Frognerseteren is a neighborhood of

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, located within

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. It is a popular starting point for recreational hiking and skiing in Oslo. Frognerseteren Station is the terminal station of the Holmenkollen Line of the

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. Frognerseteren Restaurant () and conference facilities is one of the best examples of

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in Oslo.Frognerseteren Conference and Banquet facilities
www.visitnorway.com ''Frognerseteren'' means the ''seter'' ("mountain dairy farm", roughly comparable to

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) of Frogner (Manor). Frognerseteren with parts of the

forest (Frognerseterskogen) was part of Frogner Manor until 1848, when the owner Jacob Benjamin Wegner sold the rest of the estate but kept Frognerseteren. Wegner's heirs sold Frognerseteren to Thomas Johannessen Heftye in 1864, and Heftye's heirs sold Frognerseteren to Christiania municipality in 1889. The restaurant menu is based on traditional

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