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The city and municipality used the name Kristiania until 1 January 1925 when the name changed to Oslo. Oslo was the name of an eastern suburb – it had been the site of the city centre, until the devastating 1624 fire. King Christian IV of Denmark ordered a new city built with his own name; Oslo remained a poor suburb outside the city border ...
- 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...
- Oslo Metro
May 31, 2018 · The earliest versions of Oslo’s name during the Middle Ages were spelled “Ánslo” and “Áslo” – “ás” (nowadays, “ås”) meaning “ridge” or “hill”. It was then believed that Oslo’s original name meant, “the meadow beneath the hill”, the hill being the Ekeberg ridge. That theory makes sense, since Ekeberg is an ...
- Danai Christopoulou
The earliest versions of Oslo’s name during the Middle Ages were spelled “Ánslo” and “Áslo” – “ás” (nowadays, “ås”) meaning “ridge” or “hill”. It was then believed that Oslo’s original name meant, “the meadow beneath the hill”, the hill being the Ekeberg ridge. That theory makes sense, since Ekeberg is an ...
Nov 20, 2019 · Nevertheless, the government pressed ahead with the change and Kristiania officially became Oslo on January 1 st 1925. A peaceful city Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel established prizes for advances in the fields of Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.
Christiania became a little town typical of Northern Europe with 330 properties with buildings of brick, halftimbering and logs. Ramparts were built around the town for defense. These defined the town's dimensions for many years to come. The wealthy lived around Bjørvika, the harbor area. The harbor was continually being filled in and new ...
Freetown Christiania ( Danish: Fristaden Christiania ), also known as Christiania or simply Staden, is an intentional community and commune in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of the Danish capital city of Copenhagen. It began in 1971 as a squatted military base.
