Karsten and Petra turn 30 years old. You wouldn’t believe it! They are just as young now as in 1992, when Tor Åge Bringsværd and Anne G. Holt created the first book about the best friends in the Duestien Kindergarten.

Under the Stairs

Welcome to our new exhibition about Karsten and Petra. You can play in the Duestien Kindergarten, read Karsten and Petra books, draw and build blanket forts.

Writing and reading enthusiasm in Ibsen’s city

The exhibition also highlights the joy of writing. The exhibition includes a film with an interview of Tor Åge Bringsværd and Anne G. Holt. Skien’s author Bringsværd also shares his views on another famous Skien author, Henrik Ibsen. We hope the exhibition will inspire both a love of reading and writing in children.