Tveita is a neighborhood in the borough of

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. The area was built up between 1963 and 1967. It is served by the station Tveita on the

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, and among the facilities is a shopping mall.

Tveita-gjengen

Tveita is perhaps best known as the place of origin for Tveita-gjengen, which was an infamous criminal gang who dominated the crime scene in the Oslo area during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Neighbourhoods of Oslo {{Oslo-geo-stub