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Oslo Posted by kari on May 6, 2010
Old Oslo, otherwise known as Christiania or Kristiania. King Harald III Sigurdsson founded byen (the city) around the year 1048. Since archaeologists have found graver (graves) in the area from before the year 1000, Oslo celebrated it’s 1000th bursdag (birthday) in the year 2000. Although the origin of the name Oslo is uncertain, you can probably guess…