Damstredet

Damstredet is a small and narrow street, located in Oslo, in the borough of St. Hanshaugen. Damstredet has managed to survive intact as a charming part of town, with well-preserved and inhabited wooden houses, now one of the few streets that retains the then small town character of Oslo in a genuine manner.

Damstredet was mostly built from 1810 to 1860, as part of the expansion of Oslo that begun at this time. The first house, "Solberg", was erected in 1756 by sculptor Ole Meyer. His nephew, sculptor Andreas Hansen Meyer, took over in 1767, while his son Ole, also sculptor, erected another building in 1838. His friend, author and poet Henrik Wergeland, then newly wed, moved in and spent two of his most productive years here, until moving to "Grotten" in 1841. "Solberg" was later home of architect Heinrich Ernst Schirmer, and General and Minister of Defence (1868-1872) Nils Christian Irgens.

External links

* [http://oslo360.com/java/pages/oldoslo3.html 360 degree panorama]
* [http://www.oslosurf.com/innhold/00000093.shtml Oslosurf on Damstredet (in Norwegian)]
* [http://www.artemisia.no/arc/3/omraade/oslo/damstredet.1-3.html History of "Solberg" (in Norwegian)]