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Rotary Club of Oslo The First Club of Norway

Rotary International District 2310
 
OM OSLO ROTARY KLUBB

Charter no: 1211
Stiftet: 23. februar 1922
Charterdato: 1. juni 1922
Fadderklubb: Fort Dodge, Iowa, USA
Antall medlemmer: Ca. 200

Distrikt 2310 av Rotary International

Æresmedlem av Oslo Rotary Klubb:
H.K.H. Kronprins Haakon Magnus


OSLO ROTARY KLUBB -
The first and the largest Rotary Club in Scandinavia

It was the Norwegian-American US Senator Olaf M. Oleson who brought the ideas of Rotary to Scandinavia in 1921. Oslo Rotary Club - then Kristiania Rotary Club (the Capital of Norway changed its name to Oslo in 1924) - held its inaugural meeting later that year, when the first members of the board and the first president were elected.

Oslo Rotary Club was granted its Charter by Rotary International on June 1, 1922, and is consequently the oldest Rotary Club in Scandinavia. For the last decades the number of members has been slightly above 200.

We welcome you warmly as our guest during your stay in Oslo. Where and when we meet: We meet at the "Det Norske Teater" (The Norwegian Theatre) Kristian IV's gate 8., every Thursday at 11.45 a.m.
 

Read about Paul Harris' visit to Oslo in 1932
 

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