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Lilletorget
Lilletorget (originally named Vaterlands Torv) is a square in Oslo, Norway. It was established as a square in 1867, and was named ''Lilletorvet'' from 1872. It is located near the Vaterland Bridge Vaterland Bridge ( no, Vaterlands bro) is a bridge that crosses the Aker River in the city center of Oslo, Norway. History The bridge is located on the street Brugata, and connects the neighborhoods of Vaterland and Grønland. The bridge was o ... of ''Brugata''. Ola Enstad's sculpture ' ( en, Fist and Rose) from 1991 is located at Lilletorget. There was also a temporary station with the same name, which was established to replace Brugata and Hausmanns gate, which were being upgraded and reconstructed. This was removed in 2021. References Squares in Oslo {{oslo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Enstad
Ola Enstad (10 November 1942 – 2 August 2013) was a Norwegian sculptor. Biography He was born in Lesjaskog in Oppland, Norway. Enstad first studied architecture at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim. Enstad attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry ''Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole'') from 1967 to 1969 and the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (''Statens kunstakademi'') under Per Palle Storm in 1969–1972. He debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''Høstutstillingen'') in Oslo during 1970 and held a separate exhibition in the Artists' Association in 1973. He was awarded the Statens reisestipend in 1976 and Oslo bys stipend in 1977. Among his works are ''Stegosaurus'' from 1979 (later destroyed), ''4 vogger'' from 1989, located at the Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art, and ''Neve og rose'' from 1991 at Lilletorget, Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, 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 in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaterland Bridge
Vaterland Bridge ( no, Vaterlands bro) is a bridge that crosses the Aker River in the city center of Oslo, Norway. History The bridge is located on the street Brugata, and connects the neighborhoods of Vaterland Vaterland means "Fatherland" in German. It may also refer to: *Vaterland, Norway, a neighborhood in Oslo *The ocean liner SS ''Vaterland'', later known as SS ''Leviathan'' *''Liechtensteiner Vaterland'', largest daily newspaper in Liechtenstein ... and Grønland. The bridge was originally built in 1654 and rebuilt during the 1830s. Vaterland bridge was the main entrance to the city from the north and east until the construction of Nybrua in 1827. References Bridges in Oslo {{Norway-bridge-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Byleksikon
''Oslo byleksikon'' ( en, Oslo City Encyclopaedia) is an encyclopaedia on Oslo, Norway's capital city. It has been published in five editions since 1938. The third, fourth and the fifth editions were published in cooperation between the heritage association Selskabet for Oslo Byes Vel and the publishing house Kunnskapsforlaget. The latest edition was published in 2010, comprising approximately 6,100 entries. Editions First edition (1938) The first edition of ''Oslo byleksikon'' was published by the Tanum publishing house. It was written and edited by the geographer Aksel Arstal (1855–1940), who was more than 80 years old at the time of publication. In the edition's preface, Arstal states that "the book should contain everything what an Oslo citizen ought to know about the city and the region he frequently visits". Arstal also stated that he wanted the entries in the encyclopedia to be "short, accurate and factual" and without "passion". The edition strictly followed the new o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Just
Carl Just (10 September 1897 – 16 October 1990) was a Norwegian journalist. Early and personal life He was born in Kristiania to the wholesaler Carl Johan Beckman (1871–1931) and his wife Selma Augusta Just (1877–1946). Just grew up in Kristiania with foster parents. He never met his father, but met his mother once in his adult life. He married Margaretha Aximia Lundqvist (1894–1969) in 1919. Career In 1917–19, he worked as a journalist in the Norwegian newspaper ''Dagbladet''. After that, he moved to Bergen, where he became editor-in-chief of '' Folkets Avis''. From 1921 to 1928, he was an editor of the Christian newspaper '' Dagen''. Thereafter, he worked in the news department of the broadcasting corporation in Bergen for two years. He edited ''Morgenbladet'' from 1928 to 1936. After a brief period in ''Bergens Aftenblad'', Just became the editor-in-chief of a number of weekly magazines and yearbooks. Just was the rector of the Norwegian Journalist Academy throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
