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In 1948 Oslo merged with Aker, a municipality which surrounded the capital and which was 27 times larger, thus creating the modern, much larger Oslo municipality. Oslo is the economic and governmental centre of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian trade, banking, industry and shipping.
- Oslo Metro
The Oslo Metro (Norwegian: Oslo T-bane or Oslo Tunnelbane or...
- History of Oslo's Name
The Norwegian city of Oslo was founded in the year 1040...
- Frogner Park
Frogner Park (Norwegian: Frognerparken) is a public park in...
- Akershus Fortress
Akershus Castle and Fortress seen from Oslofjord. Akershus...
- Haakon V of Norway
Biography Head from the Nidaros Cathedral, considered to...
- Norway
The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a...
- Oslo Metro
5 days ago · Oslo, capital and largest city of Norway. It lies at the head of Oslo Fjord in the southeastern part of the country. The original site of Oslo was east of the Aker River. The city was founded by King Harald Hardraade about 1050, and about 1300 the Akershus fortress was built by Haakon V.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oslo is the capital city of Norway. It is Norway's largest city, with a population of 709,037 people in 2023. The area near the city has a total population of 1,588,457. The city government of Oslo and the county are the same thing.
Oslo ( / ˈɒzloʊ / OZ-loh, US also / ˈɒsloʊ / OSS-loh, Norwegian: [ ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ] ⓘ or [ ˈʊ̂slʊ, ˈʊ̀ʂlʊ]; Southern Sami: Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of 709,037 in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a ...
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Oslo is Norway's capital and largest city, with 700,000 citizens in the city proper and about 1.5 million inhabitants in greater Oslo. It is in the East of the country in the Oslofjorden fjord , extending over an inlet of the Skagerrak strait.
The capital of Oslo is one of Europe’s fastest-growing cities. International media is constantly writing about Oslo’s innovative architecture, museums, and neighbourhoods, as well as everything that moves on the food, fashion, art, and music scenes.
