History of Oslo
Oslo offers free guided tours in the Medieval Park (Middelalderparken). This is what I learned from a guided tour with Sara on a Sunday in late July.
Oslo’s history is the story of a city shaped by power, trade, disaster, and reinvention. From medieval Oslo under King Håkon V, through the Danish and Swedish unions, the 1814 Constitution, industrial expansion, and modern state-building, this category traces how the capital evolved politically, culturally, and socially.
Middelalderparken: Where Oslo’s Origin Story Keeps Being Rewritten
Oslo offers free guided tours in the Medieval Park (Middelalderparken). This is what I learned from a guided tour with ...
The Kristiania crash of 1899: When Oslo’s housing boom destroyed a generation of wealth
The Kristiania crash of 1899 wiped out a generation of property wealth. In real terms, prices did not return to ...
A thousand years of Oslo: From trading post to capital city
Oslo has been burned to the ground, moved by royal decree, renamed twice, and occupied by foreign forces. A thousand ...
Akerselva: The Lifeblood of Oslo – From Roaring Factories to a Green Oasis
She is the main artery of a blooming city. Learn how the river Akerselva has given life to Oslo through ...
Seven layers of history at Ekeberg
The Ekeberg hillside shadowing the south side of Oslo is one of the countries deepest historical landscapes — a place ...
Oslo Cathedral, faith, and the making of a plural city
Norway is among the most secular countries in the world. But we have a lot of churches anyway. This is ...
Hausmannskvartalene: an urban area defined by ambiguity
Reference article based on a commentary by Knut Schreiner, published in Aftenposten on 18 January 2026 ...
When fascism met its limits: street politics and antifascism in pre-war Oslo
In the interwar years, Oslo was not merely a capital city. It was a political landscape, shaped and contested street ...