Inside Bjerkebæk you will discover its unique door handles, which are made of brass and shaped like animals and birds. The door handles were designed by the painter Alf Lundeby, who lived in Lillehammer from the end of the 1800s.
Sigrid Undset knew Alf Lundeby and other painters from Lillehammer from the time she lived in Rome. These acquaintances were a decisive factor when she chose to move to Lillehammer in 1919.