Høybråten is a residential area in the north-eastern part (Stovner bydel) of Norway's capital
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) 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 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
. Høybråten has its own
church
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Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
, schools and
railway station
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.
As of 2024, the estimated population is 8076.
Sports
Høybråten Basketball Club (HBBK) won 16 Norwegian woman championships in basketball uninterrupted for 15 years (1981 to 1995), as well as in 1998. It earned them a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Høybråten og Stovner IL (HSIL) took the championship gold in cross-country relay race for women in 2003 and 2007, the first time with Kristin Stormer Steira on the team.
Noted people related to Høybråten
* Thor Gjermund Eriksen, former editor of Dagbladet (2003–06), now Director of Broadcasting in NRK
* Jon Knudsen, soccer keeper who debuted on the national men's team in 2008
* Odd Nordhoug, author and professor at the Norwegian School
* Orji Okoroafor, finalist in Idol (TV program) in 2003, actor and basketball player
* Afshan Rafiq, Right Politician, former MP and former member of the Oslo City Council
References
External links
100 years on Høybråten– anniversary of the first settlement
– about Høybråten and Stovner ILs football
Høybråten got dream school– see also: the finest school
Neighbourhoods of Oslo
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