Alna is a borough of the city of

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. It is named after the River Alna, which flows through it. The borough consists of the following neighborhoods: *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Haugerud * Hellerud * Lindeberg *

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 ...

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 The Oslo Metro ( no, Oslo T-bane or or simply ) is the rapid transit system of ...

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

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(5,060),

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(1,500),

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(1,161), the former

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(1,078), and

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(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

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394,000, somewhat lower than the average for the city of

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

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for the 2019-2023 term: • 6 from the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet) • 2 from the Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) • 2 from the

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(Høyre) • 2 from the Red Party (Rødt) • 2 from the Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) • 1 from the

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(Miljøpartiet de Grønne)

References

Boroughs of Oslo Ethnic enclaves in Norway {{Oslo-geo-stub