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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
6 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. After the city was destroyed by fire in 1624, Christian ...
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Oslo 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 population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of 1,546,706 in 2021.
- Becoming The Country's Capital
- Losing Its Status
- The Former Name of Oslo
- Christiania’s Renaissance
- Christiania Is The Capital Once Again
- Oslo’s Back, Tell Your Friends
- A Peaceful City
- A City of Culture
- Learning More About Oslo’s History
Archaeologists have discovered graves that indicate there was a settlement in the area around the year 1000, possibly earlier. According to the Norse sagas, the establishment of the city occurred in 1049 when King Harald Hardradamade it a designated Kaupstad or trading place. During the reign of Olaf III, Oslo grew to be an important cultural centr...
Tragedy struck the city in 1349 when plague in the form of the Black Death arrived. Half of the city's 3,000 residents died. The church, suffering a loss of income, started to decline. The Hanseatic traders who had started to arrive in the 12thcentury grew in importance. Less than 100 years after becoming the capital, Oslo lost its status when the ...
What's in a name? The name Oslo, also styled Ánslo, Áslo, Óslo or Opslo has a disputed origin. The name comes from Ás and lo. The lo part is easy – that’s a field, meadow or pasture. The Ás is the tricky part. It could derive from Old Norse Áss meaning Godhead – derived from the Æsir – to give ‘meadow of the Gods’. The problem is that Ás in this fo...
In the early 18th century, the Great Northern Warraged between Sweden and an alliance of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland-Lithuania. The war was about supremacy in Northern Europe and influence on the Baltic Sea. Through the war various other parts of Germany, and even Great Britain, joined in with the result that Sweden was defeated, and R...
In 1814, the city regained its status as capital of the independent Kingdom of Norway. Denmark had to cede Norway to Sweden according to the Treaty of Kiel. This wasn’t a popular idea but the two countries entered a somewhat forced personal union after a short war. The main difference was that they were to keep their own laws and customs. And, as s...
The 20thCentury was an important time for Norway. In 1905, the personal union with Sweden was dissolved amicably and Norway finally became the independent state that we know today. Many residents of the city felt that a name honouring a Danish king, that had nothing do with the history of Norway was inappropriate for its capital. In 1918, civil ser...
Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel established prizes for advances in the fields of Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine. The prizes were first awarded in 1901. All are awarded in his native Sweden except for the Nobel Peace Prize.It was Nobel's wish for that specific prize to awarded in Oslo. No one knows for su...
Like most countries, not many of Norway’s best known people actually hail from the capital. One of Oslo’s most famous sons, Edvard Munch, was actually born in Løten though his family moved to the city when he was one year old when his father Christian was appointed medical officer at the Akershus Fortress. Munch went on to paint many works througho...
There are a number of places to visit if you want to find out more about the history of Oslo. Kvadraturen is the area where King Christian IV decreed the new city of Christiania would be built. There are still a few buildings from the time standing including the city’s first town hall and its oldest café, Engebret. In Christiania torv, the town squ...
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. It is spaciously laid out and surrounded by green hills and mountains and includes 40 islands and 343 ...
UTC+2 ( CEST) Oslo is the capital city of Norway. It is Norway's largest city, with a population of 709,037 people in 2023. [2] [3] [4] The area near the city has a total population of 1,588,457. [5] [6] The city government of Oslo and the county are the same thing.
Mar 5, 2023 · Oslo is situated in the southeastern part of Norway. The city lies at the head of the Oslofjord, a long, narrow inlet that stretches almost 100 kilometers inland from the Skagerrak strait, the body of water separating Norway and Denmark. The Oslofjord is an important waterway that connects Oslo with the North Sea.
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