Carsten Anker's Gazebo

At Kristenkollen at Feiring Ironworks you can look out over Feiring, Mjøsa and large areas of Akershus and Hedmark. The Friends of Feiring Ironworks and Eidsvoll Municipality rebuilt, rebuilt Carsten Anker's residence and representative place at Feiring Ironworks – locally called Lysthuset, in consultation with the conservator at Eidsvoll 1814. The house was completed and opened on June 8, 2013. On the day, 200 years later, when Crown Prince Christian Fredrik of Denmark visited Feiring Ironworks and Lysthuset.

The owner of Feiring Ironworks, Carsten Anker, also appreciated the unique view. He chose Aftenshøyden, today called Lysthuskampen (475 m) when he was going to build his gazebo.

In a letter to his brother Peter Anker in 1802, Anker describes the home as follows:

"A Lyst-Huus, like a Spærstue, which has the most beautiful view that is perhaps to be found in Norway, as you have the Mjøsen at your feet and the whole Hedemarken, about 8 to 10 miles in length".

Here he stayed during his visits to the Feiring ironworks, and here he received his guests and business contacts. Carsten Anker spent his entire professional career in Copenhagen, where he came into close contact with the Danish royal family. The close friendship that developed between Prince Christian Frederik and Carsten Anker was the main reason why the main building at Eidsvoll Værk (Eidsvollsbygningen) became the central arena for the constitutional negotiations in the spring of 1814.

Sources: Friends of the Ironworks / Eidsvoll Museum v. Museums in Akershus