Frognerkilen
Frognerkilen is a bay in the inner Oslofjord of Norway, east of the Bygdøy peninsula. Its name stems from the neighbourhood Frogner, a name which was taken from a farm.Photo: Chell Hill, CC BY 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oscarshall palace and Fram Museum.
Oscarshall palace
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oscarshall Palace is a maison de plaisance located in the small fjord Frognerkilen on Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway.
Fram Museum
Museum
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fram Museum is a museum telling the story of Norwegian polar exploration. It is located on the peninsula of Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. Fram Museum is in an area with several other museums including the Kon-Tiki Museum, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, the Viking Ship Museum and the Norwegian Maritime Museum.
Kon-Tiki Museum
Museum
Photo: Grzegorz Wysocki, CC BY 3.0.
The Kon-Tiki Museum is a museum in the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It houses vessels and maps from the Kon-Tiki expedition, as well as a library with about 8,000 books.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skarpsno and Gimle.
Skarpsno
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skarpsno is a neighborhood in Frogner borough in Oslo, Norway. The area is located near Frognerkilen. Skarpsno was a former ferry landing site with traffic to Bygdøy, and a storage yard for timber.
Gimle
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gimle is an exclusive neighbourhood within the borough Frogner in Oslo, Norway. It is noted for its many embassies and as of 2014, had set a record for the most expensive property sold in Norway.
Skillebekk
Suburb
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skillebekk is a neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway. It is located near Solli plass in the West End of Oslo, and is served by the station Skillebekk on the Skøyen Line. The name originates from Skillebekken, a brook between Bymarken and Frogner Hovedgård.
Frognerkilen
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in the inner Oslofjord of Norway
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.91259° or 59° 54′ 45″ northLongitude
10.69667° or 10° 41′ 48″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
9FFGWM7W+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 849847306OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Frognerkilen” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Frognerkilen”
- Galician: “Frognerkilen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frognerkilen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Frognerkilen”
- Norwegian: “Frognerkilen”
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