Grorud is a

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of the

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Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

. The borough contains the Ammerud, Grorud,

Kalbakken Kalbakken is a neighborhood in Grorud borough, Oslo, Norway. Kalbakken station on the Oslo Metro The Oslo Metro ( no, Oslo T-bane or or simply ) is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Sporveien T-banen on contract from t ...

Rødtvet Rødtvet is a residential area in the district of Grorud in Oslo, located just southwest of Grorud proper. The area was urbanized from the mid 1960s, and connected to the city centre with metro line 5 from 1966. Rødtvet has the forest Lillomark ...

, Nordtvet and

Romsås Romsås is a neighborhood in the city of Oslo, Norway. Located northeast of Groruddalen, at the edge of Lillomarka, Romsås was formerly its own borough but was merged into the larger borough of Grorud on January 1, 2004. The name Romsås orig ...

areas. To the north of the borough is the forest of

Lillomarka Lillomarka is an area located to the northeast of Oslo, Norway. It is a part of Oslomarka and serves as a popular recreational area. Lillomarka is bordered by Maridalen and Nordmarka in the west, Nittedal and Gjelleråsen in the east, the subu ...

. The borough is the smallest in Oslo, with fewer than 30 000 inhabitants. The area now known as Grorud was mostly farm land until after

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, an exception being Grorud proper, where mining was an important livelihood. Granite from Grorud is seen in many buildings in downtown Oslo - with the lion sculptures in front of

Stortinget The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years b ...

, the Norwegian Parliament being the most famous example. Textile industries were also a part of the

urbanization Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly th ...

of Grorud, with the river Alna and its waterfalls as power supply. The railway station at Grorud, from 1854, is one of the oldest in Norway and was a hub of the whole

Grorud Valley The Grorud Valley ( no, Groruddalen) is a valley and urban area or suburb in the northeastern part of Oslo, the capital of Norway. Four of Oslo's boroughs lie within the Grorud Valley; Bjerke to the west, Alna to the south, Grorud to the north, ...

for many years until the arrival of urbanization and the subway. Some of the old farms are still present in the Grorud landscape, although apartment buildings now are a more dominant part of the scenery. Traditionally a borough inhabited by the working class, Grorud has in the last few decades had a great influx of immigrants. The proportion of newborns with immigrant background was per. 2017 at 7

Because of these statistics Grorud is a recurring theme in Norwegian immigration politics.

Politics

As a borough of Oslo, Grorud is governed by the city council of Oslo as well as its own borough council. The council leader is Anders Røberg-Larsen from the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party and the deputy leader is Alejandro Decap, of the Socialist Left Party. The Green Party has the most seats. The 15 seats are distributed among the following

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for the 2019-2023 term: * 7 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) * 1 from the Socialist Left Party (''Sosialistisk Venstreparti)'' * 1 from the

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

(Miljøpartiet de Grønne)

Notable people

* Trygve Lie, First

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of the

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Willy Bakken Willy Bakken, stage and pen name willy b (24 June 1951 – 23 July 2010) was a Norwegian musician and popular culture writer. He hailed from Furnes. According to Bakken's own account, he became interested in rock music in 1963. As a guitarist he ...

(† 2010) popular culture writer *

Jan Bøhler Jan Bøhler (born 1 March 1952) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. Until 2020, he was a member of the Labour Party. He served as a member of Parliament representing Oslo, from 2005 to 2021. Career Stoltenberg’s first cabinet Fro ...

(b. 1952), politician, member of parliament *

Flamur Kastrati Flamur Kastrati (born 14 November 1991) is a Kosovar retired professional footballer who recently played as a forward for Eliteserien club Odd. Kastrati is of Kosovar-Albanian descent and grew up in Norway. He has represented Norway at youth ...

(b. 1991), Norwegian footballer, from

References

Gallery

File:Alnaparken with bridge.JPG, Alnaparken, bridge over river Alna, 2008. File:Grorud stasjon1.jpg, Grorud metro station, 2010. File:Grorud senter aerial.jpg, Grorud senter aerial, 2010. File:Grorud school 1.jpg, Grorud school, 2007. File:Groruddammen.JPG, Groruddammen, Alna river, 2013. {{Authority control Boroughs of Oslo Ethnic enclaves in Norway