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Vestre Aker Church

Vestre Aker Church is a church at Ullevaal in that was consecrated in 1855. The church was at first named Aker Church, but was renamed to Vestre Aker Church in 1861.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in Oslo, Norway

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of Oslo Library and Arvid Storsveens plass.

Library
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The is a library connected to the University of Oslo. Like the university, it was established in 1811 with Georg Sverdrup as the first head librarian. is situated 510 metres northwest of Vestre Aker Church.

Park
Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a park, which is situated 340 metres north of Vestre Aker Church.

Stadium
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is a sports stadium in , Norway. Bislett is Norway's most well known sports arena internationally, with 15 speed skating world records and more than 50 track and field world records having been set here. is situated 1¼ km south of Vestre Aker Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Adamstuen and Fagerborg.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the borough of in , . It is located south of Ullevål University Hospital. It is served by stop of the Oslo Tramway.

Suburb
is a in the borough in , . Located at the northwestern end of the borough, it is bounded by Majorstua in in the west, by in the north, by and in the east, and by in the south.

Suburb
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is an area in the borough of in . It is best known as the site of the national headquarter of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, and "Marienlyst" is often used synonymously with NRK.

Vestre Aker Church

Latitude
59.93666° or 59° 56′ 12″ north
Longitude
10.72934° or 10° 43′ 46″ east
Elevation
99 metres (325 feet)
Inception
1855
Operator
Kirkelig fellesråd i Oslo
Open location code
9FFGWPPH+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 114706150
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
3131989
Wiki­data ID
Q4343578
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Vestre Aker Church” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Vestre Aker Kirke”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه فيستر اكر”
  • Finnish: “Vestre Akerin kirkko”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestre Aker kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestre Aker kirkested”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestre Aker kyrkje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestre Aker kyrkje”
  • Norwegian: “V.Aker”
  • Norwegian: “Vestre Aker kirke”
  • Norwegian: “Vestre Aker”
  • Swedish: “Vestre Aker kyrka”

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Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vestre Aker Church”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.