Solli plass, pronounced /su:li/ or /suli/, /plas/ or /pɽas/, also called Lapsetorvet, is a square in

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, located southwest of Slottsparken and the

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. The square is elliptical in shape. In the southwest lies the

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. Further east are several commercial buildings, and the headquarters of the

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. In the northwest is found the former building of

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. There are two

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s in the area, Hydroparken in the west and the tiny

Sommerroparken Sommerroparken (Sommerro Park), formerly known as Solliparken, is a small park between the streets of Sommerrogata and Henrik Ibsens Gate in the Frogner district of Oslo, Norway. It consists of a narrow grass-covered strip with park benches, orname ...

in the north. The name stems from the property Solli, intact from 1716 to 1822. The last owner was

Claus Pavels Claus Pavels (8 January 1769 – 16 February 1822) was a Norwegian priest and diarist. His diaries from 1812 to 1822 are an important source for cultural and biographical history. He was the Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1817 until ...

; after him the property was divided. The name Solli plass came to be in 1885. The square is served by a station on the

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— Solli—as well as buses.

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