Ownership Succession Hafslund Manor

Ownership Succession Hafslund Manor

1604

Married to Inger Jespersdatter (Vognsen)

1624

Lieutenant Colonel War Commissioner. First married to Margrethe Holgersdatter Gagge. After 1655 married to Birgitte Bjelke.

1678

Judge and assistant councilor in the Supreme Court, married to Helvig Christensdatter (1653–1692)

1697

Niels Werenskiold was ennobled in 1697. Elisabeth de Tonsberg was the daughter of the county governor in Kristiansand, councilor of state Mathias de Tonsberg and Anne Margrethe Mecklenburg.

1741

Niels Werenskiold's eldest daughter who took over Hafslund in 1741 after her father's death. In 1719 she married General Hartvig Huitfeldt (1677–1748). Mrs. Karen Werenskiold lived in undivided estate, managed the farm well and eventually became Chief Mistress of the Court in Copenhagen

1756

Elieson was the son of the wealthy timber merchant Iver Elieson and bought Hafslund manor with his inheritance and his brother's help. He established himself widely in Smålenene. He owned six farms, a tobacco spinning mill and was co-owner of the sugar refinery in Fredrikshald. He was one of the most important co-owners of the Herrebøe faience factory. The Elieson couple lived at Hafslund with their five children when Hafslund burned down. They built today's rococo main building. The couple died within a short time of each other and left behind a group of minor children.

1774

Anker was Elieson's nephew and brother-in-law, while Holter was Elieson's cousin. Both were guardians of the Elieson couple's children and they bought the property at auction from Peter Elieson's estate. It was only at the second auction that they bid on Hafslund and were awarded the property.

1776

Holter bought out Bernt Anker from the auction purchase. The couple owned Hafslund for barely a year and sold the manor to Holter's steward at Borregård, justice councilor Fahne. The contract included a buyback clause that was later used by Maren Juel in her second marriage.

1776

Johan Fahne kept an open table at Hafslund and had many famous guests, from home and abroad. During his time the English park was laid out and he erected a large standing stone on the royal mound in memory of royal visits. He had much debt and had to sell Hafslund to Maren Juel and Ole Chr. Wessel as a result of a buyback clause – three years before it expired. Photo: In 1790 Johan Fahne erected a monument in memory of the royal visit to Hafslund in 1778.

1793

The couple married in 1791 and bought Hafslund back from Johan Fahne two years later. They wanted to move to Hafslund and had plans drawn up for renovation and modernization. When Wessel died the year after the takeover, most of this was shelved.

1797

The widower Rosenkrantz married the older widow Maren Juel and became estate owner at Hafslund. Around 1800 the couple moved into the manor with Rosenkrantz's daughter. Rosenkrantz was above all a civil servant and politician. During and after the Napoleonic Wars with 1814 as the climax, he was a central figure and Hafslund played an important role on the road to Norway's independence. He was among other things county governor, minister of state and president of the Lagting

1824

Consul and businessman. Bankruptcy 1829.

1828

After Consul Rohde's bankruptcy, Rosenkrantz was forced to take Hafslund back, due to Rohde's large debt to him. Rosenkrantz himself went bankrupt in 1831 and Hafslund was subsequently taken over by creditors.

1835

German banking firm Benecke von Gröditzberg 7/14, consul general Andreas Grüning 3/14, consul general Benjamin Wegner 3/14, count Herman Wedel Jarlsberg 1/14

1842

Consul General Hans Faye 3/14 (d 1852),177 (took over the firm A. Grünning & Co), consul general Benjamin Wegner 3/14, the remainder was now divided between Westye Egeberg & Co, Hans Gulbranson, L. Rosenberg, as well as Jacob and Thorvald Meyer.

1852

Faye moved into the farm in 1852 as manager of the property, and himself owned 3/14 after his father Hans Faye. Jacob Faye was hit by a financial crisis in 1857 and his share was sold, but he managed the property and lived on the farm until 1877.

1864

Under the ownership of Nils Anker and Jørgen Breder, there was again great activity at the old Hafslund sawmills. At Hafslund they ran a significant timber business with sawn lumber, and helped establish Hafslund Cellulose Factory in 1874 - Norway's first cellulose factory based on the sulfate process. This was eventually closed down, and Borregaard started cellulose production with improved technology. Photo of Nils Anker.

1895/1898

Hafslund Manor was from 1895 formally owned by Knud Ørn Bryn (1855–1941), with German-Norwegian investors backing him. Construction of the power plant started in 1896 under Bryn's leadership. In 1898 Aktieselskabet Hafslund was established. Power production started in 1899. From around World War I, Hafslund was the largest power company in the country.

1917

All foreign-owned shares are bought back, and Aktieselskabet Hafslund gets Norwegian ownership under the leadership of Hieronymus Heyerdahl. Photo: Mette Randem