Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

It also incorporates a large open-air museum with more than 150 buildings, relocated from towns and rural districts.

Its five relocated buildings, with the Gol Stave Church in the centre, is recognized as the world's first open-air museum, founded in 1881.

Under his leadership the museum experienced a substantial growth of its area, staff, collections, buildings and number of visitors.

[3][4] Among the museum's more significant buildings are the 13th-century Gol Stave Church, which was incorporated into the Norsk Folkemuseum in 1907.

In 1951, the Sami collections in the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Oslo were transferred to the Norsk Folkemuseum.