Polhøgda, Lysaker, Norway

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Polhøgda in Lysaker, Norway is the historic estate and former home of polar explorer and Nobel laureate Fridtjof Nansen, where he is also buried.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic estate
villa
architect Hjalmar Welhaven
architecturalStyle National Romantic style
Neo-Romanesque
burialPlaceOf Fridtjof Nansen
completedIn 1901
coordinateLocation 59.914°N 10.632°E
country Norway
currentTenant Fridtjof Nansen Institute
floorCount 3
formerResident Fridtjof Nansen
formerUse private residence
hasCategory Buildings and structures in Bærum
Burial sites in Norway
Fridtjof Nansen
Historic houses in Norway
hasGardenStyle landscape garden
hasPart garden
park
hasUse research institute headquarters
heritageDesignation protected cultural heritage site
heritageStatus listed building
imageDepicts statue of Fridtjof Nansen
inception 1900
locatedIn Bærum
surface form: Lysaker
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Bærum
Viken county
locatedInMetropolitanArea Greater Oslo Region
surface form: Oslo urban area
locatedNear Lysakerelva
surface form: Lysaker River

Oslofjord
materialUsed stone
namedAfter Fridtjof Nansen
openToPublic partly
ownedBy Fridtjof Nansen Institute
residenceOf Fridtjof Nansen
roofMaterial tile
significantEvent Fridtjof Nansen buried on the grounds in 1930
Fridtjof Nansen
surface form: Fridtjof Nansen lived here until his death in 1930
significantPersonAssociated Eva Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
touristAttraction true
usedAs conference venue
office building

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Fridtjof Nansen burialPlace Polhøgda, Lysaker, Norway