Engebret Café

Engebret Café is the oldest restaurant in continuous operation in Oslo. The restaurant is named after its founder Engebret Christoffersen, who started the restaurant in 1848. The restaurant was at first located in Rådhusgata 11, but has stayed at the square Bankplassen since 1863.^[3][4][5][6]

Engebret Café has during the time it has existed, undergone very few changes. In 1921 it was hit by fire. A year later it opened it again and preserved its appearance. The restaurant is known for the famous artists who have frequented the restaurant, including Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Edvard Grieg and Edvard Munch all of whom had regular tables there.^[6][7]The best known of the employees have been Crown Princess Mette-Marit, who worked as a waitress at the restaurant in the late 1990s.^[8]

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  Bankplassen with Engebret Café in the background behind the fountain
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  At the corner to Kirkegata
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  Statue of stage actor Johannes Brun at Engebret Cafè
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  Fortaus-servering på Engebrets Kafé by Christian Krohg ca. 1880
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  Engebret Cafè at the early 20th century

• Noel Riley Fitch (2006) The Grand Literary Cafes of Europe (New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd, London) ISBN 9781845371142
• Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo byleksikon, Kunnskapsforlaget 2010, p. 156 (in Norwegian), ISBN 978-82-573-1760-7

• Peter Rosenkrantz Johnsen: Engebreth in "Folkebladet" (Magazine) No. 14. 31 July 1904. pages 210-213 (in Norwegian)

• Official website Archived 2017-05-05 at the Wayback Machine

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