Haugerud is a neighborhood in the borough of

Alna Alna is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It is named after the River Alna, which flows through it. The borough consists of the following neighborhoods: * Alnabru * Ellingsrud * Furuset * Haugerud * Hellerud * Lindeberg * Trosterud * Tve ...

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. Its origin was a farm of the same name. It first had a private owner in 1670. Some of the land was parceled out in the early 1900s, and the rest of the land was bought by the municipality in 1947, and built up with apartment blocks in the late 1960s. Since 1970 it's served by the station Haugerud on the

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. The local church opened in 1975, and the neighborhood also has a shopping mall.

Haugerud Church

Haugerud Church is a church center, consecrated in 1966. The church belongs to the

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. The

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is a

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. The church bells are placed on the roof. The church has 600 seats in total.Haugerud Church
Norske kirker (in Norwegian)

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Neighbourhoods of Oslo {{Oslo-geo-stub