Schous plass (Schou Square) is a square in the southern part of the borough of Grünerløkka in Oslo, Norway.
History
editThe area belonged to Aker municipality until 1858, when it was incorporated into Christiania (Oslo).[1] It was laid out in 1873, and got its name in 1874. Its namesake was brewery owner Christian Schou, who died in the same year.[2] Not far away, at the property Schousløkken in the street Trondheimsveien, he had established production facilities of his company, the Schou Brewery, between 1872 and 1874.[3][4] A park was established at the square between 1915 and 1916, and renovated in 1986.[2]
The square is surrounded by four streets and buildings. The local library, administratively a satellite of the Deichman Library, was raised here between 1912 and 1914. A building for the Norwegian School of Marketing (Norwegian: Norges Markedshøyskole) was erected between 1989 and 1990.[2] This institution was incorporated into the Norwegian School of Management in 1992, an institution which had its headquarters in Sandvika at the time, and only a satellite at Schous plass. The Norwegian School of Management concentrated its Oslo and Sandvika institutions into one school at Nydalen in 2005.[5] Among the most notable residents of the buildings at Schous plass are a young adult Edvard Munch, who lived at the address Schous plass 1 from 1885 to 1889.[2]
Transport
editSchous plass is a tram stop on the Grünerløkka–Torshov Line of the Oslo Tramway. It is served by lines 11, 12 and 18.[6] The stop is served by high-floor SL79 trams and the low-floor SL95 and SL18 trams. The square is not directly served by bus, but is served by a night bus service.
| Preceding station |  Trams in Oslo
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nybrua towards Majorstuen
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Line 11 | Olaf Ryes plass towards Kjelsås
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| Line 12 | ||||
| Nybrua towards Rikshospitalet
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Line 18 | Olaf Ryes plass towards Grefsen
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References
edit- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Grünerløkka". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. pp. 170–171. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
- ^ a b c d Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Schous plass". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 381. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Schous Bryggeri". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 381. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
- ^ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Schousløkken". Oslo byleksikon (4th ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 381. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Handelshøyskolen BI". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ Oslo Sporveier. "Linjekart" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2009.