Gunerius Shoppingsenter
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Gunerius Shoppingsenter is one of the largest shopping centres in central Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, with c. 18,000 visitors a day – 5,5 million a year. The first shopping centre on this location was opened in 1852 by Gunerius Pettersen
Gunerius Pettersen (1826–1892)
Gunerius Pettersen was a Norwegian businessperson. He founded the company Gunerius Pettersen, today named Gunerius Shoppingsenter....

. In 1992 it was significantly expanded, and it is now 9,500 m² with c. 30 stores on three floors. Gunerius Shoppingsenter is owned by Olav Thon
Olav Thon
Olav Thon is a Norwegian real estate developer and listed by Forbes List of Billionaires as the 368th richest person in the world in 2008. His 2005 reported income was NOK 1.2B , the highest in Norway. He lives just outside Oslo, in Sollihøgda, Hole municipality. Thon is a Christian...

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