Everything about Anders Sandvig totally explained
Anders Sandvig (1862 - 1950) was a
Norwegian dentist most noted for having founded
Maihaugen, an innovative regional
ethnological and
architectural museum in
Lillehammer, documenting the
vernacular architecture of
Gudbrandsdalen.
Sandvig grew up in
Romsdalen and was educated as a dentist at the
University of Oslo and in
Berlin. He contracted tuberculosis, and repaired to Lillehammer and put up a dentist practice there in the hopes of recovering, which he did. On a travel to
Skjåk in 1894, he came to the realization that Norwegian farmers hadn't yet begun to appreciate their cultural heritage. He acquired his first house, a dwelling house built in 1764 that had previously been described by
Eilert Sundt. It was known as
Lykrestua and Sandvig set it up in his backyard. Over time, his collection grew to six houses and several other objects.
The city of Lillehammer set aside an area already known as
Maihaugen and bought Sandvig's collection and established Sandvigske Samlinger (the Sandvig Collections), the formal name for
Maihaugen in 1904. Sandvig was at first hired as unpaid curator, but was later appointed the museum's first director.
In addition to expanding significantly the museum, Sandvig also travelled extensively to promote ethnological museums, including
Vesterheim in
Decorah, Iowa. He retired from the museum in 1949, at 87 years of age.
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