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59 unusual facts about Oslo


2001–02 Canada men's national ice hockey team

It was the first Olympic gold medal for Canada in men’s ice hockey since the Edmonton Mercurys won gold at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Aldri annet enn bråk

It takes place in a working-class setting in the city of Oslo.

Alnaelva

Alnaelva, also known as Alna or the Alna River, is a river the runs through Oslo, Norway, from Alnsjøen to the Oslo Fjord at Bjørvika.

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, February 14 to Wednesday, February 20, 1952.

Álvaro Arzú

There had been six years of negotiations since the Oslo Agreement of March 1990, and Arzú gave them a vital new impulse when he personally met the URNG in Mexico on February 26, 1996.

Aurora Mardiganian

Witnessing the deaths of her family members and being forced to march over 1,400 miles, during which she was kidnapped and sold into the slave markets of Anatolia, Mardiganian escaped to Tiflis (modern Tbilisi, Georgia), then to St. Petersburg, from where she traveled to Oslo and finally, with the help of Near East Relief, to New York.

Awdy Kulyýew

He died on April 10, 2007 in Oslo, Norway, after undergoing stomach surgery two days earlier.

Awdy Kulyýew (July 30, 1936, Ashgabad – April 10, 2007, Oslo) served as the first Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan.

B+H Ocean Carriers

The company started out in 1978 when B+H Shipping Group was founded in New York and Oslo.

Bids for the 1932 Winter Olympics

It saw Lake Placid, United States, be selected ahead of the US candidates Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe, Bear Mountain, Duluth, Minneapolis and Denver, and Oslo, Norway and Montreal, Canada.

Canica

Canica is a private holding company, based in Oslo, Norway, created to own the RIMI grocery store chain, owned by Stein Erik Hagen (10%) and his three children Caroline Marie Hagen, Carl Erik Hagen and Nina Camilla Hagen (30% each).

Christian Kielland

Kielland first presented the Kielland forceps in 1908 when he gave a lecture for the Surgical Society in Christiania titled "The Birth Forceps mechanism and technique".

Christian Sommer Kindt

His collection can be found at the Videnskabsselskabets Museum in Oslo.

City Star Airlines

City Star Airlines started operations on 28 March 2005 with one aircraft flying between Aberdeen, Scotland (Aberdeen Airport) and Oslo (Oslo Gardermoen Airport) in cooperation with and on the AOC of domestic airline Landsflug in Iceland.

Damien Marsh

This bettered his own Australian national record of 10.16 set in July 1994 is Oslo.

Dana Hammond

At age nine he began to play for his local church, the church music ministry allowed Dana to hone his skills and travel to places like New York and Oslo, Norway.

Denver Oldham

At the age of 24, Oldham went on his first European concert tour, which spanned Copenhagen, Zurich, Oslo, The Hague, and Vienna.

Dragonfly Therapeutic Retreat

Dragonfly has combined company owned operations with franchised operations - for its shops in China, and operated franchised shops in Oslo, Norway (2006) and Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2008).

Edna Iles

She made her Wigmore Hall recital debut soon afterwards and established a prominent presence throughout Britain and continental Europe during the 1920s and 30s, giving recitals in many of the leading artistic centres including Berlin, Vienna, Oslo, Stockholm, and Budapest.

Eye Emma Jedi

The following fall the band did several live performances in cities across Norway, including Stavanger, Bergen and Oslo.

Ferenc Kemény

In 1956, he emigrated to Norway and as of the 1980s, he was living in Oslo.

Frogner Manor

Frogner Manor (Frogner Hovedgård) is a former estate in today's borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway.

Gaston Paris

At the University of Kristiania Gaston Paris also held a lecture about the two folktale collectors, Asbjørnsen and Moe, which he believed to be, besides the Grimm Brothers, the best re-tellers of the genre.

Georg Ræder

A painting by Knud Bergslien from 1874 depicting this ceremony is located at the Royal Palace in Oslo.

Georg, Baron von Örtzen

He served as an officer of Prussian hussars (1850–1855), entered the consular service and after employment at New York (1879) and Constantinople (1880) was appointed to Marseilles (1881), and then to Christiania (1889), retiring in 1892.

Gherasim Luca

From 1967, his reading sessions took him to places like Stockholm, Oslo, Geneva, New York City, and San Francisco.

HDMS Sophia Amalia

The ship was built at Hovedøen in Christiania under the direction of English shipbuilder James Robbins and was launched in 1650.

Herman Wildenvey

After living some years in Oslo and Copenhagen, the couple settled in the small coastal town of Stavern in 1923, where they built their home Hergisheim in 1927 ("Herman og Giskens Heim"; "Herman and Gisken's Home").

Hobølelva

Hobølelva is a river rising in Sværsvann in Oslo, until joining Lake Vansjø in Østfold.

Johan Siebke

Johan Siebke (17 June 1781 – 14 August 1857) was a Norwegian botanical gardener, and the founder of the Botanical Garden at Tøyen, Oslo.

Josef Haszpra

Just after the works have been finished, Haspra travelled to Oslo, Norway with his wife and a one-year old daughter.

Joseph Smagorinsky

In 1916, with the business established, Dina, Sam, and David emigrated by going to Murmansk (Archangel) and then southward along the Norwegian coast to Christiana (now Oslo) and boarding a boat to New York where they joined Nathan.

Kali Gwegwe

He is also reputed to have been the first Nigerian to bring a youth team from Europe (Holmlia Sports Club of Oslo, Norway) to participate in a local football competition in Nigeria.

Karel Kaers

In fact, he was only the third youngest road champion when he took the rainbow jersey in Oslo in 1993.

KLP Eiendom

Most of the investments are located in Oslo and Trondheim, though there are other localities in Norway too, in addition to some in Denmark and Sweden.

Lancaster-Oslo-Bergen Corpus

The Lancaster-Oslo/Bergen Corpus (often abbreviated as LOB Corpus) is a million-word collection of British English texts which was compiled in the 1970s in collaboration between the University of Lancaster, the University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities, Bergen, to provide a British counterpart to the Brown Corpus compiled by Kucera and Francis for American English in the 1960s.

Lars Widenfalk

Later, a study at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo (1982–85) focusing on the three dimensionality work.

Liban Abdi

He spent most of his childhood in Oslo, Norway, where he attended both primary and secondary school.

Matías Almeyda

After one 1/2-years away from football, in which he represented Argentina in a Showball tour around the world alongside Diego Maradona and participated in the Indoor Football World Cup in Spain, Almeyda joined Norwegian Premier League outfit of FK Lyn, in Oslo, in which he was accompanied by compatriot José Oscar Flores.

Milcah Cheywa

She also took Diamond League victories in Oslo, Rome, Eugene and London, en route to capturing the overall Diamond League title in the steeplechase.

Mycron

Mycron was a pioneer manufacturer of microcomputers, located in Oslo, Norway.

Nordal Wille

In 1893 he was given a newly established professor position at the Royal Frederick University, which also gave him responsibility over the University Botanical Garden at Tøyen.

Norwegian Naval Academy

After the war the Academy was first located in Oslo, but in 1960 it was relocated to the present site in Laksevåg, Bergen.

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

On 2 June 1984, the Oidaematophorus lithodactyla larvae was found feeding on Inula salicina, in Oslo.

Oslo-class frigate

On 5 June 2013, she was severely damaged in a test of the Norwegian-designed Naval Strike Missile system off the coast of the island Andøya.

Narvik, the last active ship of the class, has been transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum in Horten.

Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel

In September 1772, Charles was appointed commander-in-chief of the Norwegian army and he and Louise moved to Christiana.

Rolf Stranger

Rolf Stranger (15 January 1891 – 18 June 1990) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and Mayor of Oslo.

Stranger was a long-time member of Oslo city council, most notably serving as mayor in the periods 1940–1941, 1945, 1955–1959 and 1962–1963.

RPM Challenge

In 2007, several well-known websites and media outlets picked up the story, and participation increased to over 2400 acts from such varied locations as Tokyo, Auckland, Montreal, Antarctica and Oslo.

Sigmund Mowinckel

He was educated at the University of Oslo (1908; ThD 1916) (in those days Oslo was still officially called Kristiania), and from 1917 onwards he was a lecturer there.

Snoopy's Senior World Hockey Tournament

In the 36th Annual tournament in 2011, there were teams from 12 different states within the U.S., British Columbia and Alberta in Canada, and a team from Oslo, Norway.

Sonans Utdanning

Sonans it-akademiet (English: Sonans IT Academy) is a school in Oslo which offers a variety of I.T.-related subjects.

Stelian Tănase

He has held conferences in Rome, Paris, Oslo, Vienna, Budapest, Washington, D.C., and also at prestigious American universities: the University of California, Los Angeles, Berkeley University, Stanford University, New York University, Columbia University, the University of Maryland, and The New School for Social Research.

T-VIPS

T-VIPS was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with a US office in Millburn, New Jersey.

The Janus Man

As he attempts to discover the identity of "The Janus Man who faces both East and West", he tracks sources of information in Moscow, Lübeck, Copenhagen and Oslo to hunt down the killer of Ferguson.

Trio Mediæval

Trio Mediæval is a vocal trio established in Oslo in 1997, recording albums for the ECM label, and touring frequently in Europe and the United States.

Vardø witch trials

Barbra said that Maren had accused her, encouraged by doctor's wife Anne Rhodius, who had been exiled from Oslo to northern Norway with her husband because of conflicts in Oslo, and that the doctor and his wife had pointed out the wife and daughter of one of the members of the court as witches.

Walter von Gerich

He was arrested in Kristiania 16 June 1917, but after diplomatic pressure from Germany he was set free and escorted by the police to Germany 27 June 1917, due to his role as courier for the German Emperor.


Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

The agency was created on January 1, 2008 and is based in Oslo and Leikanger.

Aker University Hospital

The hospital is responsible for providing health care to 170,000 people residing in the northern part of Oslo as well as the municipalities of Ski, Oppegård, Nesodden, Frogn, Ås and Vestby.

Anna Spafford

Tveit, Odd Karsten, Annas hus, En beretning fra Stavanger til Jerusalem, Cappelen forlag, Oslo (2000) ISBN 82-02-18591-2

Audunbakkenfestivalen

Audunbakkenfestivalen is a small rock festival held in Norway, in Disenå in Sør-Odal municipality, about 18 miles from Kongsvinger and 44 miles from Oslo.

Bryce Poe II

Poe was assigned to Allied Forces Northern Europe, Oslo, Norway, in August 1952 as a fighter operations officer flying de Havilland Vampires, Gloster Meteors, F-84 Thunderjets and F-86 Sabres with the Royal Norwegian and Royal Danish air forces.

Carsten Woll

The singer and composer Carsten Woll (1885-1962) was born in Oslo, Norway.

Charl Van Den Berg

At a gala event held at the Pretoria State Theatre Opera House in November 2009, Charl won the Mr. Gay South Africa title, which enabled him to represent South Africa at the International Mr Gay World pageant in Oslo, Norway.

Eidsvolls plass

Eidsvolls plass ('Eidsvoll Square') is a square and park in Oslo, Norway, located west of the Parliament of Norway Building, south of Karl Johans gate and east of Studenterlunden and the National Theatre.

Eli Hagen

In November 2001 she also caused headlines when, after dropping off her husband at an official dinner at the Royal Palace in Oslo, accidentally drove her Volkswagen Passat down the steps in front of the palace, with the political press corps as shocked onlookers.

Fartein Valen

In 1924 he returned to Oslo and from 1927 to 1936 worked as a musical archivist at the University of Oslo.

Frogner

Frogner Manor (Frogner Hovedgård) is located on a former estate in an area that became part of today's borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway.

Håkan Hagegård

Hagegård also holds a Professorship in Vocal Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway.

Henry Henne

He was a professor at the International Christian University, Tokyo from 1958 to 1963, at Cornell University from 1963 to 1965, at the International Christian University, Tokyo from 1965 to 1966, at the University of Oslo from 1966 to 1981 and the University of Bergen from 1981 to 1988.

Hurum Line

Alternatively, and ultimately selected, was construction of a tunnel eastwards from Oslo to Lillestrøm and an upgrade of the Trunk Line and a new route from a point at Asper to the airport.

Ingar Roggen

The late Rob Kling, who had been given a personal introduction by Stein Bråten to the ongoing research on social informatics at the University of Oslo in 1986, and also had noted the introduction of web sociology in January 1996, established the American branch of social informatics at Indiana University later that year.

Irvine Arditti

He has appeared with many distinguished orchestras and ensembles which include the Bayerische Rundfunk, BBC Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Paris, Het Residentie den Hague, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Asko Ensemble, Ensemble Contrechamps, London Sinfonietta, Nieuw Ensemble, Nouvel Ensemble Modern, Oslo Sinfonietta, Schoenberg Ensemble.

Jacques Rigaut

The movie Oslo, August 31st directed by Joachim Trier, released in 2012, is also largely based on Le Feu Follet although the narrative takes place in contemporary Norway.

Jorn Madslien

Born in 1967 in Oslo, Norway, Jorn was a medical officer in the Norwegian cavalry, before reading philosophy at the University of Oslo and economics at the University of Leeds.

Kaare Langlo

Kaare Langlo (born Oct 7, 1913 in Bergen, Norway – Oct 7, 1985 in Oslo) was a Norwegian meteorologist.

Kaffebrenneriet

20 coffeeshops in the capital Oslo and one near Oslo (in Asker, about 20 minutes from the city center),and a webshop, Kaffebrenneriet employs more than 200 full- and part-time workers.

Ken Friedman

From 1994 to 2009, Friedman was professor in the Department of Culture, Communication, and Language at the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo, as well as at the Design Research Center at The Danish Design School in Copenhagen from 2003 to 2009.

Knut Haukelid

Knut Haukelid (born May 17, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, United States; died March 8, 1994 in Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian resistance movement soldier during World War II, most notable for participating in the Norwegian heavy water sabotage.

L. B. Hanna

On July 4, 1914 at Christiania (Oslo), they presented the people of Norway with a statue of Abraham Lincoln.

La Ritournelle

It was also used as a backing track for the credits in a "Come Dine With Me" episode and it features in the soundtrack of award-winning film Oslo, August 31st by Joachim Trier.

Lars Kristian Brynildsen

He studied clarinet at the music conservatories in Oslo, Norway and Freiburg, Germany in addition to taking private lessons in Paris.

Lerkendal Stadion

Rosenborg's Nils Skutle stated that if it was not built ahead of the 1997–98 season, Rosenborg would only be allowed to sell 2,800 tickets to their home Champions League matches, and that they instead would be forced to play their games at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo.

Lise Stauri

Lise also studied gymnastics in Denmark, finally graduated from Elverum Teachers' Seminary in 1904, worked as a teacher in Vats, Buøy and Stavanger and finished additional teacher courses in Kristiania in 1907.

Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway

Imsen, Steinar Våre dronninger: fra Ragnhild Eriksdatter til Sonja (Oslo: 1991)

Mike Kigen

He set a personal best of 12:58.58 in the 5000 metres at the Bislett Games in Oslo and became the national champion over the distance.

Nordstrand IF

Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway.

Norwegian Academy of Music

The Norwegian Academy of Music (Norwegian: Norges musikkhøgskole, NMH) is a music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner.

Norwegian Armed Forces

Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization (NDLO) at Kolsås outside Oslo is responsible for engineering, procurement, investment, supply, information and communications technology.

Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch

The Gold Watch was introduced in 1930, when the four players with 25 caps, (Gunnar Andersen, Per Skou, Einar Gundersen and Adolph Wold) was awarded the Gold Watch during a banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo.

Orthodoxy in Norway

The Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe has a total of three priests and one hierodeacon in Norway, two of the priests residing in the Oslo area and one at Greipstad in Songdalen near Kristiansand.

Oskar Braaten

Braaten is best known for his popular plays and novels depicting the life of factory workers alongside Akerselva in Oslo.

Oslo Graben

The bedrock in this area, roughly from Skien to Oslo and Mjøsa, results in soil rich in nutrients important for plant growth.

Oslo-class frigate

Half of the project expenses were funded by the United States as a part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) (a program that ran from when it was passed by the Congress in October 1949 until 1967–68).

Qualimetry

That this initiative was timely and justifiable was borne out by a series of international scholarly conferences fully or partly devoted to issues of qualimetry, e.g., in Moscow, Oslo, Varna, Yerevan, Madrid or Tallinn.

Sigurd Ribbung

Helle, Knut Under kirke og kongemakt, 1130-1350 (Oslo: 1995)

Snow Treasure

An article published in The Cairns Post, an Australian newspaper, on 22 August 1941, reported that £15,000,000 in gold bullion — packed in 1500 crates and requiring 30 trucks — had been smuggled past German troops from Oslo to Åndalsnes, 300 miles to the north, where British warships were waiting.

Statsbygg

The agency dates back to 1816 when King Charles II appointed Christian Ancher Collett as a consultant to manage the royal buildings around Christiania.

Thora Neels-Hansson

Thora Neels-Hansson died on December 15, 2007, in Oslo, Norway.

Yugoslavia at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.