Oslofjord

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Oslofjord

The Oslofjord is a bay

Bay

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays generally have calm waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave and often reducing winds....
in the south-east of Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær

Torbjørnskjær fyrstasjon

Torbj?rnskj?r fyr is a fully automated coastal lighthouse situated on a skerry in the archipelago municipality of Hvaler. It marks the east side of the entrance to the Oslofjord, F?rder marking the west....
and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to 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....
in the north. The bay is divided into the inner (indre) and outer (ytre) Oslofjord at the point of the 17 km long and narrow Drøbaksundet. The entire population situated around the Oslofjord including Oslo is about 1.7 million, and the total population of all the counties situated around the fjord is approxiametely 2 million.

In spite of its name, the Oslofjord is not, geologically speaking, a fjord

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
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The Oslofjord is a bay

Bay

Norway

Torbjørnskjær fyrstasjon

Oslo

Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
. In historical times, it was known by the current name of the region, Viken

Viken

Viken is a historical districts of Norway surrounding the Oslofjord in southeastern Norway. The cultural hub is centred in Oslo, but the capital of the region was formerly at Borre, Norway....
(the bay); it is unclear when (and for what reason) the body of water acquired its current name.

Norwegian painter Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch was a Norway Symbolism Painting, printmaker, and an important forerunner of Expressionism. His best-known composition, The Scream is one of the pieces in a series titled The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of life, love, fear, death, and melancholy....
had a cottage and studio in Åsgårdstrand

Åsgårdstrand

?sg?rdstrand is a town in Vestfold, Norway. It is also the name of a former independent municipality and a center of trade. The town is situated 10 km south of Horten, 10km north of T?nsberg and 100km south of Oslo by the west coast of the Oslofjord....
on the fjord and it appears in several of his paintings, including The Scream
The Scream

The Scream is the title of expressionism paintings and prints in a series by Norway artist Edvard Munch, depicting an agonised figure against a blood red sky....
and Girls on the Pier.

The fjord was the scene of a key event in the German invasion of Norway in 1940. The invasion included a planned landing of 1,000 troops transported by ship to Oslo. Colonel Eriksen, Commander of the Oscarsborg fortress near Drøbak, mainly maintained for historical purposes, sank the German heavy cruiser

Heavy cruiser

The heavy cruiser was a type of cruiser, a naval warship designed for long range, high speed and an armament of naval guns roughly 203mm calibre ....
Blücher
German cruiser Blücher

The Bl?cher was a Germany Admiral Hipper class cruiser heavy cruiser. The Kriegsmarine's newest ship at the outbreak of World War II, having been in commission for just over six months, she was sunk by Norwegian shore defences at the Battle of Dr?bak Sound on April 9 1940, the first day of the Operation Weser?bung....
in the Drøbak

Drøbak

Dr?bak is an Unincorporated area List of cities in Norway and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,358 inhabitants....
narrows.

The fortress's resistance blocked the route to Oslo, thus delaying the rest of the group long enough for the royal family, the government and parliament to be evacuated, as well as the national treasury. The result was that Norway never surrendered to the Germans, leaving the Quisling

Vidkun Quisling

Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonss?n Quisling was a Norway army officer and politician. He worked with Fridtjof Nansen during the famine in the Soviet Union, and served as Minister of Defence in the Senterpartiet government 1931-1933....
government illegitimate and permitting Norway to participate as an ally

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers of World War II during the World War II. Within the ranks of the Allies powers, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America were known as "The Big Three"....
in the war

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, rather than as a conquered nation.

The Oslofjord is one of the nine venues of the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship.