Holmlia
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Holmlia is a part of 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...

 located in the southeastern borough of Søndre Nordstrand
Søndre Nordstrand
Søndre Nordstrand is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. It has 33000 inhabitants and the highest rate of immigrant population at 41%. It holds the population of Holmlia, Mortensrud, Hauketo, Prinsdal, Bjørndal, Klemetsrud, Ljabru and parts of Souther Nordstrand. It is also the southernmost...

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It is served by Holmlia station
Holmlia Railway Station
Holmlia railway station is a stop on the Østfold Line in the neighborhood of Holmlia, in southern Oslo, Norway. The station is between Hauketo to the north and Rosenholm to the south . It is located 10.2 km from Oslo Sentralstasjon. The station is classified as a "holdeplass" , rather than as...

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Holmlia is a highly ethnically diverse part of the city of Oslo, where ethnic minorities outnumber ethnic Norwegians.
Its inhabitants speak more than 98 different languages.
Holmlia has a rich history, and is developed from an area with a few strong farmers as their strong hold. Today it is part of one of the larger boroughs within Norway's capital 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...

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