate prices at events.
Guided tour every hour on the hour, the last one at 3 o'clock.
Groups by arrangement all year round.
Café
Bus no. 42.
Here the owners of one of the oldest industrial communities in Norway lived. A magnificent building in an idyllic 18th century environment.
