Stovner (traditionally pronounced Stomner) is a
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
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located to the far north east of the city of
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 ...
,
Norway
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. Historically, Stovner was the name of a farm in the municipal borough "
Østre Aker
Stovner (traditionally pronounced Stomner) is a borough located to the far north east of the city of Oslo, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Nor ...
". Østre Aker merged with Oslo in 1948, both instigated and followed by a massive expansion of the city settlement. Today's Stovner borough is constructed atop the home fields of the Stovner farm, the first record of which dates back to the 14th century, as well as on the fields of several other farms that were situated in the area covered by the borough. The bulk of the modern high-rise structures were built by
Selvaag and completed in the first half of the 1970s, together with several schools, a
subway line into central Oslo, and an administrative center for the borough. The last three stations of
Grorudbanen —
Rommen,
Stovner and
Vestli — are in the Stovner borough.
Stovner is the borough in Oslo and Norway with the highest density of immigrants. The proportion of newborns with an immigrant background was per. 2017 at 8
Notable people
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Petter Skogsletten (born 1993), professional football coach
References
Boroughs of Oslo
Ethnic enclaves in Norway
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