Theme: History in Oslo, Norway — page 2

Forsvarsmuseet

Forsvarsmuseet, the Armed Forces Museum, is the main museum of the Norwegian Armed Forces and has been at Akershus Fortress since 1860.

• Must see
• Museum

Frognerseteren

Frognerseteren is a historic restaurant from 1891 high above Oslo, on the edge of the Nordmarka forest, and one of the best examples of the dragon style (dragestil) in the city.

• Must see
• Historic site

Ibsen Museum

Ibsenmuseet

The Ibsen Museum preserves the apartment where Henrik Ibsen, Norway's greatest playwright, lived the last 11 years of his life with his wife Suzannah.

• Must see
• Museum

St. Olav's Cathedral

Sankt Olav domkirke

St. Olav's Cathedral (Sankt Olav domkirke) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo and the parish church of St. Olav's parish.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

Norsk Teknisk Museum

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (Norsk Teknisk Museum) is Norway's national museum of technology, industry, science and medicine.

• Must see
• Museum

Bogstad

Bogstad gård

Bogstad (Bogstad gård) is a historic manor house and former estate in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, beside the lake Bogstadvannet in the Sørkedalen valley.

• Must see
• Museum

Nordic Bible Museum

Nordisk bibelmuseum

The Nordic Bible Museum (Nordisk bibelmuseum, Nobimu) in central Oslo is the first Bible museum in the Nordic countries.

• Must see
• Museum

The Queen Sonja Art Stable

Dronning Sonjas kunststall

The Queen Sonja Art Stable (Dronning Sonja KunstStall) is a museum, art gallery and concert hall in the former stables of the Royal Palace in Oslo, close to the Palace Park.

• Must see
• Museum

Old Aker Church

Gamle Aker kirke

Old Aker Church (Gamle Aker kirke) is a medieval church and active parish church that is the oldest existing building in Oslo.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Intercultural Museum

Interkulturelt museum

The Intercultural Museum (Interkulturelt museum) occupies the former Grønland police station in Oslo, where the old cells are now used as exhibition spaces.

• Must see
• Museum

Jewish Museum in Oslo

Jødisk museum

The Oslo Jewish Museum (Jødisk Museum i Oslo) at Calmeyers gate 15B presents Jewish culture, tradition and history and Judaism in general through exhibitions, lectures, concerts and other cultural activities.

• Must see
• Museum

Villa Paus

Villa Paus (Pausvillaen) is a listed villa at Christian Benneches vei 6 on Bygdøy in Oslo.

• Must see
• Historic site

Vaterland Bridge

VATERLANDS BRU

Vaterland Bridge (Vaterlands bru) crosses the Aker River (Akerselva) in the centre of Oslo. It carries the street Brugata and links the neighbourhoods of Vaterland and Grønland.

• Must see
• Historic site

Villa Stenersen

Villa Stenersen in Oslo was designed between 1937 and 1939 by the architect Arne Korsmo for the financier and art collector Rolf E. Stenersen.

• Must see
• Museum

Oslo Ladegård

Ladegården

Oslo Ladegård is a manor house in Gamlebyen, Oslo, built on the site of the Old Bishop's Palace.

• Must see
• Museum

Holmenkollen Chapel

Holmenkollen kapell

Holmenkollen Chapel is a Church of Norway chapel in the Holmenkollen neighbourhood of the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, and a listed site.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Historical Museum in Oslo

Historisk museum

The Historical Museum (Historisk museum) is a museum building at Tullinløkka in central Oslo, opened to the public in 1904.

• Must see
• Museum

Baitun Nasr Mosque

Baitun Nasr moské

Baitun Nasr Mosque, also known as the Furuset Mosque, is an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Furuset in the Alna borough, in north-eastern Oslo, near the E6 highway.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Sofienberg Church

Sofienberg kirke

Sofienberg Church is a Church of Norway parish church at Rathkes gate 18 in Grünerløkka, Oslo, standing inside Sofienberg Park on what was once a cemetery.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Sagene Church

Sagene kirke

Sagene Church is a Church of Norway parish church at Dannevigveien 17 in the Sagene district of Oslo, and one of the city's most rugged and prominent churches.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Kulturkirken Jakob

Kulturkirken Jakob is a church in Hausmanns gate, by Ankerbrua bridge in central Oslo, designed by architect Georg Andreas Bull, built in 1880 and named after the apostle St James.

• Must see
• Place of worship

St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery

St. Hallvard kirke

St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery stands on Enerhaugen in eastern Oslo, not far from the site of the medieval St. Hallvard's Cathedral.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Frogner Church

Frogner kirke

Frogner Church is a Church of Norway parish church in the Frogner borough of Oslo, part of the Oslo arch-deanery in the Diocese of Oslo.

• Must see
• Place of worship

St Mary's Church

Mariakirken

St Mary's Church (Mariakirken) was a church in medieval Norway, and also a major landowner and a powerful political institution.

• Must see
• Place of worship

Fagerborg Church

Fagerborg kirke

Fagerborg Church stands south of Stensparken in the Fagerborg area of Oslo.

• Must see
• Place of worship