Oslo, Norway
Founded around 1048 by King Harald III, Oslo is the capital and most populous city in Norway. Oslo was largely destroyed by fire in 1624 and moved during the reign of King Christian IV, renamed Christiania in his honor. In 1925, twenty years after the dissolution of the personal union between Norway and Sweden, the city reclaimed the name Oslo. The origin of the name Oslo has been the subject of much debate. However, modern linguists lean toward an interpretation of "Oslo/Åslo" as either "the meadow at the foot of the hill,” with the name serving a topographical description, or the possibility of the name referring to an ancient site of worship in "the meadow consecrated to the gods.”
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Oslo Tourism
january
- New Year’s Day
february
- by:Larm
- Sami National Day
march
- Francophone Festival
- Oslo Church Music Festival (through April)
- World Cup Biathlon
april
- Easter
- Inferno Metal Festival
may
- Constitution Day
- The Norwegian Story-telling Festival
- St Hallvard's Feast Day
june
- Diamond League Athletics-Exxon Mobil Bislett Games
- Færderseilasen
- Musikkfest Oslo
- Norwegian Wood Festival
- Oslo Live Festival
- Oslo Mela Festival
- Oslo Pride Week
july
- Norway Cup (through August)
august
- Oya Festival
- Oslo Chamber Music Festival
- Oslo Jazzfestival
september
- Oslo Marathon
- Ultima Contemporary Music Festival
october
- Films from the South Festival
- Groruddalen
- Oslo Horse Show
- Oslo Opera Festival
november
- Oslo World Music Festival
december
- Christmas Day
- Designers' Christmas Market
- The Nobel Peace Prize Awards
- Norwegian Folk Musuem Christmas Fair
- St Stephen's Day
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