Alna is a borough of the city of
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 ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. It is named after the
River Alna, which flows through it.
The borough consists of the following neighborhoods:
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Alnabru
Alnabru is a neighbourhood of north-eastern Oslo. It lies in the middle of the southern part of the Grorud valley (Groruddalen). The name – which means "Alna bridge" – comes from that of the Alna River, from which are also derived the name ...
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Ellingsrud
Ellingsrud is a neighbourhood in the borough of Alna in the north-east part of Oslo, Norway. Ellingsrud consists of Ellingsrudåsen, Bakås, Fjeldstad, Karihaugen, Munkebekken, and the small area of Kaiekroken, located in the far east close to ...
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Furuset
Furuset is residential and suburban area, situated in the northeast of Oslo, Norway. It was a separate borough of Oslo up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the new borough of Alna. Furuset is a suburb in eastern Groruddalen
The Groru ...
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Haugerud
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Hellerud
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Lindeberg
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Trosterud
Trosterud is a neighborhood in Alna borough in Oslo, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandin ...
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Tveita
Tveita is a neighborhood in the borough of Alna in Oslo, Norway.
The area was built up between 1963 and 1967. It is served by the station Tveita on the Oslo Metro
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Demographics
As of January 1, 2020, there were 49,801 people living in the borough. Of these, 24,943 (50.1%) were male. There were 1,495 immigrants from Western countries and 24,943 from Non-Western countries (50%). The countries from where most immigrants originated were
Pakistan
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(5,060),
Turkey
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(1,500),
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
(1,161), the former
Yugoslavia
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(1,078), and
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
(756). There were 641 births in the borough in 2018, and 341 deaths. The same year 6,875 people moved into the borough, while 6,767 moved out. In 2018, the average gross income for the borough was
NOK
Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is an archeological site.
Archaeology
The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, of which these ...
394,000, somewhat lower than the average for the city of
NOK
Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The village is an archeological site.
Archaeology
The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, of which these ...
529,400.
Politics
As a borough of Oslo, Alna is governed by the city council of Oslo as well as its own borough council. The council leader is Mari Morken from the
Labour Party and the deputy leader is Sunniva Bratsberg, of the
Socialist Left Party. The Labour Party has the most seats. The 15 seats are distributed among the following
political parties
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for the 2019-2023 term:
• 6 from the
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)
• 2 from the
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)
• 2 from the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
(Høyre)
• 2 from the
Red Party (Rødt)
• 2 from the
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)
• 1 from the
Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
(Miljøpartiet de Grønne)
References
Boroughs of Oslo
Ethnic enclaves in Norway
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