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Aker (from the Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 akr m 'field, acre') is a former municipality in Akershus
Akershus

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and ?stfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants....
, which lends its name to a municipality and a county in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The name originally belonged to a farm which was located near the current Old Aker Church
Old Aker Church

Old Aker Church : Gamle Aker kirke) is a medieval church located in Oslo. It is a Roman basilica built from limestone. The church is the oldest existing building in Oslo, and was erected by king Olav Kyrre in 1080 as a church for all of Vingulmark....
, the church in turn being the source of the name for the municipality and county.

Akers Herred had 6375 inhabitants in 1769, and this number increased to 7600 in 1801.Aker was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
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Aker (from the Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 akr m 'field, acre') is a former municipality in Akershus
Akershus

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Hedmark, Oppland, Buskerud, Oslo and ?stfold; it has also a short border with Sweden . Akershus is the second largest county by population after Oslo, with more than half a million inhabitants....
, which lends its name to a municipality and a county in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
. The name originally belonged to a farm which was located near the current Old Aker Church
Old Aker Church

Old Aker Church : Gamle Aker kirke) is a medieval church located in Oslo. It is a Roman basilica built from limestone. The church is the oldest existing building in Oslo, and was erected by king Olav Kyrre in 1080 as a church for all of Vingulmark....
, the church in turn being the source of the name for the municipality and county.

Akers Herred had 6375 inhabitants in 1769, and this number increased to 7600 in 1801.Aker was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt
Formannskapsdistrikt

Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norway local self-government districts put into force in 1838. This system of municipality was created in a bill approved by the Storting and signed into law by King Charles XIV John of Sweden on 14 January 1837....
). It was subdivided in 1861 into Østre and Vestre Aker, and in 1906 was further subdivided into Ullern
Ullern

Ullern is an affluent borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. Ullern was established as a parish in the municipality of Aker in 1906. Ullern became a part of Oslo in 1948....
 and Nordstrand
Nordstrand, Norway

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. On 1 January 1948 Aker municipality was incorporated into the city of Oslo
Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
. The municipality had 135,000 inhabitants and included the residential areas of Ullern, Vestre Aker, Østre Aker and Nordstrand, as well as the outlying areas were all incorporated into Oslo.

Since the city of Christiania
Christiania

Christiania can refer to:* The former name of Oslo from 1624 to 1877, also known as Kristiania 1878?1924* Christiania Township, Minnesota...
 was founded in 1624, Aker had been the source of territory for expansion of the city. The first expansion came as early as 1629, when a number of farms were transferred inside the city Bymark. The Bymark area lay under the city’s civil administration, but for ecclesiastical purposes remained part of Aker's parish. Aker borders Bymark on the west side of the Skillebekken, and on the east side, the river Akerselva
Akerselva

Akerselva is a river which flows through Oslo. It starts at Maridalsvannet in Oslomarka, and follows the urban areas Nordre Aker, Sagene, Gr?nerl?kka, Oslo and Gr?nland, Oslo, whereby it finally ends at Paulsenkaia and Oset in Bj?rvika....
. The entire Bymark and portions of the Akerselva were incorporated into the city in 1859. Adjustments were made again in 1878 and Aker was finally fully incorporated into Oslo in 1948.