Jarlsberg Manor
Jarlsberg Manor, or Jarlsberg Hovedgård in Norwegian, is a large manor about 3 kilometers northwest of Tønsberg town center in Vestfold, Norway. It has long been the home of the Wedel-Jarlsberg family and the Counts of Jarlsberg who once led the County of Jarlsberg.
In 1683 Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve sold the manor to Danish officer Gustav Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg, who was Commanding General in Norway. In 1684 he became Wedel af Jarlsberg and was made a feudal count. After a fire in 1699 the house was rebuilt. In 1812 Count Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg rebuilt it again in the Empire style, and a large garden and park were laid out around the house.
Today the manor house is mainly from 1812, with later improvements. The first floor has a column hall used for concerts, and the second floor has the Knight’s Hall used by private companies. There are public trails along the shoreline and through the woods, and the property also contains a private cemetery.
Jarlsberg Estate is one of Norway’s largest farms, with about 750 acres (roughly 3.0 square kilometers) of cultivated land. In June 2024 archaeologists announced the discovery of remains of a Viking ship on the site, found with ground-penetrating radar and including rivets and two horse crampons.
Location: about 59.2907°N, 10.3868°E.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 17:13 (CET).