Kronstad, Bergen
Encyclopedia
Kronstad is a neighbourhood in Årstad borough, Bergen
, Norway
. It is located in the north of the borough, south of Store Lungegårdsvannet
, east of Solheim, north of Minde
, west of Landås
, and west of Møllendal and Haukeland in Bergenhus
borough. The neighbourhood was named after the farm of Kronstad (whose successor is the Kronstad Hovedgård
manor house), which was formerly known as "Hunstad". After the vicar
of Bergen Cathedral
purchased the farm in 1705, the name was changed to "Cronstad".
designed several buildings in the area, where a street has been named him. One of his main works is the former cinema Forum Kino, a functionalist building from 1946 (the construction was initiated in 1936). The municipality sold the building in 2006, and it is no longer used as a cinema. In 2007, it was resold to the Christian television
channel Visjon Norge
, and it has since been used for a number of purposes, including revival meeting
s and theatre
performances. Other buildings by Landmark include "Clementsgaard", now the headquarters of Henschien Insurance, and a villa
inspired by the Rococo
and Empire styles.
The former manor house Kronstad Hovedgård was built in the late 18th century. It was sold to consul
Joachim Friele in 1840, who hired architect Ole Peter Riis Høegh to reconstruct the building. The expanded and altered building was inspired by the French Château Margaux
and the Empire style.
The area has several churches. Årstad kirke, a stone church from 1890, is one of Årstad borough's six Church of Norway
churches, and is located adjacent to the border with Bergenhus borough. The Seventh-day Adventist Church
Adventkirken i Bergen is located far north-east in Kronstad, just north of Danmarksplass. The oldest of the free church
es in the area is Bergen Frikirke, established in 1899, which formerly used a church building in Bjørnsons gate. That building is now used by Evangeliekirken, a Pentacostal church, while Bergen Frikirke uses a modern church building further south-west.
will be colocated in a new campus to be built on the site of the old NSB depot in southern Kronstad, next to Kronstad station of the Bergen Light Rail system. Many of the old depot buildings will be integrated into the new campus, which is designed by the architect firms HLM Arkitektur og Plan and CUBO Arkitekter. The project was allotted funding in the government budget
of 2008. Construction will start in 2010, and is planned to finish in 2015.
line will pass through Kronstad, and one of the 15 stations of the initial stage will be located just south of the Bjørnsons gate/Inndalsveien intersection. It will be the seventh station from the northern (city centre) terminus and the ninth station from the southern terminus at Nesttun
. The rolling stock depot of the first stage will be located directly north-east of the station, adjacent to the (now mostly unused) railway line that, prior to the Ulriken Tunnel
's opening in 1964, served the Bergen Line.
The primary thoroughfare in the area is Ibsens gate (Fv 255
), which runs from Haukelandsveien, just south of Haukeland University Hospital, to Danmarksplass, and has an annual average daily traffic
of 10-11,000 vehicles. Bjørnsons gate runs from Fjøsangerveien, south of Danmarksplass, to Ibsens gate. The western part of the road is part of Norwegian national road 582
, which continues southwards to Minde
as Inndalsveien. The construction of the Bergen Light Rail system brought with itself many changes to the local road system. Several roads were temporarily closed during part of the construction period, among them Ibsens gate, the main road to Haukeland University Hospital. Bjørnsons gate was converted into an eastwards one-way road
between Fjøsangerveien and Inndalsveien. Inndalsveien was improved and widened to make room for the Bergen Light Rail trackage. Jonas Lies vei, formerly a busy thoroughfare between Danmarksplass and the hospital, was closed at its western end.
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located in the north of the borough, south of Store Lungegårdsvannet
Store Lungegårdsvannet
Store Lungegårdsvannet is a bay located in the city and municipality of Bergen, Norway. The bay separates the city centre, located in the borough of Bergenhus, from the southern boroughs of the city, Årstad, Fana and Ytrebygda...
, east of Solheim, north of Minde
Minde, Bergen
Minde is an neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Årstad borough in Bergen, Norway, south of Solheim and Kronstad, west of Landås, and north of Fjøsanger and Storetveit in Fana borough. Parts of Minde were in Fana municipality before the merger of 1972...
, west of Landås
Landås
Landås is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen, Norway. Landås is located by the western side of the Ulriken mountain massif, from south-east of Haukeland University Hospital to Nattland almost 3 km further south. It was the last part of former Årstad municipality to be urbanised, the...
, and west of Møllendal and Haukeland in Bergenhus
Bergenhus
Bergenhus is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-Location:Named after the historic Bergenhus Fortress, Bergenhus makes up the city centre and the neighborhoods immediately surrounding it, including Sandviken and Kalfaret, as well as the mountains to the north and east of the city centre...
borough. The neighbourhood was named after the farm of Kronstad (whose successor is the Kronstad Hovedgård
Kronstad Hovedgård
Kronstad Hovedgård is a Manor house and mansion in the city of Bergen, Norway. It is located in the borough of Årstad on the south shore of the bay of Store Lungegårdsvannet...
manor house), which was formerly known as "Hunstad". After the vicar
Vicar
In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...
of Bergen Cathedral
Bergen Cathedral
Bergen Cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Bjørgvin. Located in the city centre of Bergen, Norway, the first recorded reference to it is dated 1181. It retains its ancient dedication to St Olaf ....
purchased the farm in 1705, the name was changed to "Cronstad".
Buildings
Architect Ole LandmarkOle Landmark
Ole Landmark was a Norwegian architect. Born in Bergen, Landmark received his education from Trondhjems Tekniske Læreanstalt, a predecessor of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology...
designed several buildings in the area, where a street has been named him. One of his main works is the former cinema Forum Kino, a functionalist building from 1946 (the construction was initiated in 1936). The municipality sold the building in 2006, and it is no longer used as a cinema. In 2007, it was resold to the Christian television
Religious broadcasting
Religious broadcasting refers to broadcasting by religious organizations, usually with a religious message. Many religious organizations have long recorded content such as sermons and lectures, and have moved into distributing content on their Internet websites.While this article emphasises...
channel Visjon Norge
Visjon Norge
TV Visjon Norge or Visjon Norge is a Norwegian Christian television channel. It is the first Scandinavian Christian television channel to air 24 hours a day. The current executive editor is Jan Hanvold....
, and it has since been used for a number of purposes, including revival meeting
Revival meeting
A revival meeting is a series of Christian religious services held in order to inspire active members of a church body, to raise funds and to gain new converts...
s and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
performances. Other buildings by Landmark include "Clementsgaard", now the headquarters of Henschien Insurance, and a villa
Villa
A villa was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which were increasingly fortified in Late Antiquity,...
inspired by the Rococo
Rococo
Rococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
and Empire styles.
The former manor house Kronstad Hovedgård was built in the late 18th century. It was sold to consul
Consul (representative)
The political title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the peoples of the two countries...
Joachim Friele in 1840, who hired architect Ole Peter Riis Høegh to reconstruct the building. The expanded and altered building was inspired by the French Château Margaux
Château Margaux
Château Margaux, archaically La Mothe de Margaux, is a wine estate of Bordeaux wine, and was one of four wines to achieve Premier cru status in the Bordeaux Classification of 1855. The estate's best wines are very expensive...
and the Empire style.
The area has several churches. Årstad kirke, a stone church from 1890, is one of Årstad borough's six Church of Norway
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...
churches, and is located adjacent to the border with Bergenhus borough. The Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
Adventkirken i Bergen is located far north-east in Kronstad, just north of Danmarksplass. The oldest of the free church
Free church
The term "free church" refers to a Christian denomination that is intrinsically separated from government . A free church does not define government policy, nor have governments define church policy or theology, nor seeks or receives government endorsement or funding for its general mission...
es in the area is Bergen Frikirke, established in 1899, which formerly used a church building in Bjørnsons gate. That building is now used by Evangeliekirken, a Pentacostal church, while Bergen Frikirke uses a modern church building further south-west.
Bergen University College
The three faculties of the Bergen University CollegeBergen University College
Bergen University College is a Norwegian public institution of higher education, established in August 1994 by the merging of six former independent colleges in Bergen, Norway.The College is organised in 3 faculties:*Faculty of Education...
will be colocated in a new campus to be built on the site of the old NSB depot in southern Kronstad, next to Kronstad station of the Bergen Light Rail system. Many of the old depot buildings will be integrated into the new campus, which is designed by the architect firms HLM Arkitektur og Plan and CUBO Arkitekter. The project was allotted funding in the government budget
Government budget
A government budget is a legal document that is often passed by the legislature, and approved by the chief executive-or president. For example, only certain types of revenue may be imposed and collected...
of 2008. Construction will start in 2010, and is planned to finish in 2015.
Transport
Stage 1 of the Bergen Light RailBergen Light Rail
Bergen Light Rail is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project is a fifteen-station, stretch between the city center and Nesttun, which opened on 22 June 2010...
line will pass through Kronstad, and one of the 15 stations of the initial stage will be located just south of the Bjørnsons gate/Inndalsveien intersection. It will be the seventh station from the northern (city centre) terminus and the ninth station from the southern terminus at Nesttun
Nesttun
Nesttun is an urban centre and neighbourhood in the southern parts of the city of Bergen, Norway, located approximately 10 km south of the city centre. It was the centre of Fana municipality, which merged with Bergen in 1972, and is today the administration centre of Fana borough. Nesttun...
. The rolling stock depot of the first stage will be located directly north-east of the station, adjacent to the (now mostly unused) railway line that, prior to the Ulriken Tunnel
Ulriken Tunnel
Ulriken Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Bergen Line between Bergen Station and Arna Station in Norway. The long tunnel runs under the northern part of the mountain Ulriken in Bergen. Before the tunnel was opened in 1964, the Bergen Line ran via Nesttun. This stretch is now a heritage railway,...
's opening in 1964, served the Bergen Line.
The primary thoroughfare in the area is Ibsens gate (Fv 255
Norwegian county road
A Norwegian county road is a highway in Norway that is owned and maintained by the local county municipality. Some of the roads have road signs. The signs are white with black numbers.-History:...
), which runs from Haukelandsveien, just south of Haukeland University Hospital, to Danmarksplass, and has an annual average daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic
Average Annual daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning and transportation engineering. It is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a year divided by 365 days. AADT is a useful and simple measurement of how busy the road is...
of 10-11,000 vehicles. Bjørnsons gate runs from Fjøsangerveien, south of Danmarksplass, to Ibsens gate. The western part of the road is part of Norwegian national road 582
Norwegian national road
Norwegian national road , are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration which also maintains them...
, which continues southwards to Minde
Minde, Bergen
Minde is an neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Årstad borough in Bergen, Norway, south of Solheim and Kronstad, west of Landås, and north of Fjøsanger and Storetveit in Fana borough. Parts of Minde were in Fana municipality before the merger of 1972...
as Inndalsveien. The construction of the Bergen Light Rail system brought with itself many changes to the local road system. Several roads were temporarily closed during part of the construction period, among them Ibsens gate, the main road to Haukeland University Hospital. Bjørnsons gate was converted into an eastwards one-way road
One-way traffic
One-way traffic is traffic that moves in a single direction. A one-way street is a street either facilitating only one-way traffic, or designed to direct vehicles to move in one direction.-General signs:...
between Fjøsangerveien and Inndalsveien. Inndalsveien was improved and widened to make room for the Bergen Light Rail trackage. Jonas Lies vei, formerly a busy thoroughfare between Danmarksplass and the hospital, was closed at its western end.