Fornebu

Fornebu is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of in , bordering western parts of . served as the main airport for Oslo and the country since before World War II and until the evening of October 7, 1998, when it was closed down.
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Photo: Wilhelm Joys Andersen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: village in Østlandet, Norway
  • Also known as: “Fornebulandet”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nansenparken and Fornebu S.

Park
Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shopping center
Photo: Fornebu Senter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a shopping center.

Historic site
Photo: Anders Beer Wilse, Public domain.
, Fornebu was the primary international airport serving and from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by , and the area has since been redeveloped.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oksenøen and Stabekk.

Locality
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelled Oxenøen and Oksenøyen, and sometimes referred to as Bruk, is an office complex on the peninsula of Fornebu in Bærum Municipality, .

Suburb
Photo: Punkmorten, Public domain.
is a suburban centre in the municipality of , , west of . It is predominantly a residential area, with many residents commuting to Oslo.

Suburb
Photo: JanFredrikB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a populated peninsula in the inner in . It belongs to municipality in county. It is located south of the districts , Lagåsen and Fornebu, and has 2,940 inhabitants.

Fornebu

Latitude
59.89641° or 59° 53′ 47″ north
Longitude
10.61553° or 10° 36′ 56″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NO NZB
Open location code
9FFGVJW8+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1510692320
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3156764
Wiki­data ID
Q2363688
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Fornebu” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Fornebu”
  • Bulgarian: “Форнебу”
  • Cebuano: “Fornebu”
  • Chinese: “福尼布”
  • Danish: “Fornebu”
  • Dutch: “Fornebu”
  • Finnish: “Fornebu”
  • French: “Fornebu”
  • German: “Fornebu”
  • Irish: “Fornebu”
  • Italian: “Fornebo”
  • Italian: “Fornebu”
  • Japanese: “フォーネブ”
  • Javanese: “Fornebu”
  • Malay: “Fornebu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fornebu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fornebo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fornebu”
  • Norwegian: “Fornebu”
  • Persian: “فورنبو”
  • Polish: “Fornebu”
  • Russian: “Форнебу”
  • Serbian: “Fornebu”
  • Serbian: “Форнебу”
  • Slovenian: “Fornebu”
  • Spanish: “Fornebu”
  • Swedish: “Fornebo”
  • Swedish: “Fornebu”
  • Urdu: “فورنیبو”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Festplassen and Nansenparken parkrun.

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