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Oslo (Norway)

LC control no.n 79018884
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingOslo (Norway)
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Geographic subdivision usageNorway--Oslo
Variant(s)Municipality of Oslo (Norway)
Oslo kommune (Norway)
See alsoPredecessor: Kristiania (Norway) http://rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/P60683
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Other standard no.d483950c-bf91-4774-9804-12a2cebc1bcb
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Q585
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Associated countryNorway
Special noteOld catalog heading: Oslo
Found inStatistisk årbok for Oslo, 1980: t.p. (Oslo kommune; The Municipality of Oslo)
Oslo city website, Apr. 16, 2010 (official name: Oslo kommune; conventional name used throughout site: Oslo)
Vevstad, A. Det begynte med Frognerseterskogen, 1989: t.p. (Oslo kommunes ...)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (unknown; 59°54ʹ48ʺN 010°44ʹ20ʺE)
Wikipedia, Mar. 29, 2010 (Oslo; capital and largest city in Norway. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by a fire in 1624. The Danish-Norwegian king Christian IV rebuilt the city as Christiania (briefly also spelled Kristiania). In 1925 the city reclaimed its original Norwegian name, Oslo)
Britannica online, Mar. 29, 2010 (Oslo, formerly (1624-1877) Christiania, or (1877-1925) Kristiania; city was founded by King Harald Hardraade about 1050, and about 1300 the Akershus fortress was built by Haakon V. After the city was destroyed by fire in 1624, Christian IV of Denmark-Norway built a new town farther west, under the walls of the Akershus fortress, and called it Christiania)
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Invalid LCCNn 91125847