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About Oslo

Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken, the northernmost Danish province. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in the year 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king's honour. It was established as a municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city functioned as the capital of Norway during the 1814–1905 union between Sweden and Norway. From 1877, the city's name was spelled Kristiania in government usage, a spelling that was adopted by the municipal authorities only in 1897. In 1925 the city, after incorporating the village retaining its former name, was renamed Oslo. In 1948 Oslo merged with Aker, a municipality which surrounded the capital and which was 27 times larger, thus creating the modern, vastly enlarged Oslo municipality.

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It is currently 8:34 AM in Oslo. Oslo uses W. Europe Standard Time and also supports W. Europe Daylight Time.

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Oslo to Besseggen Oslo to Eidsvoll Oslo to Aachen Oslo to Røros Oslo to Slependen Oslo to Nittedal Station Oslo to Moldova Oslo to Sogndalsfjøra Oslo to Vestfjorden Oslo to Montevideo Oslo to Hamer Oslo to Wuhan Oslo to Lierbyen Oslo to Skjold Rogaland Norway Oslo to Fira Oslo to Krøderen Oslo to Karlovy Vary Oslo to Holmedal Oslo to Breda Oslo to Söderköping Oslo to Caltanissetta Oslo to Gaularfjellet Oslo to Bruflat Norway Oslo to Târgu Jiu Oslo to Siljansnäs Oslo to Yamoussoukro Oslo to Steigen Station Oslo to Ängelholm Blekingegatan Oslo to Iguazu Falls Oslo to Breheimen Oslo to Niamey Oslo to Agios Ioannis Rentis Oslo to Surahammar Oslo to Saint Denis Oslo to Norwegian County Road 17 Oslo to Moheda Oslo to Gmina Dębno Oslo to Bejing Oslo to Cesena Oslo to Sziget Festival Oslo to Toulouse Matabiau Station Oslo to Hede Jämtland County Sweden Oslo to Cirencester Oslo to Ehra Lessien Oslo to Pauillac Oslo to Arabygdi Oslo to El Gouna Oslo to Céret Oslo to Holmstrand Västerbotten Sweden Oslo to Læsø Island