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Oslo (help·info) (calle 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. It is the third-largest Scandinavian city, after Copenhagen and Stockholm, and it forms the third-largest urban area in the region, after Copenhagen and Stockholm. It is arguably the world's most expensive city in which to live.

Trivia about oslo

  • In the 1920s Norway's parliament voted to change the name of Christiania back to this
  • 1,200-year-old Viking ships are on display at the Vikingskiphuset in this Norwegian capital
  • A huge monolith featuring 121 carved figures adorns Vigeland Sculpture Park in this Norwegian capital
  • It's home to the Krigsskolen, the Norwegian military academy
  • The original site of this city, Norway's largest, was east of the Aker River, which it now straddles
  • In 1867 Edvard Grieg founded the Norwegian Academy of Music in this city, then known as Christiania
  • The Scandinavian city now known as this was founded by King Harald Hardraade around 1050
  • In 1863 Edvard Munch was born in Loten, near what is now this capital
  • Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord
  • A statue of King Olav V on skis stands near the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in this capital
  • Dick Button won the world figure skating title Feb. 29, 1952, 8 days after his Olympic gold in this Norway city
  • Sonja Henie
  • In 2001 at this city's Domkirke Crown Prince Haakon married a single mother & former waitress
  • After a 1624 fire Christian IV replanned this Northern European city & renamed it Christiania
  • Edvard Munch Museum,Ski Museum
  • It's home to the Holmenkollen ski jump
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  • Akershus Castle, overlooking a fjord, is a popular tourist attraction in this capital
  • This European city was the site of the 1952 winter Olympics
  • This city is home to the Kon-Tiki Museum & a royal palace
  • After a fire destroyed this Scandinavian capital in 1624, it was rebuilt & renamed Christiania
  • Check our Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft in this city
  • This Scandinavian capital founded around 1050 lies at the head of a fjord
  • Around 1050 Harald Hardrade founded this city on a fjord

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