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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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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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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Drøbak Sound (redirect from Inner Oslofjord)
(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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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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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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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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FSK during training in the Oslofjord, entering a ferry by telescopic ladder...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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(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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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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German attackers counted only about 10,000 men. German ships came into the Oslofjord, but were stopped when the Krupp-built artillery and torpedoes of Oscarsborg...
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Fred. Olsen Group. The company originated in Hvitsten, a small town on Oslofjord in Norway, in 1848 by three Olsen brothers, Fredrik Christian, Petter...
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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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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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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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(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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