AUGUST 2021 | SCANDINAVIAN MONTHLY
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Majestic Luxury in Norway: A Hotel With Fascinating History and Top-Class Food and Wine Text Tor Kjolberg
Refsnes Gods, less than an hour’s drive from Oslo, the capital of Norway, is impressively well maintained and facilitated for conferences, weddings, small groups and couplesonly. The estate from the 1700s has been transformed into a hotel surrounded by a lush garden and a short walk down to the fjord with beach and moorings. At Refsnes Gods, you’ll experience majestic luxury, fascinating history and top-class food and wine.
(now Oslo) bought the manor and spent every summer there. His family wanted more space and they solved it in an inventive way by building a three floors’ tower on each side of the building. So, it got more the impression of being a holiday castle than a holiday manor.
Hotel manager Kim Nyheim was appointed director in 2019, only few months before the hotel had to shut down due to the corona virus. He came from one of Norway’s very best hotels, Hotel Continental in Oslo, where he had held various leading positions. Related: Magnificent Mountain Hotel in Norway He has his hotel management education from Swiss Hotel Management School and a certificate as a chef. He has worked throughout his career in the hotel and restaurant industry, both at home and abroad.
It was David and Sophie Chrystie who built Refsnes Estate as a holiday home around 1767. The holiday home Refsnes became a hospitable home. In 1853, Consul Lorenz Meyer from Kristiania
Nyheim tells us that guests as Hotel manager Kim Nyheim tells us that guests as well as employees have been very understanding during the pamdemic crises, and also after the reopening
