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About Breidablikk

Breidablikk in Eiganesveien.

The mansion Breidablikk was built by shipowner, merchant, and politician Lars Berentsen (1838-1896). In the late 19th century he was one of the wealthiest citizens in Stavanger and wanted a representative home that rivaled the neighboring property, Ledaal. He therefore hired one of the country’s most renowned architects Henrik Nissen from Kristiania for the project. The house was completed in 1882 and remained in the family’s ownership until 1965.

In 1954, Olga Berentsen made the property available for a foundation aimed at "preserving the park-like grounds at Breidablikk and the family’s old home there, along with furnishings and interior that had accompanied it through my siblings and my parents' generation, as a reminder of a bygone cultural period in the city."

Upon Olga Berentsen's passing in 1965, the City of Stavanger took responsibility for the park, while the Stavanger Museum took over the house, which opened to the public in 1975. Today the beautiful shipowner’s villa is open to the public during the summer season and for school groups year-round.