Borgestad Manor
Borgestad Manor is an estate and manor house in the municipality of Skien in Vestfold og Telemark. Norway. It is located in the former parish of Gjerpen near Porsgrunn. It is one of the largest estates in the region. It was originally Church property and was confiscated by the Crown following the Reformation and was sold to private owners in 1638. Its owners have included Anne Clausdatter, known from the poem Stolt Anne, and former Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen.Owners
- 1638–ca. 1650 Christen Andersen and his widow Anne Gundersdatter
- ca 1650–1691 Gjert Clausen and his widow Anne Gundersdatter
- 1692–1695 Halvor and Søren Borse
- ca 1695–1713 Anne Clausdatter
- 1719–1731 Hans Holmboe
- 1731–1760 Herman Leopoldus
- 1760–1787 Bartholomæus Herman Løvenskiold
- 1787–1822 Jacob Aall
- 1822–1823 Didrich von Cappelen
- 1823–1853 Realf von Cappelen
- 1853–1881 Erik Johan Cappelen
- 1881–1928 Sofie Knudsen née Cappelen and her husband Gunnar Knudsen
- 1928–1953 Erik Cappelen Knudsen
- 1953–1975 Gunnar Knudsen Borgestad
- 1975–2003 Erik Robert Knudsen Borgestad
- 2003 Stiftelsen Borgestad Gård with Petter Borgestad as chairman
