Alna is a borough of the city of
Oslo
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,
Norway
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. It is named after the
River Alna, which flows through it.
The borough consists of the following neighborhoods:
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Alnabru
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Ellingsrud
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Furuset
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Haugerud
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Hellerud
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Lindeberg
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Teisen
Teisen is a neighborhood in the borough of Alna in Oslo, Norway
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Trosterud
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Tveita
In the Oslo borough reform in 2004, the borough
Helsfyr-Sinsen was removed, and the neighborhoods Teisen and Bryn were included in Alna.
Demographics
As of 1 January 2020 there were 49,801 people living in the borough. Of these, 24,943 (50.1%) were male. There were 1,495 immigrants from Western countries and 24,943 from Non-Western countries (50%). The countries from where most immigrants originated were
Pakistan
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(5,060),
Turkey
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(1,500),
Sri Lanka
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(1,161), the former
Yugoslavia
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(1,078), and
Somalia
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(756). There were 641 births in the borough in 2018, and 341 deaths. The same year 6,875 people moved into the borough, while 6,767 moved out. In 2018, the average gross income for the borough was
NOK
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Archaeology
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394,000, somewhat lower than the average for the city of
NOK
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Archaeology
The discovery of terracotta figurines at this location caused its name to be used for the Nok culture, ...
529,400.
Politics
As a borough of Oslo, Alna is governed by the city council of Oslo as well as its own borough council. The council leader is Mari Morken from the
Labour Party and the deputy leader is Sunniva Bratsberg, of the
Socialist Left Party. The Labour Party has the most seats. The 15 seats are distributed among the following
political parties
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for the 2019-2023 term:
* 6 from the
Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)
* 2 from the
Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)
* 2 from the
Conservative Party (Høyre)
* 2 from the
Red Party (Rødt)
* 2 from the
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)
* 1 from the
Green Party
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(Miljøpartiet de Grønne)
Transport
The area is served by the
Furuset Line of the
Oslo Metro, which was constructed throughout the 1970s. All stations between
Hellerud and
Ellingsrudåsen are within Alna. It is also served by an assortment of bus lines part of
Ruter's bus network. It is also served by
Alna railway station, which is part of the Trunk Line running between
Oslo S and
Lillestrøm.
References
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Boroughs of Oslo
Ethnic enclaves in Norway