The Peder Balke Center

Welcome to the Peder Balke Center at Kapp in Østre Toten

With its magnificent location and panoramic views of Lake Mjøsa, the Peder Balke Center is an attractive tourist destination. Here you can experience murals by Peder Balke (1804-1887), temporary exhibitions in historic surroundings and a beautifully restored park with the Lifland Tea Pavilion where exhibitions are also shown. On the farm you will find an exciting shop and a pleasant café with indoor and outdoor dining.

Peder Balke was a pioneer in 19th-century Scandinavian landscape painting. In his paintings, he combined the naturalistic vein of the Romantic movement with a unique exploration of painting techniques. In recent years, interest in Balke's work has been steadily increasing, starting with the exhibition Peder Balke – Vision and Revolution at the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in 2014. This exhibition was a collaboration with the National Gallery, which culminated in the exhibition Peder Balke in London from November 2014 to April 2015. In April 2017, the exhibition Peder Balke – Painter of Northern Light opened at The Metropolitan in New York.