[[File:Esvika i 2009.jpg|thumb|250 px|Esviken on Leangbukta]] [[File:Esvika i 2011.jpg|thumb|250 px|Esviken is now a protected cultural heritage site]]
'''Esviken''' (formerly '''Esvigen''') is a [[villa]] surrounded by an elaborate garden. It is located on a former farm on Leangbukta bay between Vettre and Konglungen in [[Asker]], [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.esviken.no/historie/|title= Esvikens historie|publisher = esvika.no|accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Leangbukta_(bukt_i_Asker)|title= Leangbukta (bukt i Asker)|publisher=lokalhistoriewiki.no|accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref>
==History== Industrialist [[Halvor Schou]] (1823–1879) and his wife Anna Cecilie Crowe (1829–1914) bought Løkenes farm in the late 1860s. They commissioned the villa to be designed by noted architect [[Wilhelm von Hanno]] (1826–1882). Esviken was completed in 1872 and used by Schou and his heirs as a summer residence.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Halvor_Schou |title= Halvor Schou|publisher = lokalhistoriewiki.no |accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://nkl.snl.no/Wilhelm_von_Hanno|title=Wilhelm von Hanno|publisher = Norsk kunstnerleksikon |author= Ole Petter Bjerkek |accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref>
Their daughter Birgitte Halvordine Schou (1847-1923) was married to industrialist [[Einar Westye Egeberg]] (1851–1940). They inherited the villa and half of the surrounding property. Their daughter Hermine Egeberg (1881–1974) was married from 1901 to Count [[Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg]] (1875-1954). Wedel-Jarlsberg was [[Lord Chamberlain]] for King [[Haakon VII of Norway]] from 1931 to 1945 and one of the King's closest confidants for over thirty year. Esviken is located close to [[Skaugum]] which was owned by the [[Norwegian royal family|royal family]]. The King and Queen visited Esviken many times.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Einar_Westye_Egeberg_(1851%E2%80%931940) |title= Einar Westye Egeberg (1851–1940)|publisher = lokalhistoriewiki.no |accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://snl.no/Wedel_Jarlsberg|title= Wedel Jarlsberg|publisher =Store norske leksikon|author= Jon Gunnar Arntzen |accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref>
Formally, Hermine and Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg took over the property in 1930, but in reality, this happened around thirty years earlier. The Wedel-Jarlsberg family extended the garden significantly. In 1960, the property was inherited by their daughter Hedevig Wedel-Jarlsberg (1913–1996), who married [[Per Paus|Per Christian Cornelius Paus]] (1910-1986), his wife's distant cousin and himself a descendant of the Schou family.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.genealogi.no/wiki/index.php/Paus_(slekt)|title= Paus (slekt) |publisher = Slektshistoriewiki|accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref>
In 1996, their children Cornelia Paus, Christopher Paus and [[Peder Nicolas Paus]] inherited the property. The property was sold to [[Asker]] municipality in 1999. The villa and garden were listed as a protected cultural heritage site by the [[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Paus|title=Paus|publisher = lokalhistoriewiki.no|accessdate= April 1, 2018}}</ref> <ref>[http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=107057 107057 Esviken], [[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]]</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *[http://www.esviken.no/ Esviken website]
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