Danish Christiania · event 1 of 7

1624

The fire, and a new name. A fire burns for three days and destroys almost all of medieval Oslo. Christian IV comes, looks at the ruins, and moves the city west under the guns of Akershus — laid out on a grid, built in brick and stone, and renamed Christiania after himself.

The Danish Christiania era

  1. 1624
  2. 1647
  3. 1686
  4. 1716
  5. 1750
  6. 1801
  7. 1811

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