Oslo

==International relations==
Oslo is a pilot city of the [[Council of Europe]] and the [[European Commission]]'s ''Intercultural cities'' programme, along with a number of other European cities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/Cities/oslo_en.asp |title=Intercultural city: Oslo, Norway |last=[[Council of Europe]] |work=coe.int |year=2011 |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-date=28 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528113545/http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/cities/oslo_en.asp |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/Cities/ICCModelPubl_en.pdf |work=[[Council of Europe]] |year=2009 |title=Intercultural Cities |last=Wood |first=Phil |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-date=20 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520205519/http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/cities/ICCModelPubl_en.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Twin towns – sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway}}
Oslo was formerly twinned with [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Tel Aviv]] and [[Vilnius]], but has since abolished the concept of twin cities.

===Cooperation agreements===
As of 2012, Oslo had cooperation agreements with:<ref name="int_coop">{{cite web |url=http://www.oslo.kommune.no/english/international_cooperation/cooperating_cities_and_regions/ |title=Co-operating cities and regions |publisher=Oslo Kommune |date=12 February 2012 |website=Oslo.kommune.no |access-date=6 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407101029/http://www.oslo.kommune.no/english/international_cooperation/cooperating_cities_and_regions/ |archive-date=7 April 2014 }}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Artvin]], Turkey
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg Municipality|Gothenburg]], Sweden
*{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Mbombela Local Municipality|Mbombela]], South Africa
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Schleswig-Holstein]], Germany
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai]], China
*{{flagicon|LTU}} [[Vilnius]], Lithuania
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Warsaw]], Poland
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===Christmas trees as gifts===
Oslo has a tradition of sending a [[Christmas tree]] every year to the cities of [[Washington, D.C.]]; [[New York City]]; [[London]]; [[Edinburgh]]; [[Rotterdam]]; [[Antwerp]] and [[Reykjavík]].<ref>[http://www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no/_juletrar_til_utlandet/ Juletrær til utland] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014154950/http://www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no/_juletrar_til_utlandet/|date=14 October 2014 }} Ordføreren, Oslo kommune (Municipality of Oslo Website, Mare's office), published November 2013, accessed 67 April 2014.</ref> Since 1947, Oslo has sent a {{cvt|65|to|80|ft|m|abbr=off|adj=mid|-high}}, 50 to 100-year-old [[Norway Spruce|spruce]], as an expression of gratitude toward Britain for its support of Norway during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/julen/her-tennes-det-norske-juletreet-i-london/a/590424/ Her tennes juletreet i London] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603131928/http://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/julen/her-tennes-det-norske-juletreet-i-london/a/590424/|date=3 June 2016 }}, VG, 3 December 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://snl.no/juletre |title=juletre |author=Ina Louise Stovner |work=Store norske leksikon |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308054926/https://snl.no/juletre |url-status=live}}</ref>