Oslo
Photos from 1957
Oslo
Oslo (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878, and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924) is the capital and largest city of Norway. It is also a municipality, and a county of its own.
The city of Oslo was established as a municipality on 3 January 1838. It was
separated from the county of Akershus as a county of its own in 1842. The rural
municipality of Aker was merged with Oslo on 1 January 1948 (and then
transferred from Akershus county to Oslo county).
The population of the city proper is 548,617 (as of January 1, 2007). The city
area extends into the surrounding county of Akershus, its agglomeration totaling
839,423, and its metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Oslo region
(Stor-Osloregionen) and which extends beyond the city boundaries, has an
estimated population of 1,121,020 citizens (2005) and a land area of 6,920 kmē.
In the entire Oslo Fjord Region, there is a total population of about 1.7
million. Oslo has a current annual growth exceeding 15,000.
The city centre of Oslo is situated at the end of the Oslofjord from where the
city sprawls out both to the north and to the south on both sides of the fjord
giving the city area more or less the shape of a "U".
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Portions of Norway formerly part of Sweden
Swedish fort
Swedish style castle
