Grefsen
Grefsen is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway. Grefsen was a part of the municipality of Aker before the Second World War, later incorporated into Oslo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in the city of Oslo
- Also known as: “Grafsen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grefsen Church and BI Norwegian Business School.
Grefsen Church
Church
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Grefsen Church is a long church located in Grefsen, a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway. The church was consecrated by Bishop Eivind Berggrav on March 3, 1940 and it is the parish church of the Grefsen Parish.
BI Norwegian Business School
College
BI Norwegian Business School is a Norwegian private business school. BI is organized as a self-owned foundation whose sole purpose is teaching and research.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Storo and Disen.
Storo
Suburb
Storo is a neighborhood in the boroughs of Sagene and Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. It is located east of Nydalen, south-west of Grefsen and north of Sandaker.
Disen
Suburb
Disen is a neighborhood divided between the boroughs of Bjerke and Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. Disen was originally a manor south of Grefsenåsen. The name stems from dís in Norse mythology.
Åsen
Neighborhood
Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Åsen is a neighborhood divided between the boroughs of Sagene and Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. The neighbourhood is named after the old farm Åsen. The first element is áss m 'mountain ridge', the last element is vin f 'meadow'.
Grefsen
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.95234° or 59° 57′ 8″ northLongitude
10.78669° or 10° 47′ 12″ eastElevation
146 metres (479 feet)Open location code
9FFGXQ2P+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 760758385OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Grefsen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grefsen”
- German: “Grefsen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grefsen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grefsen”
- Norwegian: “Grefsen”
- Swedish: “Grefsen”
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