From 1814, Christiania became the capital of Norway, which had regained partial independence from Denmark and entered a union with Sweden.
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The settlement was founded in 997 as a trading post, and it served as the capital of Norway during the Viking Age until 1217.
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Today the oil industry is a key industry in the Stavanger region and the city is widely referred to as the Oil Capital of Norway.
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On 2 July 2005, BBC News reported that the Piano Man, when shown a map, pointed to Oslo, the capital of Norway.
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In the 13th century, until 1299, Bergen was the capital of Norway and Holmen was thus the main seat of Norway's rulers.
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During Bergen's period as the capital of Norway in the 13th century, Holmen and Christ Church was the political centre of the country.
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He started building Akershus Fortress and was also the first king to reside permanently in the city, which helped to make Oslo the capital of Norway.
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Bosse began her career in a minor company run by her forceful older sister Alma Fahlstr�m in Kristiania ( now Oslo, the capital of Norway ).
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During Haakon's reign, Oslo gradually took over the functions of capital of Norway from Bergen, though there was no official pronouncement of this at any time.
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They separated in 1906 and two years later, in Christiania, then capital of Norway, he married another actress : Mimi Mikkelsen, with whom he lived until she died in 1951.
