Oslo Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===The Viking Age=== During the [[Viking Age]], the area that includes modern Oslo was located in [[Viken, Norway|Viken]], the northernmost province of [[Denmark]]. Control over the area shifted between Danish and Norwegian kings in the Middle Ages, and Denmark continued to claim the area until 1241. According to the Norse [[saga]]s, Oslo was founded around 1049 by [[Harald Hardrada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g190479-s1/Oslo:Norway:Inside.html |title=Inside Oslo : Inside |publisher=TripAdvisor |access-date=25 March 2010 |archive-date=22 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222230238/http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g190479-s1/Oslo:Norway:Inside.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Recent archaeological research, however, uncovered Christian burials which could be dated to prior to AD 1000, evidence of a preceding urban settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oslo, Norway β History of city {{!}} Oslo.com |url=https://www.oslo.com/v/history/ |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=www.oslo.com |archive-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025061528/https://www.oslo.com/v/history/ |url-status=live}}</ref> This called for the celebration of Oslo's millennium in 2000 rather than 2049.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page