the capital and chief port of Norway, in the southeast at the head of Oslo Fjord (an inlet of the Skagerrak): founded in about 1050; university (1811); a major commercial and industrial centre, producing about a quarter of Norway's total output. Pop: 986 093 (2015 est)
Former name: (1624–1877) Christiania or (1877–1924) Kristiania
Oslo in American English
(ˈɑzloʊ; ˈɑsloʊ; Norwegian ˈʊslʊ)
seaport & capital of Norway, on an inlet of the Skagerrak: pop. 459,000