CITY OF CHRISTIANA
CHANGE OF NAME ADOPTED. Pres* Association—By Telegraph —Copyritrht CHRISTIANIA, Julv 6. The name of Christiania is to ho changed to Oslo from January 1 next, by virtue of a Bill which has been passed by both Houses of Parliament.—A. and N.Z. Cable. _ Christiania was named after King Christian IV, of Denmark and Norway, who rcfonnded it in 1624, after the destruction by fire of the old city of Oslo, founded by Harold Sigurdstm in 1048.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19218, 8 July 1924, Page 7
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