{"id":325,"date":"2010-05-06T02:22:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T02:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=325"},"modified":"2010-05-06T02:22:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T02:22:20","slug":"oslo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/oslo\/","title":{"rendered":"Oslo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Old Oslo, otherwise known as Christiania or Kristiania. \u00a0King Harald III Sigurdsson founded byen<\/strong> (the city)\u00a0around the year 1048.\u00a0\u00a0Since archaeologists have found graver<\/strong> (graves) in the area from before the year 1000, Oslo celebrated it’s 1000th bursdag<\/strong> (birthday) in the year 2000.\u00a0 Although the origin of the name Oslo is uncertain, you can probably guess where the name Christiania came from-you guessed it, Christian!\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1624 a major brann <\/strong>(fire) destroyed the city.\u00a0 It was later rebuilt and moved a bit west to be closer to Akershus Fortress.\u00a0 At this time, the King of Denmark & Norway (they were in a union together at the time), King Christian IV, renamed the city Christiania.\u00a0 What I wonder is if this change was narcissistically based\u00a0or if he wanted to honor God by naming the city after the Christian religion….In 1877 the name was changed from Christiania to Kristiania and in 1924 the name returned to Oslo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I recently learned of another name that Oslo has been referred to as, Tigerstaden<\/strong>\u00a0(The City of Tigers)!\u00a0\u00a0Apparently Bj\u00f8rnstjerne Bj\u00f8rnson, famous Norwegian author, thought it made sense to call Oslo by this name because he thought the city was a kald og farlig<\/strong> (cold and dangerous) place.\u00a0 In 2000 when the city was celebrating it’s 1000th bursdag<\/strong>, tiger skulpturer<\/strong> (sculptures) lined R\u00e5dhuset<\/strong> (City Hall).\u00a0 Yet another name people have referred to Oslo as is Tiggerstaden<\/strong> (literally ”City of Beggars”) at a time when there\u00a0were many beggars who roamed the streets.<\/p>\n

Oslo has been the hovedstad<\/strong> (capital) of Norway since the reign of King H\u00e5kon V in the early 14th century.\u00a0 In her Union with Denmark, Oslo was the weak power and thus was the administrative center of the union.\u00a0 In the 19th century, Oslo experienced a great deal of utvikling<\/strong> (development), including the founding of the University of Oslo, the creation of Slottet <\/strong>(the Royal Palace), Stortinget<\/strong> (Parliament), and Nasjonalteateret<\/strong> (the National Theater).<\/p>\n

While Oslo is certainly not the most beautiful city I’ve been to, it sure has a charm.\u00a0 Oslo has lies on a fjord, is home to 40 \u00f8yer<\/strong> (islands), is surrounded by bakker <\/strong>(hills) and fjell<\/strong> (mountains), and is within walking distance of skoger <\/strong>(forests) and innsj\u00f8er<\/strong> (lakes).\u00a0 I lived in Oslo for 9 months and I know there is so much more to see and experience.\u00a0 I only wish jeg hadde r\u00e5d til<\/strong> (I could afford to) eat in all of the great restaurants that I have heard and read about!<\/p>\n

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Tour of a factory on the coldest day of my life<\/p><\/div>\n

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Old Oslo, otherwise known as Christiania or Kristiania. \u00a0King Harald III Sigurdsson founded byen (the city)\u00a0around the year 1048.\u00a0\u00a0Since archaeologists have found graver (graves) in the area from before the year 1000, Oslo celebrated it’s 1000th bursdag (birthday) in the year 2000.\u00a0 Although the origin of the name Oslo is uncertain, you can probably guess…<\/p>\n

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