Oslo City Hall
Twin-towered brick city hall of 1950, lined with Norwegian murals and used for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
Oslo City Hall faces the harbour at Pipervika and was inaugurated on 15 May 1950, in the year of the city's 900th anniversary. Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson won the competition for it in 1918, but building work only began in 1931 and was interrupted by the Second World War. The result is a dark red brick block flanked by two towers, one of 63 metres and one of 66 metres, with a carillon of 49 bells that rings on the hour.
The interior was conceived as a showcase for Norwegian artists. The Central Hall carries Henrik Sorensen's vast painting Work, Art and Celebration and Alf Rolfsen's fresco cycle on the occupation years, while a side room holds Edvard Munch's Life. Carved wooden friezes from Norse mythology line the courtyard entrance. The building houses the city council and administration, and since 1990 the Nobel Peace Prize has been presented in the Central Hall each December.
Highlights
- Twin brick towers of 63 and 66 metres with a 49-bell carillon
- Central Hall murals by Henrik Sorensen and Alf Rolfsen
- Edvard Munch's painting Life hangs in the Munch Room
- Setting for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony each 10 December since 1990
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