“We are immersed in nature here in Norway!” announces Erika June Flakk, a sparky 28-year-old, the youngest of two stylish daughters of one the country’s most successful, innovative and entrepreneurial families. She and her sister, 31-year-old Maria Lilly, work alongside their parents Knut and Line across the diverse Flakk portfolio: a collection of industries that encompasses textiles, building components, real estate, three boutique hotels and cutting-edge green hydrogen.
” The house is also filled with traditional hand-carved, hand-painted folk-style chairs, corner cupboards and beds; many of the thick log walls are hung with antique woodwork tools. In the master bedroom, the stripped-pine floors are strewn with vintage rugs and the space is cleverly divided into two: a sleeping area where a fire burns in an open, soapstone hearth makes up one half, while the front section has been turned into a small sitting room.