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Oslo
(
Norse pronunciation:
[u?lu]
(
listen
)
or
[uslu]
) is a
coonty
an
municipality
, as well as the
caipital
an lairgest
ceety
in
Norawa
. Oslo wis establisht as a municipality on 1 Januar 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt
). Foondit aroond 1048 bi King
Harald Hardrada
, the ceety wis lairgely destroyed bi a fire in 1624. The Dens?Norse king
Christian IV
rebuilt the ceety as
Christianie
(briefly an aa spelt
Kristianie
). In 1925 the ceety reclaimit its oreeginal Norse name, Oslo. The
diocese o Oslo
is ane o the five oreeginal dioceses in Norawa, which oreeginatit aroond the year 1070.
Oslo is the
cultural
,
scientific
,
economic
an
govrenmental
centre o Norawa. The ceety is an' a' a hub o Norse trade, bankin, industry an shippin. It is an important centre for maritime industries an maritime trade in Europe. The ceety is hame tae mony companies athin the maritime sector, some o them are amangst the warld's lairgest shippin companies, shipbrokers an maritime insurance brokers. Oslo is a pilot ceety o the
Cooncil o Europe
an the
European Commission
intercultural ceeties
programme.
Oslo is considered a
global ceety
an ranked "Beta World Ceety" in studies performed bi the Globalization an World Ceeties Study Group an Netwirk in 2008.
[7]
For several years, Oslo haes been leetit as ane o the maist expensive ceeties in the warld alang wi such ither global caipitals as Copenhagen, Paris, an Tokyo.
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Oslo is
twinned
or haes cooperation agreements wi the follaein ceeties/regions:
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