In 1842 his parents had purchased the historic Stend Manor in Fana where Wollert Konow was born.

[5] [6] Wollert Konow was mayor of Fana most of the time between 1880 and 1901, and was in 1877–1879 Deputy to the Parliament for Søndre Bergenhus amt (now Hordaland).

Wollert Konow served as Prime Minister over a two-year period as leader of a coalition which combined elements of two competing parties; Høgre and Frisindede Venstre.

After loss in the election in 1912, Konow was out of politics for good, and he spent the remainder of his life at Stend.

The initials "SB" stood for "Søndre Bergenhus," the now-defunct constituency Konow represented in national politics.

Under the direction of architect Erlend Tryti (1885-1962) extensive renovation and restoration work was carried out in the years 1921-1922.