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1962
In the library at Grefsheim, books from several centuries stand close together. Old leather bindings with gold tooling, works of history, fiction and reference books fill the shelves. Among them are Edward Gibbon's great work on the fall of the Roman Empire and the collected works of Friedrich Schiller.
We do not know for certain when the library was given its present furnishings. The collection has grown over several generations.
In 1962 Aftenposten wrote about old documents at Grefsheim. Among them were the diaries of Johan Egeberg Mellbye (1866–1954), who began keeping a diary in 1888. The newspaper also mentioned papers left by the historian P. A. Munch (1810–1863), Johan Egeberg Mellbye's maternal grandfather. These included Munch's boyhood diary and the original manuscript of his edition of Fagrskinna, an Old Norse saga of the kings.
The library is still one of the rooms in the main house. The tall bookcases, the large fireplace and the old furnishings have been kept. In an older photograph two poodles sit comfortably in an armchair each, apparently quite content with life.
Source: Aftenposten, 1962. The Grefsheim collection.