Sarabråten

Sarabråten is an area near the lake Nøklevann in Østmarka, Oslo, Norway.

Now a recreational area, it was owned by Thomas Johannessen Heftye and his descendants from 1856 to 1911, and after that by Oslo municipality.[1] It was first recorded under the name Jørgensrud in 1578, when owned by the Diocese of Oslo.[2] A ski jumping hill was located here earlier.[1]

Sarabråten has a memorial of Christian Dons,[1] founder of the Scout Movement in Norway, as well as a memorial raised in 1946 of nine WWII resistance members.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Sarabråten" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Sarabr%C3%A5ten. Retrieved 9 April 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "Speech by the Mayor of Oslo, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Sarabråten memorial" (in Norwegian). Oslo municipality. 7 June 2006. http://www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/ordf%C3%B8reren%20(ORDFOREREN)/Internett%20(ORDFOREREN)/Dokumenter/Taler%20og%20appeller/07062006_Sarabraaten.pdf. Retrieved 13 March 2009.