Cities

Oslo

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Oslo." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/oslo.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Oslo. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/oslo

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-oslo,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Oslo},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/oslo},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway, at the head of the Oslofjord. It is the country's economic and governmental hub, with an urban area extending into neighbouring Akershus county and encompassing about 1.1 million residents.

Facts

Population

724,290 1

1 January 2025 figure (capital city, municipality and county), from Oslo's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

480 1

Founding Year

1048 1

1048 is given in the infobox for the city's establishment as a trading place under Harald Hardrada; the article elsewhere gives circa 1040 for the city's founding, so this date is approximate.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Latitude

59.91333 degrees north 1

Longitude

10.73889 degrees east 1

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