Åsen is a neighborhood divided between the boroughs of

Sagene Sagene is a List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The area became part of the city of Oslo (then Oslo, Christiania) in 1859. The name Sagene itself is the plural of the Norwegian language, Norwegian word for "saw", reflec ...

and

Nordre Aker Nordre Aker (Northern Aker) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. History This area became part of the city of Oslo in 1948. Before that it was a part of the former Aker municipality in Akershus county. Demographics and housing With a pop ...

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. The neighbourhood is named after the old farm Åsen ( Norse ''Ósin'', from originally ''*Ásvin''). The first element is ''áss'' m 'mountain ridge' (here referring to Grefsenåsen), the last element is ''vin'' f '

meadow A meadow ( ) is an open habitat or field, vegetated by grasses, herbs, and other non- woody plants. Trees or shrubs may sparsely populate meadows, as long as they maintain an open character. Meadows can occur naturally under favourable con ...

'. The name is often misunderstood as ''åsen'', the finite form of ''ås'' (the modern Norwegian form of ''áss''), and is then wrongly pronounced with '' accent 1'' - but the correct pronunciation is with ''accent 2''. Åsen farm was owned by the Catholic Church until the Reformation, when it came on private hands. It was split in three in 1810. When the

Gjøvik Line The Gjøvik Line () is a Norwegian railway line between Oslo and Gjøvik. It was originally named the North Line (''Nordbanen'') and ran between Grefsen and Røykenvik. The line was completed to Gjøvik in 1902. The Gjøvik Line was one of t ...

was constructed to run through Åsen's farmlands, and it was parceled out to residencies. The municipality erected residential complexes there in the 1920s and 1930s, supplemented by blocks in the late 1940s. At Nordre Åsen there is a sports field, which is a home field of

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and Skeid Bandy.

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Neighbourhoods of Oslo {{Oslo-geo-stub