The home of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theater in Norway. The structure contains 1,100 rooms in a total area of 49,000 m2. The main stage is 16 meter wide and 40 meter deep. The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with marble from Carrara, Italy and white granite and […]
In 1880, sons of the owner of Gokstad farm, having heard of the legends surrounding the site, uncovered the bow of a boat while digging in the still frozen ground. As word of the find got out, Nicolay Nicolaysen, then President of the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments, began excavating the mound from the […]
The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of the human condition. The Scream is the popular name given to a composition created by Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch in 1893. Scholars have located the spot to a fjord overlooking Oslo Munch created two […]
The civil leadership of the resistance, represented by lawyer Sven Arntzen, demanded Quisling be treated like any other murder suspect and, on 9 May, Quisling and his ministers turned themselves in to police.Quisling was transferred to Cell 12 in Møllergata 19, the main police station in Oslo. The cell was equipped with a tiny table, a basin, […]
