Engebret Café

59°54′32.116″N 10°44′31.549″E

Engebret Café
Engebret Café
Restaurant information
Established1848
In Rådhusgata 11
Food typeNorwegian cuisine
Street address59°54′32.116″N 10°44′31.549″E
Bankplassen 1b
CityOslo
Postal/ZIP CodeN-0151
CountryNorway
Websiteengebret-cafe.no
Engebret Café Cultural Heritage plaque

Engebret Café is a restaurant located at Bankplassen 1 in downtown Oslo, Norway. The food is based on exclusive (but expensive) Norwegian cuisine. The building housing the cafe dates from around 1760 and is listed and protected by law by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.[1][2]

History

Engebret Café is the oldest restaurant in continuous operation in Oslo. The restaurant is named after its founder Engebret Christoffersen, who started the restaurant in 1848. The restaurant was at first located in Rådhusgata 11, but has stayed at the square Bankplassen since 1863.[3][4][5] [6]

Engebret Café has during the time it has existed, undergone very few changes. In 1921 it was hit by fire. A year later it opened it again and preserved its appearance. The restaurant is known for the famous artists who have frequented the restaurant, including Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Edvard Grieg and Edvard Munch all of whom had regular tables there.[6][7] The best known of the employees have been Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who worked as a waitress at the restaurant in the late 1990s.[8]

Photograph from 1920
  • Bankplassen with Engebret Café in the background behind the fountain
    Bankplassen with Engebret Café in the background behind the fountain
  • At the corner to Kirkegata
    At the corner to Kirkegata
  • Statue of stage actor Johannes Brun at Engebret Cafè
    Statue of stage actor Johannes Brun at Engebret Cafè
  • Fortaus-servering på Engebrets Kafé by Christian Krohg ca. 1880
    Fortaus-servering på Engebrets Kafé by Christian Krohg ca. 1880
  • Engebret Cafè at the early 20th century
    Engebret Cafè at the early 20th century

References
  1. The restaurant Official website (in English)
  2. Våningshus - Engebrets Café - Bankplassen 1 b Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)
  3. "Engebrets Café - Bankplassen 1 b". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. "Engebrets Café". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. Oslobys anmeldelse: Engebret - en utsøkt smak av Norge Restaurant review (in Norwegian)
  6. Engebret Cafè, The history The official website (in Norwegian)
  7. Engebret Cafè www.visitnorway.com
  8. Fuglehaug, Wenche (8 September 2000). "Bare en samboer". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

Other sources
  • Noel Riley Fitch (2006) The Grand Literary Cafes of Europe (New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd, London) ISBN 9781845371142
  • Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo byleksikon, Kunnskapsforlaget 2010, p. 156 (in Norwegian), ISBN 978-82-573-1760-7
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