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- Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around the year 1300.
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It became a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city functioned as the capital of Norway during the 1814–1905 union between Sweden and Norway. From 1877, the city's name was spelled Kristiania in government usage, a spelling that was adopted by the municipal authorities in 1897, although 'Christiania' was also used. In ...
- 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...
May 22, 2024 · 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.
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Jul 19, 2023 · By 1314, King Haakon V proclaimed Oslo to be the capital city of Norway. By the time Haakon V came to power, he further solidified Oslo’s claim as capital city by officially moving to the city. He began the construction of the famous Akershus Fortress, making it very clear that the king was to live in Oslo.
Jan 24, 2018 · In 1877, the city adopted the spelling Kristiania, before returning its name to Oslo in 1924. Read more: Oslo Stats: Norway's Capital City in Numbers. Oslo has remained the capital city of Norway ever since, but who knows what history is yet to be written?
It wasn't until 1299 that Oslo got its title as the Capital of Norway. The Capital of Norway. In 1299, King Håkon V decided to move from Bergen to Oslo, and with that, the capital moved. He cemented the city's status as the capital when he had the Akershus Fortress built in 1299. Everything changed in 1350 when the Black Plague came to Oslo.
Its union with Sweden was dissolved in 1905, opening the door for the city to become the official capital of the newly formed nation of Norway. Two decades later, in 1925, the city finally restored its original name of Oslo and has been focused on an autonomous future ever since.
