Bekkelaget is a neighborhood in the borough Nordstrand in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. Originally, Bekkelaget was the maritime area south of Oslo city, in Aker municipality adjacent to the

Bunnefjorden Bunnefjorden, sometimes referred to as Bunne Fjord, is a part of the Oslofjord in south eastern Norway, located east of the Nesodden peninsula.https://snl.no/Bunnefjorden "en indre arm av Oslofjorden i Viken fylke. Fjorden .. skilt fra hovedfjor ...

. With the opening of the

Østfold Line The Østfold Line () is a railway line which runs from Oslo through the western parts of Follo, Norway, Follo and Østfold to Kornsjø in Norway. It continues through Sweden as the Norway/Vänern Line. The northern half is double track and the en ...

, Bekkelaget station was opened, and the elevated area between

Ekeberg Ekeberg is a neighborhood in the city of Oslo, Norway. The Norway Cup Association football, soccer tournament takes place at Ekebergsletta every summer. "Sletta" means "the plain". The painting "The Scream" by Edvard Munch is painted from Utsi ...

and Nordstrand was built up and more densely populated. This area was called Bekkelagshøgda, while the maritime area became known as Nedre Bekkelaget. This area is separated by Ormsund with

Ormøya Ormøya is an inhabited island in the inner part of Oslofjord, in the municipality of Oslo. It is located north of the island Malmøya and west of the mainland at Bekkelaget / Nordstrand. A bridge over the strait Ormsundet connects the island t ...

. Until 2004 Bekkelaget and adjacent Ekeberg constituted its own borough, ''Ekeberg-Bekkelaget''. Bekkelaget is known nationwide for the sports club

Bækkelagets SK Bækkelagets Sportsklub is a Norwegian sports club from Bekkelaget in southern Oslo, founded in 1909. The club has sections for skiing (including ski jumping and biathlon), orienteering, handball, football, floorball and track and field athletics ...

. The local rowing club is

Ormsund RK Ormsund Roklub is a rowing club from Oslo, Norway. Established on 21 July 1883, it is based on Malmøya in the Oslofjord, outside Bekkelaget. Well-known members include the 1912 Olympic bronze winners Claus Høyer, Reidar Holter, Max Herseth, Frith ...

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Neighbourhoods of Oslo {{Oslo-geo-stub

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