Villa Stenersen

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Villa Stenersen is one of the main works within Norwegian Modernist architecture.

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Architect Arne Korsmo

Villa Stenersen was designed in 1939 by Arne Korsmo, one of Norway's most renowned architects. It was planned as a family residence for Rolf E. Stenersen, finance broker, art collector and friend of Edvard Munch. Arne Korsmo is known as an internationally oriented architect. Villa Stenersen is a clear example of how the architect interpreted and applied international architectural ideas of his time.

A house for art

As well as being a family home, the villa housed numerous works of art in Rolf Stenersen's collection. Korsmo's architectural solutions are to a great extent designed with regard to this, something which gives the house some of its unique characteristics. Today, contemporary artworks on loan from the private collection of Rolf Stenersen's nephew Sten Stenersen jr. are displayed in the house.

Rolf Stenersen donated the villa to the Norwegian government in 1974. Since 2000, the Foundation for Design and Architecture in Norway administers the use of the villa on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Culture.