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Ledaal Museum
Ledaal was built as a summer residence for the Kielland family in 1799 – 1803. The builder was the merchant and court agent Gabriel Schanche Kielland. It is now a heritage-listed site. The main building gives good insight into the lifestyle and taste of Stavanger’s upper class in the first half of the 1800s. The interior is richly furnished in the Rococo, Louis XVI, Empire and Biedermeier styles.
When Gabriel Schanche Kielland built Ledaal as his summer residence, he introduced elements of a continental upper-class lifestyle to Stavanger. France, England and the Netherlands set the trends in style and taste for the city’s nouveau riche, a fact which the house’s interior still bears witness of today. In a small town like Stavanger, this grand mansion was in a class of its own. Its furnishings largely reflect Neoclassical ideals that were inspired by the visual language of antiquity. Ledaal contains Stavanger’s largest collection of antique furniture. The oldest pieces date back to the early 1700s and the most recent to 1863.