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Bogstadveien is a street in the district of
Frogner Frogner is a residential and retail borough in the East End and West End of Oslo, West End of Oslo, Norway, with a population of 59,269 as of 2020. In addition to the original Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg, Norway, Urani ...
in
Oslo, Norway Oslo ( or ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of towns and cities in Norway, most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a Counties of Norway, county and a Municipalities of Norway, municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a populat ...
. It is considered a
central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...
and features many of the city's wide range of exclusive shops as well as entertainment, hotels and restaurants. The road is known for the frequent
Farmer's Market A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or ...
s on weekends as well as its biannual car-free shopping events. Bogstadveien stretches from the neighbourhood
Majorstuen Majorstuen or Majorstua is a particularly affluent neighbourhood in the Frogner borough in the inner part of Oslo, Norway. Majorstuen is known for its vibrant downtown and especially its shopping area. The area has several elegant townhouses c. 1 ...
to the neighbourhood
Hegdehaugen Hegdehaugen is a neighbourhood in the borough Frogner of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the West End between Homansbyen and Majorstuen. The name origins from the man's name ''Heide''.Tvedt. Urban settlement in the area started in the 1860s, and ...
. The street was originally named Sørkedalsveien as it led to
Sørkedalen Sørkedalen is a valley located in the northwestern part of Oslo municipality, northwest of Oslo's western suburbs, in Norway. The valley stretches from the suburb of Røa to Skansebakken. The valley is frequently used as an entry point to Nor ...
, but was renamed to Bogstadveien when, in 1878, it was incorporated into Oslo. It was named for the
Bogstad Bogstad Manor (''Bogstad gård'') is a historic manor house and former estate located in the borough of Vestre Aker in Oslo, Norway. It is situated in the northwestern part of Oslo. Background Bogstad has its origin in a farm which was locat ...
Manor in Sørkedalen. In 1892, the street was extended in width to serve as the main street towards Majorstuen. On 2 March 1894, the first electric tramway line in Oslo, the
Briskeby Line The Briskeby Line () is a line of the Oslo Tramway in Norway. It runs westwards from Jernbanetorget in the Sentrum, Oslo, city center, passing through the neighborhoods of Briskeby (Oslo), Briskeby and Uranienborg, Norway, Uranienborg before reac ...
, was opened. The line runs through almost the entirety of the street, and has a Bogstadveien tram stop, single stop named for it, located by the street junction with Industrigaten. Previously the street was served by two stops, named Schultz' gate (station), Schultz' gate and rosenborg (old station), Rosenborg, but these were replaced by the eponymous Bogstadveien stop, due to their proximity. In 1892, the street's width was extended to serve as an avenue from the Royal Palace, Oslo, Royal Palace. In 1932, the two last wooden houses in the street were demolished. The writer Aasmund Olavsson Vinje lived in one of these houses, where he became friends with the painter Peder Balke. The writer Peter Christen Asbjørnsen also lived for a while in a house at the intersection of Bogstadveien and Rosenborggaten Street.


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Bogstadveien Magazine
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