The Doctors House at Kleppur, Reykjavík , relocated at The Reykjavík City Museum

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This House was built in 1907 as a residence for the chief physician and staff of the first mental hospital in Iceland, located at Kleppur, now a part of Reykjavík. The hospital and adjoining residence, designed by architect Rögnvaldur Ólafsson, were built at the same time. The hospital’s first chief physician and Iceland’s first psychiatrist, Þórður Sveinsson, occupiead the first floor of the house together with his family from 1907 to 1940. The house bears a resemblance to the classical style, influenced by Norwegian chalet style. The house was moved to the Reykjavík City Museum at Arbaer in 1978. This building currently houses the museum’s offices. ......-The Reykjavík City Museum-….. collects and conserves objects from Reykjavík cultural history and carries out research on them, and promulgates knowledge of the history and living conditions of the people of Reykjavík from the Settlement Age to the present day. Arbaer (Árbær) was an established farm well into the 20th century, and The Reykjavik City Museum opened there in 1957. Arbaer is now an open air museum with more than 20 buildings which form a town square, a village and a farm. Most of the buildings have been relocated from central Reykjavik. #antiques #Arbaearsafn #Arbaer #building #fornminjar #Iceland #Kukl_on_Earth #Kukl_á_Jörð #minjar #minjasafn_Reykjavíkur #museum #New_Iceland #Nýja_Ísland #Reykjavik #Reykjavík #safn #St_Pall #St_Peter #The_Reykjavik_City_Museum #The_Reykjavík_City_Museum #timber #timber_house #timbur #timburhús #Árbæjarsafn #Árbær #Ísland