Birkelunden

Map of the district, 1917.

Birkelunden (lit. 'The Birch Grove') is a park placed centrally in the Grünerløkka borough of Oslo, Norway. It is formed as a rectangle, more or less like a city block.

History

The area belonged to Aker municipality until 1858, when it was incorporated into Christiania (Oslo).^[1] It was made into a park on Thorvald Meyer's orders in the 1860s. Having developed the neighborhood Grünerløkka, Meyer gave the park Birkelunden to the municipality in 1882. It received major renovations between 1916 and 1920 and 1984 and 1986. In 1920 it was the intention to create a children's playground as well as a small ice rink. A music pavilion was added in 1926, and a small pool added between 1927 and 1928. The park also has several monuments, including a monument to Norwegian volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.^[2] Other major parks in the area are Olaf Ryes plass, Sofienberg Park, and Tøyen Park.

Birkelunden, with Grünerløkka school.

The park is surrounded by four streets, and housing three and four storeys tall, mostly built in the 1870s and 1880s.^[2] Grünerløkka School adjacent to the park was taken into use in 1895,^[3] and on the opposite side of the park is found Paulus Church from 1892.^[4]

In 2006 the park, school, church and fifteen blocks in the surrounding urban area was put under strict regulations, prohibiting any visible changes to the city environment. According to the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, it was the first "preservation of a cultural [physical] environment in a city"; earlier the cultural environments Havråtunet, Sogndalsstrand, Utstein Abbey, Neiden and Kongsberg Silver Works had been preserved.^[5]

Transport

Birkelunden

Location	Grünerløkka, Oslo Norway
Coordinates	59°55′38″N 10°45′36″E / 59.9271°N 10.7601°E / 59.9271; 10.7601
Line(s)	Grünerløkka–Torshov Line

Birkelunden 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 park is also served by line 30 of Ruter's bus network.

References

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↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Grünerløkka". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. pp. 170–171. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
1 2 Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Birkelunden". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 62. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Grünerløkka skole". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 171. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Paulus kirke". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 338. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
↑ "Birkelunden på Grünerløkka fredes som første kulturmiljø i by" (in Norwegian). Government.no. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2010. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
↑ Oslo Sporveier. "Linjekart" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.

TERMINUS	NEXT STATION ← WEST		NEXT STATION EAST→	TERMINUS
Majorstuen	Olaf Ryes plass	Line 11	Biermanns gate	Kjelsås
Majorstuen		Line 12		Kjelsås
Jar		Line 13		Grefsen

Oslo Tramway
Lines	Briskeby Ekeberg Frogner Gamlebyen Grünerløkka–Torshov Homansbyen Kjelsås Kolsås Lilleaker Sinsen Skøyen Ullevål Hageby Vika
Former	Kampen Korsvoll Lambertseter Rodeløkka Sagene Simensbråten Vestbanen Vippetangen Vålerenga Østensjø
Trams	A S Ekebergbanen Gullfisk SM53/83 SM91 SL79 SL95
Operators	Akersbanerne Bærumsbanen Ekebergbanen Holmenkolbanen Kristiania Elektriske Sporvei Kristiania Kommunale Sporveie Kristiania Sporveisselskab Oslo Sporveier Oslo Vognselskap Sporveien Sporveien Trikken Ruter
Depots	Avløs Grefsen Grünerløkka Majorstuen Rodeløkka Sagene Homansbyen Torshov Vålerenga
Incidents	Strømsveien tram fire
Stations	Abbediengen Adamstuen Aker brygge Bekkestua Biermanns gate Birkelunden Bislett Briskeby Brugata Bråten Bussterminalen Grønland Carl Berners plass Christiania torv Dalsbergstien Diesen Dronningens gate Ekebergparken Elisenberg Forskningsparken Frogner plass Furulund Gaustadalléen Glads vei Grefsen Grefsenplatået Grefsen stadion Grefsenveien Grensen Hausmanns gate Heimdalsgata Hoff Holbergs plass Holtet Homansbyen Høyskolesenteret Inkognitogata Jar Jernbanetorget John Colletts plass Jomfrubråten Kastellet Kongens gate Kjelsås Kjelsåsalléen Lakkegata skole Lilleaker Lille Frogner allé Ljabru Majorstuen Munkegata Nationaltheatret Niels Juels gate Nobels gate Nybrua Olaf Ryes plass Oslo Hospital Riddervolds plass Rikshospitalet Rosenborg Rosenhoff Rådhusplassen Sanatoriet Sandaker senter Schous plass Schultz' gate Sinsenkrysset Sinsenterrassen Skarpsno Skillebekk Skøyen Slottsparken Sofienberg Solli Sportsplassen Stensgata St Halvards plass Storo Stortorvet Sæter Sørli Thune Tinghuset Torshov Tullinløkka Ullern Ullevål sykehus Universitetet Blindern Uranienborgveien Vigelandsparken Vikatorvet Welhavens gate Wessels plass
Disused stations	Bestum Chr. Michelsens gate Ekebergparken (old station) Frederik Stangs gate Halvdan Svartes gate Handelsbygningen Hollendergata Jacob Aalls gate Magnus Bergs gate Meltzers gate Operaen Posthuset Schweigaards gate Simensbråten Smedstua Sporveisgata Ullevålsalleen Valkyrie plass Vibes gate
History	Timeline Museum Oslo Package 2 Oslo Package 3

Coordinates: 59°55′35″N 10°45′36″E / 59.92639°N 10.76000°E / 59.92639; 10.76000

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