X-Nico

5 unusual facts about Christian Skredsvig


Christian Skredsvig

Hagan lies high up in Eggedal with a view over the lake Solevann and the mountain Andersnatten.

Skredsvig's famous neo-romantic painting Seljefløiten (The Sallow Flute, 1889) was painted by the lake Dælivannet in Bærum.

Christian Skredsvig was married for 12 years to Maggie Plathe from Høvik, a daughter of Frithjof M. Plahte, but was divorced in 1894.

Dælivannet

The painting Seljefløiten, painted by Christian Skredsvig (1854–1924), shows a boy playing the flute by the South-East side of Dælivannet.

Eggedal

Hagan, the former home of Norwegian painter and writer Christian Skredsvig, is situated in Eggedal with a clear view of the valley.


Christiania Dampkjøkken

Among the guests who later became famous cultural personalities were Knut Hamsun, Henrik Ibsen, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Hans Jæger, Arne Garborg and Christian Skredsvig.


see also