Frogner in Oslo, Norway — Northern Europe (a Nordic Country in Scandinavia)

Hotel Gabelshus

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2025

1. Hotel Gabelshus Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Oppført 1912
Pensonjat drevet av
Barbara Larsen, eier av 1918
Hotell fra 1949
Eier Agatha Riekeles
Arkitekter
C. Morgenstierne og A. Eide
Fasade i nordisk nybarokk
Hotellet slått sammen
med Hotel Ritz
i 2000

(Hotel Gabelshus built in 1912. Guesthouse run by Barbara Larsen, owner from 1918. Hotel from 1949. Owner Agatha Riekeles. Architects C. Morgenstierne and A. Eide. Facade in Nordic neo-baroque. Hotel merged with Hotel Ritz in 2000.)

Erected by Selskabet For Oslo Byes Vel.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Selskabet For Oslo Byes Vel series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location. 59° 54.823′ N, 10° 42.544′ E. Marker is in Oslo. It is in Frogner. It is on Gabels gate, on the right when traveling south. blå skilt. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Gabels gate 16, Oslo 0271, Norway. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

on the Atlantic Arc,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

in Scandinavia,

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the Nordic Countries,

in the Schengen Area,

and in the Western World.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ragna Wettergreen (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Milorgs Sentralledelse og Hjemmefrontens ledelse / Central Leadership of Milorg and the Home Front (about 210 meters away); Løkken Gimle / Gimle Estate (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Frederik Stangs gate 22-24 (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Robert Levin (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Marie Spångberg Holth (approx. half a kilometer away); Georgine Lilla Hansen (approx. half a kilometer away); Det Engelske Kvarter / The English Quarter (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oslo.

Also see . . . Gabels gate 16 (Eierdomsspar, in Norwegian). Excerpt (in translation):

Hotel Gabelshus was built in 1912 by the architects Morgenstierne and Eide as a guesthouse. The first three managers and owners were women; Mrs. Barbara Larssen, Sofie Sommerfeldt and Agathe Riekeles. Miss Sofie Sommerfeldt ran the guesthouse from 1918–45 and was known as a very funny, but determined
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2025

2. Hotel Gabelshus Marker - wide view
The marker is “visible” here just to the left of the door, to the extent that “visible” means “almost, but not completely obscured”.
lady who liked to smoke a pipe with her guests. She also had two parrots that flew freely around the house.

In the second half of the 1940s, Agathe Riekeles took over the guesthouse and developed it into a first-class hotel. In 2000, the Hotel Gabelshus was merged together with Hotel Ritz at Frederik Stangs gate 3.

(Submitted on June 27, 2025.)

Hotel Gabelshus image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, June 25, 2025

3. Hotel Gabelshus

Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 181 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 27, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.