Timeline of Oslo

Prior to 19th century

1000 - St. Clement's Church built (approximate date).

1050

Oslo founded by Harald Hardrada (approximate date), according to Snorre's saga.

Mariakirken built (approximate date).

1070 - Catholic diocese of Oslo established (approximate date).

1080 (approximate) Old Aker Church erected (still existing)

1153 - Oslo Cathedral School established.

1240 - Battle in Oslo 1240

1290s - Akershus Fortress construction begins (approximate date).

1299 - Norwegian capital relocated to Oslo from Bergen.

1308 - Akershus fortress withstands attack by Eric, Duke of Södermanland

1314 - Haakon V of Norway declared that the provost of St Mary's church should be chancellor of Norway "for ever"

1349 - Black Death plague.

1352 - St. Hallvard's Cathedral and the other Sogne Churches are burned to the ground in a major fire.

After 1536

1536 - Reformation, Norway became a province of Denmark, government administration moved to Copenhagen

1567 - city destroyed during Nordic Seven Years' War

1624 - 1624 Oslo fire; settlement relocated to newly founded "Christiania," "Oslo" remained the name of a village outside the city

1639 - Holy Trinity Cathedral (Oslo) built.

1641 - Gamle rådhus (town hall) built.

1643 - Printing press in operation.

1654 - Vaterland Bridge built.

1686 - Fire ruins ¼ of the city.

1697 - Domkirken (church) built.

1716 - City occupied by forces of Charles XII of Sweden.

1769 - first census held and recorded 7469 inhabitants

1780 - Deichman Library founded.

19th century

1811 - Royal Frederick University and Selskabet for Oslo Byes Vel (civic group) founded.

1814

Christiania became capital in the new state of Norway

University Botanical Garden (Oslo) established.

1815 Supreme Court of Norway established

1819

Morgenbladet (newspaper) begins publication.

Oslo Exchange established.

Børshagen (park) opens.

1827 - Nybrua (bridge) built.

1829

May: Battle of the Square.

J.W. Cappelens Forlag (publisher) in business.

1836 - National Gallery built.

1837

Christiania Theatre built.

Andreas Tofte becomes mayor.

1838 - Christiania becomes a municipality.

1841 - Akers Mekaniske Verksted in business.

1844 - Toftes Gave (orphanage) established.

1848 - Christiania Bank established.

1849 - Royal Palace inaugurated.

1851

"Cellular prison" begins operating.

Oslo host a nordic student meeting.

1852

Christiania Norwegian Theatre opens.

Oslo host a nordic student meeting.

1854 - Eidsvoll-Christiania railroad, the "Main Line", begins operating.

1855 - Population: 31,715

1857 - Den norske Creditbank headquartered in city.

1858 - 14 April: 1858 Christiania fire.

1860 - Aftenposten newspaper begins publication.

1863 - Murder of Knut Grøte occurs.

1866

District Court established.

Storting building (for parliament) constructed.

1868 - Norwegian Trekking Association headquartered in city.

1869 - Oslo host a nordic student meeting.

1872

Railway Drammen Line begins operating.

West Station built.

Aschehougs bokhandel (bookshop) in business.

1875

Horse-drawn tram begins operating.

Commerce School established.

1876 - Christiania Technical Evening School founded.

1878 - City expanded. Frogner, Majorstuen, Torshov, Kampen and Vålerengen are populated and rebuilt.

1879 -Husebyrennet ski race held first time

1881 - May: Wergeland monument unveiled in Eidsvolls plass.

1885

26 February: 1885 speed skating race at Frognerkilen takes place.

Folkeakademiet founded.

1892 - Holmenkollbakken (ski jump) built, Husebyrennet became Holmenkollen Ski Festival.

1894 - Electric tram begins operating.

1897 - Centralteatret opens.

1898 - Tram Holmenkollen Line begins operating.

1899 - Nationaltheateret (theatre) built.

20th century

1900 - Postage meter (machine) introduced.

1901 - Nobel Peace Prize ceremony begins.

1904 - Norwegian Nobel Institute established.

1905 - Haakon VII became first king of independent Norway

1907 - Norwegian School of Theology established.

1908 - Oslo Chamber of Commerce established.

1910 - Population: 241,834.

1912 - Kjeller Airport begins operating.

1913 - Det Norske Teatret opened

1914 - 1914 Jubilee Exhibition held.

1916 - City Parks Department established.

1920 - Synagogue built.

1925 - City renamed "Oslo," the "Oslo" suburb renamed "Old Town" (Gamlebyen)

1926 - Ankerbrua (bridge) rebuilt.

1928

Underground Oslo Metro begins operating.

Ulvøybrua (bridge) built.

1929

Det Nye Teater opens.

Eldorado Cinema (Oslo) in business.

1932 - Oslo breakfast introduced in schools.

1934

Railway Sognsvann Line begins operating.

Saga Kino (cinema) opens.

1940 - 9 April: German occupation begins, King and cabinet escaped

1941

September: Milk strike occurs.

Bredtvet concentration camp in operation.

1942

25 September: Oslo Mosquito raid by British forces.

26 November: Norwegian Jews deported to Auschwitz from Oslo harbour

1943 - 19 December: 1943 Filipstad explosion.

1944 - Monolitten (sculpture) unveiled in Frogner Park.

1945

8 May German capitulation

7 June King Haakon returned to Oslo and Allied occupation ended

1946

Armed Forces Museum (Norway) established.

Population: 417,238.

1948 - Aker becomes part of city.

1950 - Oslo City Hall completed after 19 years construction.

1952 - February: 1952 Winter Olympics held in Oslo.

1954 - Monolittrennet (ski race) begins.

1959

Peace Research Institute Oslo founded.

Sagkrakken Bridge built.

1963

Club 7 active.

Munch Museum opens.

1972 - Fiskevollen Bridge built.

1973 - Oslo Airport location controversy.

1977 - Oslo Concert Hall opens.

1980

Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies established.

Oslo Central Station, Nationaltheatret Station, and Oslo Tunnel open.

1982 - Blitz (movement) begins.

1990

Oslo Spektrum (arena) opens.

Festningstunnelen opened

1992

Oslo byarkiv (city archives) established.

Ann-Marit Sæbønes becomes mayor.

1993

Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations ("Oslo Accords") take place in Oslo.

Islamic Council Norway headquartered in city.

1994

Oslo Courthouse built.

Stenersen Museum opens.

1995

Lodalsbruene (bridge) built.

Per Ditlev-Simonsen becomes mayor.

1998

Rikshospitalet (hospital) opens.

Railway Gardermoen Line begins operating.

21st century

2000 - City celebrates thousand-year jubilee.

2001 - January: Demonstration following Hermansen murder.

2002

June: World Bank Oslo 2002 Protests.

Population: 516,467 city; 783,829 metro.

2003

Oslo Bysykkel (bikeshare) begins operating.

2004

22 August: Robbery takes place at the Munch Museum.

Rabita-moskeen (mosque) established.

2006 - Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat (mosque) opens.

2007 - Fabian Stang becomes mayor.

2008 - Oslo Opera House opens.

2009 - Stian Berger Røsland becomes governing mayor.

2011

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011

22 July: Bombing in Regjeringskvartalet; 69 people are massacred on the nearby Utøya island.

Akrobaten (bridge) and Nordenga Bridge built.

2012 - 16 April: Breivik trial begins.

2014

March: Bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics submitted.

Future Library project organized.

Population: 647,676 city; 942,084 metro.

2015

September: 2015 Oslo municipal election held.

22 July Information Center opens.