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Norway’s Resistance Museum

Norway's Resistance Museum also known as the Norwegian Home Front Museum is a museum located at the Akershus Fortress in . The museum collection focuses on Norwegian resistance during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: world war ii museum in Akershus Fortress, Oslo
  • Also known as: “NHM”, “Norges hjemmefrontmuseum”, and “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oslo City Hall and Nobel Peace Center.

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 490 metres north of Norway’s Resistance Museum.

Museum
Photo: Sean Hayford O’Leary, CC BY 2.0.
The in , Norway, is a showcase for the Nobel Peace Prize and the ideals it represents. The center is also an arena where culture and politics merge to promote involvement, debate and reflection around topics such as war, peace and conflict resolution. is situated 520 metres northwest of Norway’s Resistance 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 1 km east of Norway’s Resistance 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 neighbourhood in central , . Since the 1980s and 1990s, it has been a popular area for shopping, dining, and entertainment, as well as a high-end residential area. It was previously an industrial area.

Norway’s Resistance Museum

Latitude
59.9078° or 59° 54′ 28″ north
Longitude
10.73576° or 10° 44′ 9″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
9FFGWP5P+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 270315261
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
11829704
Wiki­data ID
Q1781522
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Norway’s Resistance Museum” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “NHM”
  • Danish: “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de Rezisto de Norvegio”
  • Esperanto: “NHM”
  • Esperanto: “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • French: “musée de la Résistance norvégienne”
  • French: “Musée de la Résistance norvégienne”
  • German: “Hjemmefrontmuseet”
  • German: “Hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • German: “NHM”
  • German: “Norwegens Widerstandsmuseum”
  • German: “Norwegisches Heimatfront-Museum”
  • German: “Norwegisches Heimatfrontmuseum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hjemmefrontmuseet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “NHM”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “NHM”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • Norwegian: “Norges hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • Norwegian: “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • Persian: “موزه مقاومت نروژ”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul rezistenței din Norvegia”
  • Romanian: “NHM”
  • Romanian: “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”
  • Russian: “Музей движения Сопротивления”
  • Russian: “Музей Норвежского движения сопротивления”
  • Spanish: “Museo de la Resistencia Noruega”
  • Swedish: “NHM”
  • Swedish: “Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum”

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