Holmenkollen Ski Museum
Holmenkollen ski jump
Original Ski Museum building in 1925, then located in the Frognerseteren neighbourhood
Display of skis at Holmenkollen Ski Museum
Holmenkollen Ski Museum (Norwegian: Skimuseet i Holmenkollen)is located at the base of the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo, Norway. It was founded in 1923 and is the world's oldest ski museum. The museum contains 4,000 years of skiing history, starting with rock carvings from the Stone Age, showing skiers and skis from the Viking Age. It also displays equipment used in the polar expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen.[1]
References
- ↑ Rolf Bryhn. "Holmenkollbakken". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
External links
- Museum home page (in Norwegian)
Other sources
- Vaage, Jakob; Kristensen, Tom (1992) Holmenkollen: historien og resultatene (Stabekk: De norske bokklubben) ISBN 82-525-1678-5.
Coordinates: 59°57′52.6″N 10°39′59.8″E / 59.964611°N 10.666611°E
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