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    Vestre Aker Church is a church at Ullevaal in Oslo that was consecrated in 1855. The church was at first named Aker Church, but was renamed to Vestre...
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    Vestre Aker (Western Aker) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has a population of 50,157 as of 2020. The previous Aker Municipality was merged...
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    Albert Unger was commissioned to make the church the most alike Vestre Aker Church as possible. Østre Aker Church was consecrated 5 September 1860 with,...
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  • in Aker, which at the time was an affluent suburban community. The Aker name remains in use in two districts of Oslo, Vestre Aker and Nordre Aker, which...
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    to Drammen and became parish priest of Bragernes Church, then in 1870 he moved again to Vestre Aker, close to Christiania (now Oslo). In 1874, he became...
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    their works were Gaustad Hospital, Tangen Church (1854), Vestre Aker Church (1853–1855) and Østre Aker Church (1857–1860). Schirmer and Hanno designed...
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  • in Norway Vestre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality Nordre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality Aker Brygge, a...
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    forested area starts. It is bordered by Marka in the north and east, Vestre Aker in the west, Frogner in the southwest, St. Hanshaugen, Sagene and a small...
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    Holmenkollen Chapel (category 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings)
    (Holmenkollen kapell) is located in the neighborhood of Holmenkollen in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. The original chapel from 1903 was destroyed...
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    Granfoss Tunnel, finally emerging near Ullern Church. It passes the Radium Hospital before continuing into Vestre Aker at Smestad. The residents also have access...
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    Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian) Velkommen til Bakkehaugen, Majorstuen og Vestre Aker kirker Parish Website (in Norwegian)...
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    Diocese of Oslo (category Church of Norway dioceses)
    arch-deanery Asker deanery Bærum deanery Nordre Aker deanery Søndre Aker deanery Vestre Aker deanery Østre Aker deanery Nationwide deaneries: The deaf chaplain...
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    Bjarne Jullum (category Politicians from Aker)
    Stjørdal Municipality. He died in September 1973 and was buried at Vestre Aker Church. After finishing middle school in 1910 and a book printer apprenticeship...
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    parish church for the Ullern congregation in the Vestre Aker Deanery of the Diocese of Oslo. The church is built of stone in 1903 and has seating for 800...
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    and 1947. The major street Kirkeveien got trees from Majorstuen to Vestre Aker Church, and from 1930 parts of Colletts gate, Uelands gate and Christian...
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    military officer. Pierre Poumeau Flor was born at the Lilleaker farm in Vestre Aker, Norway. He was the son of General War Commissioner Jens Lorentz Flor...
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  • Oslo Metro system Holmenkollen, a mountain and a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo; known for its international skiing competitions Holmen...
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    August Nielsen (category Politicians from Aker)
    He died at Oslo during 1956 and was buried at Vestre gravlund. Deichmanske Library Majorstuen Church Fredrikstad Library Rotsund Chapel Oslo Railway...
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    Torstein Dale died during 1977 and was buried in the cemetery of Vestre Aker Church in Oslo. Since his death, the Norwegian Red Cross has awarded the...
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    their works were Gaustad Hospital, Tangen Church (1854), Vestre Aker Church (1853–1855) and Østre Aker Church (1857–1860). Schirmer and Hanno designed...
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    place. The borough also contains the cemeteries Nordre Gravlund and Vestre Aker, and Youngstorget – home of the Norwegian labour movement. St. Hanshaugen...
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    located in the East End and belong to the inner east. Ullern, Vestre Aker and Nordre Aker belong to the outer west area. The outer east area includes the...
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    after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo and ultimately after the medieval farm Aker in Oslo. From the Middle Ages to 1919, Akershus was a main fief and main...
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    1925–1926, and he was parish priest in Vestre Aker 1928–1930. Magelssen also served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs in the cabinet of Ivar Lykke...
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    separate municipality of Aker at the time. He also did work in Stavanger, Bergen, Fredrikstad, and Voss, and created a number of churches. He designed the West...
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  • Polar Star. He died during 1980 and was buried in the cemetery at Vestre Aker Church in Oslo. The Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land in Antarctica and...
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    Ris Church (Ris kirke) is a church in Oslo, Norway. The Romanesque Revival style church is situated in a neighborhood of Ris in the borough of Vestre Aker...
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    left the parishes of Aker, Asker, Bærum, Røyken, Hurum, Lier, and Bragernes in the Bragernes prosti. On 4 May 1819, the parish of Aker was moved to the Kristiania...
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    published by Luther Foundation (1954–1962). Hauge was a minister at Vestre Aker in Oslo from 1959 to 1962. He then served as the bishop of the Diocese...
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    Røa Church (Norwegian: Røa kirke) is a church center in Oslo, Norway. The church room has 300 seats, but this can be increased to 500 by opening the sliding...
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