Christiania

Country

Union between Sweden and Norway

Coordinates

59.9133, 10.7389

History

• Oslo (–1624), Denmark–Norway
• Christiania (1624–1814), Denmark–Norway
• Christiania (1814–1877), Union between Sweden and Norway
• Kristiania (1877–1905), Union between Sweden and Norway
• Kristiania (1905–1924), Norway
• Oslo (1924–), Norway

Composers

• Otto Winter-Hjelm (1837–1931), died in Oslo
• Johan Svendsen (1840–1911), was born in Christiania
• Iver Holter (1850–1941), died in Oslo
• Christian Sinding (1856–1941), died in Oslo
• Per Winge (1858–1935), died in Oslo
• Gustav Lange (1861–1939), died in Oslo
• Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935), died in Oslo
• Signe Lund (1868–1950), died in Oslo
• Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932), died in Oslo
• Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959), died in Oslo
• Nils Larsen (1888–1937), died in Oslo
• Pauline Hall (1890–1969), died in Oslo
• Sverre Hagerup Bull (1892–1976), was born in Kristiania
• Bjarne Brustad (1895–1978), died in Oslo
• Eivind Groven (1901–1977), died in Oslo
• Karl Andersen (1903–1970), was born in Kristiania
• Klaus Egge (1906–1979), died in Oslo
• Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981), died in Oslo
• Anne-Marie Ørbeck (1911–1996), was born in Kristiania
• Robert Levin (1912–1996), died in Oslo
• Knut Nystedt (1915–2014), died in Oslo
• Finn Mortensen (1922–1983), died in Oslo
• Tone Groven Holmboe (1930–2020), died in Oslo
• Arne Nordheim (1931–2010), died in Oslo
• Dagne Groven Myhren (1940–2024), was born in Oslo
• John Persen (1941–2014), died in Oslo
• Knut Sönstevold (1945–), was born in Oslo
• Ragnar Søderlind (1945–), was born in Oslo
• Trond Kverno (1945–), was born in Oslo
• Olav Anton Thommessen (1946–), was born in Oslo
• Kjell Mørk Karlsen (1947–), was born in Oslo
• Lasse Thoresen (1949–), was born in Oslo
• Philip Kruse (1949–), was born in Oslo
• Synne Skouen (1950–), was born in Oslo
• Cecilie Ore (1954–), was born in Oslo
• Geir Holmsen (1956–), was born in Oslo
• Rolf Wallin (1957–), was born in Oslo
• Nils Henrik Asheim (1960–), was born in Oslo
• Wolfgang Plagge (1960–), was born in Oslo
• Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred (1970–), was born in Oslo
• Marcus Paus (1979–), was born in Oslo