Keeping it in the country

Craftsmen across Norway flocked to Oscarshall to turn it into a Norwegian masterpiece

With Norwegian talent disappearing abroad at an astonishing rate and craftsmen taking their skills and wares to foreign lands in their droves, workers from abroad were called in to create the Royal Palace in Oslo. However, facing harsh criticism for its lack of Norwegian labourers, the royal couple ensured that Oscarshall would meet these demands. Norwegian artists and workers were called in to craft the building, and most prominent of all were the artists – Joachim Frich, Adolph Tidemand and Hans Gude. Despite this, a Danish architect, Johan Henrik Nebelong, was called in, as well as a Danish decorative painter and a pair of Italian brothers who crafted the ornaments for the building’s façade.…

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