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Armed Forces Museum

The Armed Forces Museum of Norway is a museum located at Akershus Fortress in , . Previously it was named Hærmuseet, The Army Museum. The museum consists of mostly army materiel.
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  • Opening hours:
    May—August: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
    September—April: 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: military museum in Oslo, Norway
  • Also known as: “Armed Forces Museum of Norway”, “Defence Musuem”, “Forsvarsmuseet”, “Hovedarsenalet”, and “Norwegian Armed Forces Museum”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oslo Opera House and Munch Museum.

Theater building
Photo: Krakers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera house in . The building is situated in the neighbourhood of central , at the head of the . is situated 740 metres northeast of Armed Forces Museum.

Museum
Photo: Annikdance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, marketed as Munch since 2020, is an art museum in , Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. is situated 1 km east of Armed Forces Museum.

Railway station
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is the main railway station in , and the largest railway station within the entire Norwegian railway system. It connects with , which is served by trams and the Oslo Metro. is situated 1 km northeast of Armed Forces Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sentrum and Kvadraturen.

Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, 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.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in the borough of , Norway. The area is an inlet in the inner , situated between Gamlebyen and Akershus Fortress.

Armed Forces Museum

Latitude
59.90451° or 59° 54′ 16″ north
Longitude
10.74089° or 10° 44′ 27″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Levels
4
Open location code
9FFGWP3R+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 54830211
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11722422
Wiki­data ID
Q4793001
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Spanish—“Armed Forces Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Նորվեգիայի զինված ուժերի թանգարան”
  • Danish: “Forsvarsmuseet”
  • German: “FMU”
  • German: “Forsvarsmuseet”
  • German: “Verteidigungsmuseum”
  • Japanese: “兵器軍隊博物館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Forsvarsmuseet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hærmuseet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forsvarsmuseet”
  • Norwegian: “Forsvarsmuseet”
  • Russian: “Музей Вооружённых сил Норвегии”
  • Russian: “Музей Вооружённых Сил Норвегии”
  • Spanish: “Museo de las Fuerzas Armadas (Noruega)”
  • Spanish: “Museo de las Fuerzas Armadas”

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