Hotel Bristol (Oslo)

Hotel Bristol is a hotel in Oslo, Norway. Opened in 1920, it is owned today by Olav Thon. The hotel has 251 rooms, 10 suites and three restaurants.[1]

Hotel Bristol
Location within Central Oslo
General information
LocationKarl Johans gate, Oslo, Norway
Coordinates59°54′54″N 10°44′23″E
Opening1920
OwnerOlav Thon
Other information
Number of rooms251
Number of suites10
Number of restaurants3

On the evening of July 15th 1936, the city of Oslo offered at the hotel a dinner for participants in the 1936 International Congress of Mathematicians.[2]

In 1939, the Oslo Report was written by Hans Ferdinand Mayer during his stay at the hotel.[3] During World War II, the hotel was requisitioned as a hospital to treat casualties from the December 1943 explosion of a German munitions ship in Oslo's harbor.[4]

Hotel restaurant

See also

References

  1. Frommer’s Review. "Hotel Oslo". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  2. Comptes rendus du Congrès international des mathématiciens, Oslo 1936 (PDF). Tome I. p. 15.
  3. Hotel Club
  4. "Ship Explodes, Rocks Oslo". Associated Press. December 20, 1943. Retrieved May 22, 2010.


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