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Karl Johans gate

Karl Johans gate is the main street of the city of , Norway. The street was named in honor of King Charles III John, who was also King of Sweden as Charles XIV John.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Theatre and National Gallery.

Theater building
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in is one of 's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts.

Public building
Photo: Bep, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a gallery in , . Since 2003 it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. is situated 200 metres northeast of Karl Johans gate.

Town hall
Photo: Ranveig, CC SA 1.0.
is a municipal building in , the capital of . It houses the city council, the city's administration and various other municipal organisations. is situated 330 metres south of Karl Johans gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vika and Sentrum.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the Oslo city center in . It is located between the , , , , , , and borders on the north with Karl Johans gate, the main street of the…

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, literally Centre, is the core of inside the first ring road, plus the area around the Royal Palace and Tjuvholmen island. This is the area around Oslo's main street, Karl Johan street, and the Akershus fortress overlooking the harbour and the great Oslo fjord.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Karl Johans gate

Latitude
59.91489° or 59° 54′ 54″ north
Longitude
10.7351° or 10° 44′ 6″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
9FFGWP7P+X2
Geo­Names ID
6940532
Wiki­data ID
Q1490775
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Karl Johans gate” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կարլ Յոհանի փողոց”
  • Basque: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Belarusian: “вуліца Карла-Юхана”
  • Belarusian: “Вуліца Карла-Юхана”
  • Bulgarian: “Булевард „Карл Йохан“”
  • Bulgarian: “Карл Юхан”
  • Chinese: “卡尔·约翰大道”
  • Chinese: “卡爾·約翰大街”
  • Czech: “Ulice Karla Johana”
  • Danish: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Dutch: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Faroese: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Finnish: “Karl Johans gate”
  • French: “Karl Johans gate”
  • German: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Hebrew: “קרל יוהאנס גטה”
  • Icelandic: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Japanese: “カール・ヨハン通り”
  • Kalaallisut: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Korean: “칼 요한스 거리”
  • Northern Sami: “Karl Johan gáhta”
  • Northern Sami: “Karl Johan gáhtta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karl Johan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Norwegian: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Persian: “خیابان کارل یوهان”
  • Russian: “Улица Карла Юхана”
  • Russian: “улица Карла-Юхана”
  • Spanish: “Calle Karl Johans”
  • Swedish: “Karl Johan”
  • Swedish: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Tagalog: “Karl Johans gate”
  • Ukrainian: “вулиця Карла-Юхана”
  • Ukrainian: “Вулиця Карла-Юхана”
  • Vietnamese: “Karl Johans gate”
  • “Karl Johans gate”

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