Four women in bunad walking towards an old timber house in Eggedal

Our Story

A historic house with old roots and stories

Our Story

A historic house with old roots and stories

Our Story

A historic house with old roots and stories

Old wooden staircase and log wall with historic photos at Borgerstua

Our Story

A historic house with old roots and stories

EGGEDAL

Eggedal Borgerstue – a historic hotel in a house from 1929

Eggedal has always been a hub in the valley, and it still is. Today, the village functions as a natural year-round gathering point for the villagers and everyone who has cabins at Tempelseter, Haglebu and the surrounding mountains.

Here people stop to shop, eat, chat with the antique dealer, charge the car or fill up, and meet friends before heading on up the mountain.

Borgerstua is located in the middle of this vibrant small village center.

Aerial view of Eggedal centre with the church and shops

Eggedal Village Center

Shop, café, petrol station and wine shop, gathered around Borgerstua. This is where locals and cabin owners meet.

Eggedal Church

A wooden church from 1878, with a baroque interior from the church that stood here before.

Old farmyard with timber houses, flowers and hills behind

A lot of history

The painter Christian Skredsvig lived at Hagan, just above the church. His home is a museum today.

Two men shaking hands in the mountains, one in a Norwegian sweater

Beautiful mountains

From Andersnatten to Høgevarde at 1,459 metres. Trails and ski tracks for every level.

Eggedal Borgerstue is a living piece of cultural heritage that still serves many of the same purposes as before: meeting place, dining place, accommodation, trade and community.

History is embedded in the walls, but the place lives in the present. And it is precisely this combination of tradition, history and everyday life that makes Borgerstua one of the most distinctive and beloved places in Sigdal.

Borgerstua as a guesthouse at Easter 1953, with an Adler and a Nash in front

the story of
the house

There have been three borgerstuer in Eggedal. The first stood by the old stave church at Hovland, where people could warm up after church services and christenings. The second was built when the new church went up at Teigehaugen in 1878, and stood until 1929.

On 7 November 1926 the parish council and the bank’s board decided that Eggedal needed a new bank and council house. Eggedal Sparebank paid half and Eggedal parish the rest. Nils Bergerud from Solumsmoen laid the stone foundation, and Eilef Brenna from Prestfoss did the timber work. The roof was laid with slate, and the same slate is still there today.

The name borgerstue is found almost nowhere else in Norway than in Sigdal and Krødsherad. A house for the people of the village, built by the village.

The photo is from Easter 1953. The cars are an Adler with registration A 11647 and a Nash from 1946–48.

the building has
had many roles

Eggedal Borgerstue (Borgerstua to the locals) has been the council’s meeting place, and Eggedal Sparebank held its board meetings here. In the 1930s the midwife Brita Juvet bought the house and ran a post office for some years. The house has also held a doctor’s surgery, the sheriff’s office, a school and a library. It has also been a guesthouse, as the sign in the 1953 Easter photo shows. A small community under one roof.

The photo is from 1934 and shows a meeting of the municipal council.

The Eggedal municipal council gathered at Borgerstua in 1934

FAMILY OWNED

a new era

In 1968, a new era began when Ellen Sofie Koren Lund and Henriette Koren Bøle moved from Modum and established a hotel in the building. Since then, Borgerstua has been run by the same family. Today’s owner, Elisabeth Koren Bøle, is the third generation. She has carried on the traditions of warmth, hospitality and local roots, while developing the house into a modern hotel and meeting place with a strong sense of its history. In 2026 Borgerstua celebrated 100 years together with Eggedal Handelslag, which turned 125.

A large group gathered in the lounge at Borgerstua

when you need that little bit extra

Today, Borgerstua houses 16 unique rooms, many of them named after the house’s former functions and people worth remembering.

The café and country store carry on the tradition of local food and local goods – from moose chops and sour cream porridge to homeware and treats from producers in Sigdal and the surrounding area.