The Blue Room at Hotel Union Øye
Only guests with nerves of steel dare stay in the Blue Room at Hotel Union Øye.
Here, by the scenic Norangsfjorden, it’s said that beautiful Linda haunts the hotel—a maidservant from the 1890s who tragically ended her life after a doomed love affair with a German officer in the service of Emperor Wilhelm.
Philip von Moltke, the officer, was trapped in an unhappy arranged marriage and denied a divorce. Overcome with despair, he threw himself into the sea and drowned. Shortly after Linda received a letter with the news of his death—and his engagement ring—she too drowned. Found in the river at Øye, dressed in a bridal gown with a flower crown, she was said to have lost a brooch from Philip in the water and wandered the riverbanks searching for it.
Guests today claim to see and hear Linda wandering restless in the Blue Room at night. Doors open and close mysteriously, paintings shift on the walls. Adding to the intrigue: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—the creator of Sherlock Holmes—stayed here in 1891, making your visit all the more thrilling.
“Mother Utne” at Utne Hotel
A portrait of “Mother Utne,” the longtime hotel hostess, hangs on the wall. But is she really gone?
Guests and staff at Utne Hotel still sense her presence watching over everything. “Mother Utne” ran one of Norway’s oldest hotels for over 70 years and still has her favorite chair by the fireplace. Guests usually leave it empty—even when the hotel is full. During renovations, workers refused to move the chair, whether out of respect or superstition.
Lamps flicker on and off for no reason, doors slide open and closed, and guests sometimes feel unseen presences. Could it be Mother Utne?
Magdalene at Fleischer's Hotel
At Fleischer’s Hotel, the ghost lingers in room 407.
Generations of stories tell of Magdalene Fleischer, the hotel’s first hostess, who is said to roam this very room. Guests report seeing a woman dressed in black, feeling sudden chills, and noticing chandeliers flickering without cause.
Magdalene is known as a friendly spirit—her care for the guests’ well-being is said to keep her tied to the family-run hotel in Voss. One guest claims to have been gently touched on the cheek by a female figure while sleeping.
Staff say she even lights flickering candles if she feels the hotel staff aren’t attentive enough to guests.
The Two Ladies at Bårdshaug Manor
Every manor house with a bit of history is said to have its ghosts—and Bårdshaug Manor is no exception.
Built in 1860 and once home to the entrepreneur Christian Thams, the manor-turned-hotel in Orkanger has several reports of two women seen roaming the halls. Children have even spoken to a lady in a red dress in the basement. Who they are remains a mystery, but staff believe they are guardians of the house.
The White Lady
Fredriksten Fortress and Fredriksten Hotel in Halden are popular summer destinations, especially for the legend of the White Lady said to haunt the fortress grounds.
On clear summer nights, some have reportedly spotted this mysterious woman.
“She usually appears on bright spring and summer nights, gliding around the Commandant’s residence in a pale white or gray gown. She doesn’t touch the ground, and you can’t see her feet. She’s pale, arms calmly at her sides, silently drifting towards the nearby woods. Then she turns, waves, and disappears,”
historian Frank Kiel Jacobsen writes in Fredriksten – Fortress with a Glorious History.
The White Lady mostly lingers near the Commandant’s house but is said to roam the entire fortress grounds. Some have even encountered her on the long, steep stairs up to the Clock Tower and near the prison cells—where prisoners rattled their chains and damp, musty air seeped through the dark windows.
