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    The Oslofjord (Norwegian: Oslofjorden, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊˌfjuːɳ]; English: Oslo Fjord) is an inlet in southeastern Norway. The 120-kilometre...
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    Ytre Oslofjord (lit. 'Outer Oslofjord') is part of a fjord in eastern Norway. The Ytre Oslofjord is the outer part of the Oslofjord which is south of point...
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    59.66472; 10.61306 The Oslofjord Tunnel (Norwegian: Oslofjordtunnelen) is a subsea road tunnel which traverses the Oslofjord, connecting Hurum and Frogn...
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  • Oslofjord is the fjord leading up to Oslo, Norway. Oslofjord may also refer to: Any of several ships operated by the Norwegian America Line: SS Oslofjord...
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    Oslofjord (formerly Bergensfjord) is a Norwegian registered ro-ro passenger ferry owned and operated by Norwegian ferry operator Fjord Line. The vessel...
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    The Action in the Oslofjord occurred late on 8 April 1940 in World War II. As Kampfgruppe 5 of the German invasion force proceeded towards Oslo, it encountered...
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    (Norwegian: Drøbaksundet) is a sound at the Oslofjord narrows between Drøbak and Hurum. "Outer Oslofjord" is a term for the fjord south of the Drøbak...
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    Oslofjord Convention Center is a convention center in Stokke, Norway, as well as the company established to manage the facility. Oslofjord Convention Center...
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  • SS Oslofjord was a small steam-powered ship built in 1923, with a tonnage of only 215. She was originally named SS Mari, but she was renamed already in...
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    MS Oslofjord was an ocean liner built in 1938 by A/G Weser Shipbuilders, Bremen, Germany, for Norwegian America Line. She was of 18,673 gross register...
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    Sound took place in Drøbak Sound, the northernmost part of the outer Oslofjord in southern Norway, on 9 April 1940. It marked the end of the "Phoney...
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    Freya (walrus) (category Oslofjord)
    In the summer of 2022, after sunbathing on and sinking boats in the Oslofjord, she was shot after concerns about her and the public's safety. She weighed...
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    MS Oslofjord was a combined ocean liner/cruise ship built in 1949 by Netherlands Dock and Shipbuilding Company in Amsterdam, Netherlands for Norwegian...
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    ferries from Strömstad near the Norwegian border to destinations around the Oslofjord in Norway. Sweden has two domestic ferry lines with large vessels, both...
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    Middle Ages for an area of Scandinavia that originally surrounded the Oslofjord and included the coast of Bohuslän. Its definition changed over time,...
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  • County earthquake. The earthquake was felt in the southern part of the Oslofjord, in the area between Moss, Halden, and Tønsberg, but was also very noticeable...
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    Fortress (Norwegian: Oscarsborg festning) is a coastal fortress in the Oslofjord, close to the town of Drøbak in Akershus County, Norway. The best known...
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    in 1963 when the main naval activities were moved from Horten in the Oslofjord to Bergen. It is the main base for most vessels within the Royal Norwegian...
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    Akershus county, Norway. Sætre is situated on the western bank of the Inner Oslofjord, approximately 45 kilometers south of Oslo. Sætre was the administrative...
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    It is located on a peninsula sticking out from Aker Brygge into the Oslofjord. It is located east of Filipstad and south of Vika. At the tip of the...
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    was 1,546,706 in 2023. The city centre is situated at the end of the Oslofjord, from which point the city sprawls out in three distinct "corridors"—inland...
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  • av Oslofjord Arena 15. september". oslofjord.com (in Norwegian). Oslofjord Convention Center. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2020. "Oslofjord Arena"...
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    drinking water supply. The lake drains via the river Akerselva to the Oslofjord. The primary inflows are Skjærsjøelva and Dausjøelva. The Hammeren Hydroelectric...
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    FSK during training in the Oslofjord, entering a ferry by telescopic ladder...
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    commander of Group 5. The ship led the flotilla of warships into the Oslofjord on the night of 8 April, to seize Oslo, the capital of Norway. Two old...
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    916. According to the Ragnarssona þáttr, he nevertheless lost Viken (Oslofjord) that had been part of the Danish realm in the 9th century. He was the...
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    (tug) HMCS Nipigon SS Norman Northerner O Oceana SS Onoko USS Oriskany Oslofjord Ozone P P29 P31 SS Panay SS Papoose Pedernales Persier HMAS Perth SS Pewabic...
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    municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants. Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish...
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    Malmøykalven is an island in the Oslofjord in Oslo, Norway. It has an area of 98,000 m2, and is located west of the island of Malmøya, separated from...
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    to any long, narrow body of water, inlet or channel (for example, see Oslofjord). The Norwegian word is inherited from Old Norse fjǫrðr, a noun which...
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