First Spade in Historic Ground

Oslo Hospital is a property with a history spanning more than 700 years, first as a monastery and later as a hospital. We are now constructing new buildings, modernising and rehabilitating the property to create what will be a fantastic new Church House. The project is being developed by Clemens Eiendom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Church Endowment Fund, and Norway’s oldest foundation, the Oslo Hospital Foundation.

– We are both proud and pleased to be able to start the construction project in a property market that is currently very challenging. We have been working on the project for more than five years, and because the property is located on medieval ground, the detailed zoning process has required good and constructive dialogue with heritage and planning authorities. A new era is now beginning, in which we will bring the past and the future together by opening up the property, rehabilitating it and constructing new buildings. Through this project, an important part of Gamlebyen and Oslo will be revived and strengthened, says Bernt Nordby Skøien, Managing Director of Clemens Eiendom.

Oslo Hospital is a property with a history spanning more than 700 years, first as a monastery and later as a hospital. We are now constructing new buildings, modernising and rehabilitating the property to create what will be a fantastic new Church House. The project is being developed by Clemens Eiendom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Church Endowment Fund, and Norway’s oldest foundation, the Oslo Hospital Foundation.

– We are both proud and pleased to be able to start the construction project in a property market that is currently very challenging. We have been working on the project for more than five years, and because the property is located on medieval ground, the detailed zoning process has required good and constructive dialogue with heritage and planning authorities. A new era is now beginning, in which we will bring the past and the future together by opening up the property, rehabilitating it and constructing new buildings. Through this project, an important part of Gamlebyen and Oslo will be revived and strengthened, says Bernt Nordby Skøien, Managing Director of Clemens Eiendom.

-We look forward to realising the new Church House together with Clemens Eiendom. The property is home to the city’s third-oldest church, Oslo Hospital Church (Gamlebyen Church). Through moderate new construction and the rehabilitation of the existing buildings, we will create a facility firmly rooted in the traditions that have shaped the property, with space for church activities and diaconal services, while also building a bridge towards becoming a centre for key church organisations in our society, says Michael Tetzschner, Chair of the Board of the Oslo Hospital Foundation. – We are also pleased that we can continue the tenancy agreements with the psychologists in the existing premises, Tetzschner concludes.