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unusual facts about Oslo Airport, Fornebu



Accident Investigation Board Norway

In 2001 the board moved to new, tailored facilities in Lillestrøm close to Kjeller Airport, this following two years in temporary offices at Kjeller since Fornebu Airport had closed in 1998.

Air Norway

It operates seven round trips a week from its hub at Ørland Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, and a single, weekly round trip from Oslo to Aalborg Airport, Denmark, using a wet leased Fairchild Metro aircraft from North Flying.

Braathens SAFE Flight 239

Braathen SAFE Flight 239 was a flight between Ålesund Airport, Vigra and Oslo Airport, Fornebu which crashed in Asker on 23 December 1972, killing 40 people.

Diamanten

Diamanten ("The Diamond") or Oksenøyveien 3 is an office building located at Fornebu in Bærum, Norway.

Fjellfly

From 1955 the airline flew from the water aerodrome at Oslo Airport, Fornebu to Herøya in Porsgrunn and onwards to Hjellevatnet in Skien.

Fornebu

Fornebu (local form Fornebo) is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of Bærum in Norway, bordering western parts of Oslo.

Hauerseter Station

From 1947 until the construction of Gardermoen Line and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in the 1990s, Hauerseter was the terminal station of the Hauerseter–Gardermoen Line, a branch line that went to Gardermoen Air Station.

Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron

Norwegian artist Vebjørn Sands sculpture The Kepler Star is displayed near Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.

North Flying

All scheduled flights between Oslo, Ørland, and Ålborg are operated by its Norwegian subsidiary Air Norway.

Stridsvagn L-120

On 9 April 1940, when the Germans invaded Norway, the tank and the three armoured cars were stored in the depot of Dragoon Regiment 1 at Gardermoen.

Subsea Valley

The Subsea Valley(SSV) geographically consists of Fornebu, Sandvika, Asker, Tranby, Drammen, Hokksund and Kongsberg, totaling approximately 75 km in length.


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