Hagan

Today, HAGAN is one of the country's best-preserved artists' homes from the golden age of Norwegian painting. The painter Christian Skredsvig (1854–1924) lived here from 1898 until his death in 1924. 

Skredsvig bought the small farm Hagan in 1895. On the site was only a small timber barn that Skredsvig converted into a studio and later a home for the family. The house is built over several levels in the terrain.
Skredsvig designed the house himself and participated in the construction. In 1898 the house was completed and Skredsvig married Beret from the neighboring farm the same year and together they had four children.

With all the extensions, the house became very personal and is in itself worth a voyage of discovery. Both the house and the interior have been untouched since Skredsvig and his family lived there. The house is beautifully decorated with a mix of antique peasant furniture and objects from Skredsvig's foreign travels. On the walls hang his own and artist friends' paintings and drawings, a collection of a total of approx. 150 original works.

Sigdal municipality opened Hagan as a museum in 1971 after Beret Skredsvig's death. Hagan was owned by the Skredsvig family until 2014. Today, Hagan is owned by the Stiftelsen Kunstnerhjemmene in Sigdal, which also owns Th. Kittelsen artisthome Lauvlia.

The Buskerud Museum Foundation is currently responsible for the operation of the artists' homes through a lease agreement with the owners.