Henriette Wegner Pavilion
Henriette Wegners paviljong
Wegner pavilion
General information
TypeRound temple
Architectural styleNeoclassical architecture
AddressFrogner Manor, 0266 Oslo
Coordinates59°55′24″N 10°42′19″E / 59.9232116°N 10.7052376°E / 59.9232116; 10.7052376
Named forHenriette Wegner
Completed1820s
OwnerOslo Museum

The Henriette Wegner Pavilion (Norwegian: Henriette Wegners paviljong) or the Wegner Pavilion (Norwegian: Wegnerpaviljongen) a classical tea pavilion in Frogner Park, Oslo, built in the 1820s. It is part of the Oslo Museum and is located near the manor house of Frogner Manor. It is located on a small hill on the edge of Frogner Park that is known as Utsikten ("The View"). The pavilion is listed as a protected cultural heritage site.

Henriette Wegner, drawn by her sister Molly Seyler in 1827, around the time the pavilion was built

It was built in the 1820s at Fossum Manor at Blaafarveværket and was a gift from Blaafarveværket's director-general Benjamin Wegner to his wife Henriette Wegner (née Seyler). It was moved to Frogner Park after Wegner bought Frogner Manor in 1836.[1][2][3][4]

The pavilion is shaped like a classic octagonal round temple with a colonnade. The ceiling is a painted miniature copy of the dome over the Pantheon temple in Rome, which makes the room feel larger than it actually is.

The pavilion is occasionally open to the public as an artist-run art gallery and used for smaller cultural events during the summer.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Historiske sommerturer: I Frognerparken". Aftenposten. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Aftenposten, Monday, 30 June 2003
  3. ↑ Aftenposten, Tuesday, 31 May 2005
  4. ↑ "Frognerparken". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kunstnerdrevne nyheter". Kunstkritikk. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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