Axel Nicolai Herlofson was imprisoned in which medieval castle near Oslo, Norway?
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Axel Nicolai Herlofson Axel Nicolai Herlofson (29 August 1845 in Østre Moland – 1910 in Christiania) was a Norwegian fraudster who is known for causing the Arendal crash, after defrauding customers and co-owners of Arendals Privatbank which he had co-founded in 1874. His scheme had some similarities to a Ponzi scheme, and he had systemically falsified the bank's accounts for several years to cover up being insolvent. In 1886 the bank went bankrupt, and an investigation of Herlofson was initiated. He attempted to flee the country, but was arrested in the last minute and sentenced to six years imprisonment with hard labour, which he served in Norway's strictest prison at Akershus Fortress. He died in Christiania.
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Akershus Fortress Akershus Fortress (Norwegian: "Akershus Festning" ) or Akershus Castle (Norwegian: "Akershus slott" ) is a medieval castle that was built to protect Oslo, the capital of Norway. It has also been used as a palace and as a prison.
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Oslo Oslo ( , , ] ] ] ) is the capital and the most populous city in Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. Founded in the year 1040, and established as a "kaupstad" or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada, the city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 and with Sweden from 1814 to 1905 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, the city was moved closer to Akershus Fortress and renamed Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality ("formannskapsdistrikt") on 1 January 1838. Following a spelling reform, it was known as Kristiania from 1877 until 1925, in which year its original Norwegian name of Oslo was restored.
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Boo Castle Boo Castle (Swedish: "Boo slott" ) is a castle in Hallsberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden.
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Idstein Castle Idstein Castle (German: "Burg Idstein" ), later the Renaissance style "Schloss Idstein", is located in Idstein in the county of Rheingau-Taunus, Germany. The hill castle was the "residenz" of Nassau-Idstein. The castle's Witches' Tower ("Hexenturm") is one of the town's oldest buildings and a substantial local landmark.
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Findlater Castle Findlater Castle is the old seat of the Earls of Findlater and Seafield, sitting on a 50 ft -high cliff overlooking the Moray Firth on the coast of Banff and Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies about 15 km west of Banff, near the village of Sandend, between Cullen and Portsoy. The cliffs here contain quartz; the name "Findlater" is derived not from Norse as earlier stated here, but from the Scots Gaelic words "fionn" ("white") and "leitir" ("cliff or steep slope"). The first historical reference to the castle is from 1246. King Alexander III of Scotland repaired this castle in the 1260s in preparation for an invasion by King Haakon IV of Norway. The Vikings took and held the castle for some time. The castle remains that are still there are from the 14th-century rebuilding, when the castle was redesigned based on the Roslyn Castle model.
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Kulla Gunnarstorp Castle Kulla Gunnarstorp Castle (Swedish: "Kulla Gunnarstorps slott" ) is a castle in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. The old castle was built in the 16th century by Jørgen Ottesen Brahe. In the 19th century there was also built a new one by Baltzar von Platen (1804-1875).
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Örup Castle Örup Castle (Swedish: "Örups slott" ) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. Located a few kilometers south of Tomelilla, together with Glimmingehus, Bollerup Castle and Tosterup Österlen, the castles were built during the late Middle Ages. They were built as mighty defenses in an uncertain and dangerous time, when the Swedes and Danes fought over power and lords believed they must protect their own soil against both external enemies.
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Pålsjö Castle Pålsjö Castle (Swedish: "Pålsjö slott" ) is a castle in Helsingborg Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden.
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Ekebyhov Castle Ekebyhov Castle is a castle in Sweden.
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Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral (Norwegian: "Nidarosdomen / Nidaros Domkirke" ) is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. Built over the burial site of Saint Olav, the king of Norway in the 11th century, who became the patron saint of the nation. It is the traditional location for the consecration of the King of Norway. It was built from 1070 to 1300, and designated as the cathedral for the Diocese of Nidaros in 1152. After the Protestant Reformation, it was taken from the Roman Catholics by the Lutheran Church in 1537. It is the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world.
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Arendal crash The Arendal crash ("Arendalskrakket") was an economic crisis in Arendal, Norway, that occurred when the bank Arendals Privatbank went bankrupt in 1886 and the bank's co-owner Axel Nicolai Herlofson was revealed to have defrauded customers and co-owners systemically. The crash led to several other bankruptcies and unemployment in Southern Norway, and marked the end of Arendal as an important shipping town. It took over 80 years to overcome the effects of the crash. Herlofson was sentenced to six years penal labour.
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National Internment Camp for Women in Hovedøya The National Internment Camp for Women in Hovedøya (Norwegian: "Statens interneringsleir for kvinner, Hovedøya" ) was Norway's largest internment camp for women, located on the island of Hovedøya in Oslo. It was used to detain women who had been accused of having romantic or sexual liaisons with German soldiers during World War II.
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Colditz Castle Castle Colditz (or "Schloss Colditz" in German) is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. The castle is between the towns of Hartha and Grimma on a hill spur over the river Zwickauer Mulde, a tributary of the River Elbe. It had the first wildlife park in Germany when, during 1523, the castle park was converted into one of the largest menageries in Europe. The castle gained international fame as the site of Oflag IV-C, a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II for "incorrigible" Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps.
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Ajman Castle Ajman Castle (Slovene: "Ajmanov grad" , German: "Schloss Ehrenau" 'Ehrenau Castle') is a 17th-century manor located near the settlement of Sveti Duh in the Municipality of Škofja Loka, Slovenia.
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Kalø Castle Kalø Castle (Danish: "Kalø Slot" ) is a ruined castle located in eastern Jutland, in Denmark, 20 km from the city of Aarhus within Mols Bjerge National Park.
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Haakon V of Norway Haakon V Magnusson (10 April 1270 - 8 May 1319) (Old Norse: "Hákon Magnússon"; Norwegian: "Håkon Magnusson") was king of Norway from 1299 until 1319.
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Absalon's Castle Absalon's Castle, (Danish: "Absalons borg" ) was a fortification on the island of Slotsholmen in Copenhagen, located at the site of the later Copenhagen Castle and Christiansborg Palace. According to the chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, the castle was founded by Bishop Absalon in 1167 to protect the emerging city of Copenhagen. The castle survived for 200 years before it was destroyed in 1369 by the Hanseatic League, who first occupied and plundered it, and then demolished it completely.
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Kvænangen concentration camp Kvænangen concentration camp was established in the municipality of Kvænangen in Northern Norway by the Nazi administration of occupied Norway in August 1942, as annex to Grini. It consisted of two subcamps, "Veidal" and Badderen, which was also known as "Veiskaret". The camp remained open until 11 November 1942, during which time about 400 prisoners were put to slave labor building a shelter over 6 km of road in the area. The shelter was known as "Norway's longest" wooden house.
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Tosterup Castle Tosterup Castle (Swedish: "Tosterups slott" ) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is situated approximately 12 km north-east of Ystad.
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Vibyholm Castle Vibyholm Castle (Swedish: "Vibyholms slott" ) is a castle in Årdala, Flen Municipality, Sweden. It was built in 1622-1626 by Dutchman Casper van Panten in Dutch High Renaissance style.
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Skjoldenæsholm Castle Skjoldenæsholm Castle is a manor house located 11 kilometres north-east of Ringsted, Denmark, standing on the west side of one of the many lakes which dominate the area. The Neoclassical main building, possibly by Philip de Lange, is now run as a hotel and conference centre while the grounds play host to both the Skjoldenæsholm Tram Museum and a golf course. The rest of the land is mostly forested.