Government Quarter

Gate in Akersgata, Norway

Government Quarter (Regjeringskvartalet), The, a large office complex for executive government offices. The first building dates from 1904, but the major expansion came in the 1958-96 period. A final stage of the building was completed in 2012. After the terrorist attack of 22 July 2011, only the Ministry of Finance and the buildings on the west side of Akersgata have been in use as government offices. The expansion until 2011 The Government Quarter first comprised the area between Akersgata, Arne Garborgs plass, Grubbegata and Apotekergata, later also the blocks on the east side of Grubbegata and gradually on the other side of Akersgata. The highrise block has the address Akersgata 42. The square in front of the Government Building is called Johan Nygaardsvolds plass, the square between the blocks of buildings in Grubbegata behind Møllergata 19 is called Einar Gerhardsens plass. Until the 1950s, the Empire Quarter (Empirekvarteret), the former National Hospital, lay here. When the National Hospital moved in the 1880s, plans were advanced regarding a governmental building here. In 1891, the architect Stener Lenschow won an architectural competition with an H-shaped building that presupposed demolishing the Empire Quarter. One wing, that facing Apotekergata, was begun in 1898, but because of illness, the winner of the 2nd prize, Henrik Bull, took over the project. The building w

Type:
Gate

Where:
Akersgata, Norway

Coordinates:
59.92°N, 10.75°E

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