Schous plass (lit. "Schou's Square") is a square placed in the south of the borough Grünerløkka in Oslo, Norway.
The area belonged to Aker municipality until 1858, when it was incorporated into Christiania (Oslo).[1] It was laid out in 1873, and got its name in 1874. Its namesake was brewery owner Christian Schou, who died in the same year.[2] Not far away, at the property Schousløkken in the street Trondheimsveien, he had established production facilities of his beer brewery Schous Bryggeri between 1872 and 1874.[3][4] A park was established at the square between 1915 and 1916, and renovated in 1986.[2]
The square is surrounded by four streets and buildings. The local library, administratively a satellite of the Deichman Library, was raised here between 1912 and 1914. A building for the Norwegian School of Marketing (Norwegian: Norges Markedshøyskole) was erected between 1989 and 1990.[2] This institution was incorporated into the Norwegian School of Management in 1992, an institution which had its headquarters in Sandvika at the time, and only a satellite at Schous plass. The Norwegian School of Management concentrated its Oslo and Sandvika institutions into one school at Nydalen in 2005.[5] Among the most notable residents of the buildings at Schous plass are a young adult Edvard Munch, who lived at the address Schous plass 1 from 1885 to 1889.[2]
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| Place | Grünerløkka |
| Line | Grünerløkka–Torshov Line |
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Schous plass is a light rail station on the Grünerløkka–Torshov Line of the Oslo Tramway. It is served by lines 11, 12 and 13.[6] The square is not directly served by bus.
| TERMINUS | NEXT STATION ← WEST |
Schous plass | NEXT STATION EAST→ |
TERMINUS | ||
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| Majorstuen | Nybrua | Line 11 | Olaf Ryes plass | Kjelsås | ||
| Majorstuen | Line 12 | Kjelsås | ||||
| Jar | Line 13 | Grefsen | ||||
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