Eidsvoll Verk is a village in Eidsvoll

Eidsvoll

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.-Name:...

, in Akershus

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

 County, Norway. It is served by Eidsvoll Verk Station

Eidsvoll Verk Station

Eidsvoll Verk Station is a railway station located on the Gardermoen Line at Råholt near Eidsvoll Verk in Eidsvoll, Norway. The station is served by Line 450 of the Oslo Commuter Rail between Eidsvoll and Kongsberg, operated by the Norwegian State Railways. The station was taken into use in 1999...

 on the Gardermoen Line. It was the site of the former Eidsvold Iron Works. It is also the site of the Eidsvoll Manor, where the Constitution of Norway

Constitution of Norway

The Constitution of Norway was first adopted on May 16, 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll , then signed and dated May 17...

 was signed in 1814.

Eidsvold Iron Works

Eidsvold Iron Works (Eidsvoll Jernverk) was a former ironworks which was in operation from 1624-1822. Eidsvold Verk was opened by King Christian IV in 1624 as a foundry for iron, driven by water power from Andelva

Andelva

Andelva is a river that runs through Eidsvoll, Norway. It flows from the lake Hurdalssjøen at Eidsvoll Verk to the river Vorma in the town center of Eidsvoll....

 River. The iron works was its best era of operation under Heinrich von Schlanbusch (1688-1705) who received the property as the gift of King Christian V and his son Georg Theodor (1705-1750). Carsten Anker  bought the Eidsvold Iron Works in 1794 and settled on site in 1811.

Eidsvoll Manor

Eidsvoll Manor

Eidsvollsbygningen

Eidsvollsbygningen is a historic Manor House in Eidsvoll in Norway where the Constitution of Norway was made and signed on 17 May 1814. The building was first constructed in 1770 with a total floor area of over 2000 square meters. Around 1800 Carsten Anker bought the building, he renovated it and...

 (Eidsvollsbygningen) is a historic Manor House

Manor house

A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

. The building was first constructed ca. 1770. As it stands today, the manor is the result of an extensive renovation and modernization in the years around 1800 by Carsten Anker. He took residence in Eidsvoll in 1811, rebuilding the house which is now the Eidsvoll Manor. When the building was finished, it was one of the largest and most modern private residences in the country. Inspiration had been received from the then-modern Danish and French architecture. The building bears stylistic stamp of classical architecture. The total floor area of the building is over 2,000 square meters.

In 1814, the Constitution of Norway

Constitution of Norway

The Constitution of Norway was first adopted on May 16, 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll , then signed and dated May 17...

 was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17, now known as Norwegian Constitution Day

Norwegian Constitution Day

Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday observed on May 17 each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to simply as syttende mai or syttande mai , Nasjonaldagen or Grunnlovsdagen , although the latter is less frequent.- Historical...

. Carsten Anker went bankrupt in 1822 and the estate was sold at auction in 1823. A group of private citizens by Henrik Wergeland

Henrik Wergeland

Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist...

 organized a fundraiser that allowed them to buy the building with the pavilion and the garden. In 1851 the Parliament of Norway  took over Eidsvoll Manor. Eventually the property was preserved and operated as a public museum. For the centennial of the Norwegian Constitution in 1914, the national govbernment allocated resources to restore the building to its historical figure from 1814. The government conducted for an additional restoration for the 150-anniversary of the Constitution in 1964.

Other source

• Eidsvoll 1814 - rikspolitisk senter (2002) Mitt stolte Eidsvold" - en guide til Eidsvollsbygningen (Eidsvoll: RK Grafisk)
• Holmsen, Andreas (1950 ) Eidsvoll Bygds Historie (Oslo: Eidsvoll Bygdebokkomite)

External links

• Eidsvoll Manor website