Union & Independence · event 3 of 10

1854

The first railway. The line from Christiania to Eidsvoll opens, built with British capital and British engineers. Industry follows along the Akerselva, and the tenements of Grünerløkka go up to house the workers.

The Union & Independence era

  1. 1814
  2. 1825
  3. 1854
  4. 1866
  5. 1888
  6. 1893
  7. 1899
  8. 1905
  9. 1911
  10. 1913

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