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Place of Birth: Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
About Anton Tschudi
- Anton Tschudi (12 April 1848 – 1914) was a Norwegian landowner. He was born in Tønsberg and was of Swiss descent.
- His father, Peter Tschudi (1812–1900) owned the farm Valløe in Sem outside Tønsberg city.
- His sister Clara was a well-known writer, and his brother Oscar was a judge.Tschudi was mostly active with buying and selling land in Aker, now a part of Oslo.
- In 1898 he bought the 400-acre farm Øvre Høybråten, which was parceled out in 1905.
- Solemskogen near Maridalsvannet was bought in 1897 and parceled out in 1903, in addition he parceled out Økern as well.
- Tschudi was also active in Bærum.
- In 1912 he bought Vestre Haslum, which soon was split in 360 lots and sold.
- The area was nicknamed Tschudimarka.Tschudi had a substantial effect on the suburbanization of Oslo, both its tempo and its character.
- This largely stems from his tendency to sell his lots cheaply, to laborers and craftsmen.
- The lots usually measured 1–2,5 acres, and were suitable for detached housing.
- Detached housing still characterizes the areas sold by Tschudi, in contrast to surrounding block residential areas—especially around Høybråten.
- The downside with cheap parcels was the lack of communications and infrastructure.
- Lobbying for communications was up to the residents; Høybråten received a train station in 1920 whereas Haslum received a tramway station in 1924.
- Solemskogen lacked communications and above all water drainage, posed a danger to water quality in Maridalsvannet and was therefore resented by the municipality.
- The parceling was halted by the authorities after 153 of 274 parcels had been sold, and the municipality later tried to buy out or expropriate several parcels.
- Thus, Solemskogen never became fully suburbanized.
- In Bærum, the municipality was concerned about the "squalor" of Tschudimarka.Two roads were named after him, both in 1925, Anton Tschudis vei at Haslum and at Risløkka.
- Himself, Anton Tschudi resided in Frogner; in Skovveien 7 near Uranienborg in the 1900 Census and Svoldergaten 2 at Filipstad in the 1910 Census.
- With his wife he had six children born between 1890 and 1901; four sons and two daughters (Ralph, Waldo, Vera, Peter Fridolin, Knut Anton and Alice).
- Vera married Gerhard C.
- Kallevig.
- Anton Tschudi died in 1914.
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