Villa Grande is a large villa on a hilltop on Bygdoy in Oslo, Norway, designed from 1917 by architects Christian Morgenstierne and Arne Eide for industrialist Sam Eyde, though it passed unfinished to shipowner Henrik Ostervold, who had architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland revise the plans before construction was completed in 1921. Wilhelm Wilhelmsen gave the villa to the Norwegian state in 1926, and from 1941 to 1945 it served as the residence of Vidkun Quisling and his wife Maria under the name Gimle, then as the headquarters of Allied commander in chief Andrew Thorne for several months after the war. Since 2006 the building has housed the Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, a Norwegian research institution, and it is protected as a Norwegian cultural heritage site. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountOslo Municipality, Norway 2 Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, located there.
Sources
1. Villa Grande (Oslo) (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Grande_(Oslo), lead definition
Villa Grande is a property on Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Villa Grande is a large villa on a hilltop on Bygdoy in Oslo, Norway, designed from 1917 by architects Christian Morgenstierne and Arne Eide for industrialist Sam Eyde, though it passed unfinished to shipowner Henrik Ostervold, who had architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland revise the plans before construction was completed in 1921. Wilhelm Wilhelmsen gave the villa to the Norwegian state in 1926, and from 1941 to 1945 it served as the residence of Vidkun Quisling and his wife Maria under the name Gimle, then as the headquarters of Allied commander in chief Andrew Thorne for several months after the war. Since 2006 the building has housed the Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities, a Norwegian research institution, and it is protected as a Norwegian cultural heritage site.
View the Source2. Villa Grande (Oslo) (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q3848659, instance of (P31): villa
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Oslo Municipality, Norway
Wikidata item Q3848659, property P131/P17 (location): Oslo Municipality, Norway
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