Refnes

Refnes Gods: "Gods" means mansion in Norwegian and the word Refnes stems from the Norwegian word "rif" (English: rief) due to a rief in the Oslofjord just outside the mansion. Already in 1400 a small farm existed on the land, but it was no until the Christie family's owner time starting in 1654 that the property was developed as a private summer resort.

Today the mansion is a high quality hotel well-known for their fine wine cellar, but perhaps not yet so much for their great collection of Nordic contemporary art. Since the new owners, Gunn and Widar Salbuvik, took over in 1998, a large number of unique pieces of art have found a new home at Refnes Gods.

Every guest room and all the common areas have works of a dedicated artist displayed. More than 400 pieces from 90 well-known artists are represented. The list of the artists include names like: "Andy Warhol, Edvard Munch, Therese Nordtvedt, Carl Nesjar, Kjell Nupen, Håkon Bleken, Frans Widerberg, Jacob Weidemann."http://www.refsnesgods.no/