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Oslo, capital and largest city of Norway.It lies at the head of Oslo Fjord in the southeastern part of the country. The original site of Oslo was east of the Aker River. The city was founded by King Harald Hardraade about 1050, and about 1300 the Akershus fortress was built by Haakon V. After the city was destroyed by fire in 1624, Christian IV of Denmark-Norway built a new town farther west ...
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Oslo (/ ˈ ɒ z l oʊ / OZ-loh, US also / ˈ ɒ s l oʊ / OSS-loh, Norwegian: [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ] ⓘ or [ˈʊ̂slʊ, ˈʊ̀ʂlʊ]; Southern Sami: Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.It constitutes both a county and a municipality.The municipality of Oslo had a population of 709,037 in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and the ...
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Kingdom of Norway (1) Unified from the petty kingdoms of Norway to a single Kingdom of Norway, which had no clear or single capital. However, it's believed that Norway's oldest royal residence and seat of power was at the Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate. Niðaróss: Nidaros Trondheim (1) 997 1016 Founded by Olav Tryggvason. Borg: Ditto Sarpsborg ...
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Cruise Norway, www.cruisenorway.com: This site previews the best itineraries for those who'd like to cruise the fjords of Norway or take various Scandinavian cruises in general. Independent vacation packages are highlighted. Skiing Norway and Lillehammer, www.lillehammer.com: This site is loaded with details about Norway's oldest sports resort ...
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Norway, country of northern Europe that occupies the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula. Nearly half of the inhabitants of the country live in the far south, in the region around Oslo, the capital. About two-thirds of Norway is mountainous, and off its much-indented coastline lie, carved by deep glacial fjords, some 50,000 islands.
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