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Akershus (Norwegian pronunciation: [ɑkəʂˈhʉːs] ⓘ) [2] is a county in Norway, with Oslo as its administrative centre, though Oslo is not located within Akershus. Akershus has been a region in Eastern Norway with Oslo as its main city since the Middle Ages, and is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo and ultimately after the medieval farm Aker in Oslo.
The 58,000-square-foot (5,400 m 2) Norway Pavilion is designed to look like a Norwegian village. [1] The village includes a detailed reproduction Stave church, with a statue of Olaf II Haraldsson out front, and the exterior of its main table-service restaurant, Restaurant Akershus, resembles its namesake in Oslo.
Akershus Fortress (Norwegian: Akershus Festning, pronounced [ɑkəʂˈhʉːs ˈfɛ̂sːtnɪŋ]) [1] or Akershus Castle (Norwegian: Akershus slott [ɑkəʂˈhʉːs ˈslɔtː]) [2] is a medieval castle in the Norwegian capital Oslo that was built to protect and provide a royal residence for the city.
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Ås is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Akershus, with a population of 20,652 in 2020, and an increase of 539 in 2008. [3] Ås is the largest agricultural municipality of Akershus, and home to the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and the amusement park Tusenfryd.
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Akershus Royal Banquet Hall and Restaurant Akershus at the Norway Pavilion at Epcot, Walt Disney World Resort, Florida; Åkershus, Staffanstorp, an area of rental apartments in Staffanstorp Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden
Aker was a former independent municipality in Akershus, Norway, that constitutes the vast majority of the territory of the modern city of. The name originally belonged to a farm which was located near the current Old Aker Church.