Hegdehaugen is a neighbourhood in the borough Frogner of Oslo, Norway. It is located in the West End between Homansbyen and Majorstuen. The name origins from the man's name Heide. [1]
Urban settlement in the area started in the 1860s, and the neighbourhood was incorporated in the city in 1878. [1]
Hegdehaugen is served by the stations Rosenborg and Uranienborgveien on the Briskeby Line of the Oslo Tramway, as well as Bislett on the Ullevål Hageby Line. [2]
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