Edvard Grieg

Wedding day at Troldhaugen

Troldhaugen is the name of the house of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, which is located in Hop in the Fana district in the south of his hometown Bergen on the banks of the Nordåsvannet. He lived there from 1885 until his death in 1907. His remains and those of his wife Nina lie inside a mountain grave near the house. The house and its surroundings have been a Grieg Museum since 1928.

Grieg called the building mitt best opus hittil ('my best work so far'), even though it was designed by his cousin, the architect Schak August Steenberg Bull. The name is made up of Norwegian trold 'troll' and haug 'hill' (and the article -en). Grieg gave the house this name based on the name Trolddalen 'the valley of the trolls', which the locals used to refer to a nearby valley.

A chamber music hall called Troldsalen was built in 1985 above Grieg's composers' hut, which is in this valley - close to the water. The museum also has a museum building from 1995.

Grieg immortalized the name of his house in one of his lyrical piano pieces entitled Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen ('Wedding Day on Troldhaugen'; Opus 65, No. 6).