Tøyen is a residential area in the central parts of Oslo, Norway, part of the borough of

Gamle Oslo Gamle Oslo is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The name means "Old Oslo", and the district contains Old Town. The borough has several landmarks and large parks, including the Edvard Munch Museum, the Botanical Gardens and a medieval park. ...

Location

There are two different stations which carry the name Tøyen.

Tøyen Railway Station Tøyen is a residential area in the central parts of Oslo, Norway, part of the borough of Gamle Oslo. Location There are two different stations which carry the name Tøyen. Tøyen Railway Station is located on the Gjøvik Line, while Tøyen T ...

is located on the Gjøvik Line, while Tøyen T-bane Station on the shared stretch just east of the downtown area. The railway station is about 750 metres northeast of the subway station. Above the Tøyen subway station is a shopping centre. Apart from the Munch Museum, there is a park north of the subway station with botanical gardens and paleontological, geological and zoological museums. Tøyen has been associated with social problems such as poverty associated with the high number of immigrants to Norway living there.

Tøyen Manor

The area is named after Tøyen Manor (''Tøyen hovedgaard''), one of the former large estates in Oslo. Tøyen was originally a property owned by the Nonneseter Abbey. The current Manor House was built in 1679 and is one of Oslo's oldest timber buildings. Norway's Chancellor

Jens Bjelke Jens Ågessøn Bjelke (2 February 1580 – 7 November 1659) was a Norwegian nobleman who was Chancellor of Norway from 1614 to 1648, when he was succeeded by Hannibal Sehested. He was the son of Åge Bjelke and Margrethe Thott. At the time o ...

acquired the property about 1620. When the Chancellor died 1659, and his youngest son

Jørgen Bjelke Jørgen Bjelke (2 June 1621 – 17 June 1696) was a Norwegian officer and nobleman. He was born at Elingaard Manor on Onsøy near Fredrikstad, in Østfold County, Norway and died in Kalundborg, Denmark. Early and personal life He was the son of ...

inherited the estate. City magistrate

Johan Lausen Bull Johan Lausen Bull (14 May 1751 – 29 July 1817) was a Norwegian jurist, politician and land owner. Tøyen Manor He was born in Stod in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the son of Captain Jørgen Andreas Bull (1703–1764) and Dorothea Catharina W ...

sold the farm to King

Frederik VI Frederick VI (Danish and no, Frederik; 28 January 17683 December 1839) was King of Denmark from 13 March 1808 to 3 December 1839 and King of Norway from 13 March 1808 to 7 February 1814, making him the last king of Denmark–Norway. From 1784 un ...

in 1812, whereupon the king gave the farm to the University of Christiania. In 1814 work began on the University Botanical Garden. The main building was restored in 2006-07. The interior was restored to the period from the late 1700s to early 1800s. Today the former the newly restored manor provides reception rooms for the University of Oslo. Tøyen Manor is situated in the University Botanical Garden. The house is currently owned by the Museum of Natural History at the University of Oslo.''Tøyen Hovedgård'' (Naturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo
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The name

( Norse ''Tǫðin'', from originally ''*Taðvin''). The first element is ''tað'' n ' manure', the last element is ''vin'' f ' meadow'. The meaning is 'the fertilized meadow'.

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