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Rød herregård

Well-preserved manor house in Halden with interiors from several centuries and one of the country’s largest and best-preserved manor gardens.

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Limited operations. The garden and park are open to visitors. Guided tours of the manor house were closed in summer 2026, and the café and gallery were closed after the foundation took over operations on 1 June 2026.

About the museum

Rød herregård in Halden is one of Norway’s best-preserved manor houses. The oldest parts of the main building may date from the 1600s, but the house was largely rebuilt and extended in the 1700s. From 1733 to 1829 the Danish Tank family owned the farm for three generations and ran extensive timber trade from here. The farm then passed to the Anker family, who lived there for four generations until 1956. The hall and dining room were rebuilt in 1902–03.

In December 1961 the half-brothers Ole and Fritz Anker Rasch established two foundations: Stiftelsen Rød herregård received the house and the garden, while Stiftelsen De Ankerske Samlinger received the contents and archive. The interiors give a picture of noble and middle-class domestic life over three hundred years, with art by Hans Gude, royal bedrooms and Tordenskiold’s sword.

The garden began as a Baroque garden with straight paths, terraces, fish ponds and a pavilion from 1756, and was later extended with an English landscape garden. A hazel avenue and a lime tunnel run through the garden. From 1 June 2026 Stiftelsen Rød herregård runs the farm itself.