Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, is one of the four main campuses of

Oslo University Hospital Oslo University Hospital (; OUS) is a university hospital in Oslo, Norway. With over 24,000 employees it is List of hospitals by staff, the largest hospital organization in Europe. It is affiliated with the University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine, F ...

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. It was an independent hospital, ''Rigshospitalet'', later spelled ''Rikshospitalet'' ("The National Hospital"), from 1826 to 2009, when it merged with other university hospitals in Oslo. It is a highly specialized

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with special assignments in research and the development of new methods of treatment. Rikshospitalet is a part of

Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority The South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority () is the largest of the four regional health authority (Norway), regional health authorities in Norway. It covers the counties of Akershus, Agder, Buskerud, Innlandet, Oslo, Telemark, Vestfold an ...

, and is affiliated with the

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. About 60% of the patients admitted to Rikshospitalet are referred from other hospitals in Norway for more specialized investigations and treatment. In Norway, Rikshospitalet plays an important part with expert knowledge of the treatment of rare and complicated disorders. Rikshospitalet covers the whole country in various fields, including organ and bone marrow transplants, advanced

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, and treatment of children with congenital malformations. Rikshospitalet is also responsible for health care to the

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. Rikshospitalet had 585 beds as of 2005. It is renowned for its architecture. Rikshospitalet merged in 2005 with the

Norwegian Radium Hospital Oslo University Hospital, Radiumhospitalet () is one of the four campuses of Oslo University Hospital in Oslo, Norway, and is dedicated to cancer treatment. This part of the hospital is the most specialized hospital in Norway for cancer therapy and ...

to create Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. The English form of the name was ''The University Hospital Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet''. Later (in October 2007) the notation was changed to "Rikshospitalet HF" (Rikshospitalet University Hospital HF) and that name now covers what used to be 12 different governmental hospitals (Rikshospitalet, Radiumhospitalet, Geilomo, Strålesatelitt ved Sykehuset Innlandet, Hjertesenteret i Oslo, Epilepsisenteret SSE, Spesialsykehuset for rehabilitering i Stavern, Voksentoppen, Spesialsykehuset for rehabilitering i Kristiansand, Nordagutu opptreningssenter og kvinneklinikken Føderiket), each with their own specialities and now under the same "branding". The hospital is the last stop on the

Ullevål Hageby Line The Ullevål Hageby Line () is a light rail section of the Oslo Tramway. It runs from Stortorvet in the city center of Oslo, Norway to Rikshospitalet. It passes through the areas of St. Hanshaugen, Ullevål Hageby and Blindern before reaching ...

of the

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. Rikshospitalet Station is served by lines 17 and 18. Oslo Heliport, Rikshospitalet consists of a diameter

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from the

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History

It was previously located between Ullevålsveien and

Pilestredet Pilestredet is a street in Oslo, Norway which begins in the Sentrum, Oslo, city center and runs through the boroughs of St. Hanshaugen and Frogner. The street was originally called Rakkerstrædet in reference to the city dump being located along ...

—roads in Oslo. 1 April 1944, a radio station of The Resistance, located in the

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of Women's Clinic, was raided on 1 April 1944. Njølstad p.181 (

Knut Haugland Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, (23 September 1917 – 25 December 2009) was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 '' Kon-Tiki'' expedition. Early life and World War II Haugland, ...

shot four, and escaped.Njølstad p.182) It moved to its current location in 1999.

References

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