Vestre Aker

Location of Vestre Aker in Oslo

Vestre Aker (dt. Westaker ) is a north-western district of the Norwegian capital Oslo . It has 50,157 inhabitants (2020) and an area of ​​16.6 km². The district was created by the territorial reform of January 1, 2004 and combines the former districts of Vinderen and Røa . Until 1948 he belonged to the municipality of Aker , which was then incorporated into Oslo.

Personalities

• Christian Krohg (1852–1925), genre painter, author and journalist
• Thomas Thomassen Heftye (1860–1921), officer and politician
• Asbjørn Nilssen (1875–1958), ski jumper
• Ole Lilloe-Olsen (1883–1940), marksman and Olympic champion
• Henriette Bie Lorentzen (1911–2001), Norwegian humanist, peace activist, feminist and resistance fighter
• Laila Schou Nilsen (1919–1998), speed skater, ski racer and tennis player

Web links

• Website of the district
• Vestre Aker in the store norske leksikon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Follow by bydel, delbydel, grunnkrets, kjønn and alder . Utviklings- og kompanseetaten, Oslo kommune (Norwegian), accessed on April 29, 2020.