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Oslo City Hall


 
 

The OsloOslo

Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway....
 City Hall houses the City CouncilCity council

A city council is a form of local government, usually covering a city or other urban area, such as a town....
, City administration, and art studios and galleries. The construction started in 1931, but was paused by the outbreak of World War IIWorld War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers ,...
, before the official inauguration in 1950. Its characteristic architecture, artworks, and the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel....
 ceremony makes it one of OsloOslo

Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway....
's most famous buildings. It was designed by Arnstein ArnebergArnstein Arneberg

Arnstein Rynning Arneberg was a Norwegian architect, often considered the leading architect in Norway of his time....
 and Magnus PoulssonMagnus Poulsson Overview

Magnus Poulsson was a Norwegian architect....
.

It is situated in Pipervika in central downtown Oslo. The area was completely renovated and rebuilt to make room for the new City Hall, back in the late 1920's.

In June 2005 it was named Oslo's "structure of the century", with 30.4% of the votes.

Nobel prize for peace is given to the winner on 10th of December each year in Oslo city hall.

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