By 1901 Nansen's family had expanded considerably. A daughter, Liv, had been born just before Fram set out; a son, Kåre was born in 1897 followed by a daughter, Irmelin, in 1900 and a second son Odd in 1901.Huntford 2001, pp. 200, 452, 467, 477. The family home, which Nansen had built in 1891 from the profits of his Greenland expedition book,Huntford 2001, pp. 177–178. was now too small. Nansen acquired a plot of land in the Lysaker district and built, substantially to his own design, a large and imposing house which combined some of the characteristics of an English manor house with features from the Italian renaissance.
By 1901 Nansen's family had expanded considerably. A daughter, Liv, had been born just before Fram set out; a son, Kåre was born in 1897 followed by a daughter, Irmelin, in 1900 and a second son Odd in 1901.Huntford 2001 pp. 200, 452, 467, 477. The family home, which Nansen had built in 1891 from the profits of his Greenland expedition book,Huntford 2001, pp. 177–178. was now too small. Nansen acquired a plot of land in the Lysaker district and built, substantially to his own design, a large and imposing house which combined some of the characteristics of an English manor house with features from the Italian renaissance.