Q 01/05

Oslo is the capital of which country?

A) Finland

B) Norway

C) Sweden

D) Denmark

Answer · why

B) Norway

It is both a county and a municipality, the only city in the country where the two administrative levels are integrated.

Q 02/05

Which Viking king established Oslo as a trading place in 1048?

A) Haakon the Good

B) Olaf Tryggvason

C) Cnut the Great

D) Harald Hardrada

Answer · why

D) Harald Hardrada

The sagas date the founding to around 1049, but Christian burials from before AD 1000 let the city celebrate its millennium in 2000.

Q 03/05

What was Oslo called from 1624 until 1925?

A) Frederikshald

B) Nidaros

C) Christiania

D) Haakonsborg

Answer · why

C) Christiania

After a three-day fire, King Christian IV rebuilt the city closer to Akershus Fortress and named it after himself.

Q 04/05

In what year did the city officially take back the name Oslo?

A) 1948

B) 1930

C) 1960

D) 1925

Answer · why

D) 1925

After full independence in 1905, Norwegians felt a capital named for a Danish king was inappropriate.

Q 05/05

Which king first resided permanently in Oslo, making it the capital around 1300?

A) Olaf III

B) Magnus the Lawmender

C) Haakon V

D) Sverre

Answer · why

C) Haakon V

He also began building Akershus Fortress; Oslo's status faded again under the personal union with Denmark from 1380.