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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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    Vinderen is a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. It was a separate borough until 1 January 2004, when it was incorporated into...
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    2004 the borough of Røa was merged with neighbouring Vinderen to become Vestre Aker borough. Røa is a suburb of Oslo, located approximately 7 kilometers...
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    the vicarage of Vestre Aker parish. Among the parsons was poet and folklorist Jørgen Moe, who is buried at the churchyard (Vestre Aker kirkegård). "Blindern"...
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    pronunciation: [ˈhɔ̂ɫmn̩ˌkɔɫn̩]) is a mountain and a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. It goes up to 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea...
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    Norwegian Academy of Arts from 1909 to 1925. Christian Krohg was born at Vestre Aker (now Oslo), Norway. He was one of five children born to Georg Anton Krohg...
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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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  • 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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    Lysakerfjorden and Bygdøy in the south, Frogner borough in the east and Vestre Aker borough in the north. Before the borough mergers of 2003, the neighboring...
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    Vettakollen is a hill and neighbourhood in the borough of Vestre Aker in Oslo, Norway. The hill lies west of Sognsvann and southeast of Voksenåsen and...
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    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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    retaining its former name, was renamed 'Oslo'. In 1948 Oslo merged with Aker, a municipality which surrounded the capital and which was 27 times larger...
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    became parish priest of Bragernes Church, then in 1870 he moved again to Vestre Aker, close to Christiania (now Oslo). In 1874, he became bishop in the Diocese...
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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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    Hosle 2, Hosle, Bærum Bergen, Bergen Ready 3, Vestre Aker, Oslo Røa, Vestre Aker, Oslo Skeid, Nordre Aker, Oslo Strømsgodset, Drammen Ullern 2, Ullern...
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  • Norwegian: [ˈrø̀ːɑ ˈjæ̂ːrəfɑˌbrɪkː]) is a manufacturing company based in Vestre Aker, Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1954 by Bjørn Berg Larsen, and bought...
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  • covering Oslo City Council affairs. The western boroughs of Ullern and Vestre Aker were served by two borough-specific newspapers: Akersposten, first published...
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    for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties. He was born in Vestre Aker. He was a sub-editor in Fremtiden from 1907 to 1914, journalist in Social-Demokraten...
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    military officer, businessman and sports official. Krag was born in Vestre Aker to director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads, Hans Hagerup...
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  • 1908 – 31 October 1998) was a Norwegian equestrian. She was born in Vestre Aker. She competed in equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm...
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  • August 1903 – 30 April 1998) was a Norwegian goldsmith. He was born in Vestre Aker to goldsmith Arthur David-Andersen, a goldsmith, and Helene Sofie Hirschholm...
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    Borgen is a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough in Oslo, Norway. In addition to being a residential area, Borgen is mostly known for Borgen station...
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  • Steinerskolen i Oslo) is a Waldorf school located in the Vestre Holmen area in the Vestre Aker district of West End Oslo, Norway. It is an integrated primary...
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  • 28 October 2017) was a Norwegian priest. He was hired as a curate in Vestre Aker in 1972, and from 1977 he was a vicar as well as dean of the deanery...
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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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    Slemdal is a neighborhood in the borough of Vestre Aker in Oslo, Norway. The neighborhood lies south of Vettakollen, and was built up from the 1890s....
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    Norway. It is the parish church for the Ullern congregation in the Vestre Aker Deanery of the Diocese of Oslo. The church is built of stone in 1903...
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