Ris is a neighborhood in the borough of Vestre Aker

Vestre Aker

Vestre Aker is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.The previous municipality Aker was merged into the city of Oslo in 1948.The borough of Vestre Aker was organized as part of the 1 January 2004 reform. Previous boroughs...

 in 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...

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It has its origins in Ris farm, which is known from medieval times. Crofts under Ris farm include Trosterud

Trosterud

Trosterud is a neighborhood in Alna borough in Oslo, Norway.The neighborhood is known for its tall yellow housing blocks and the fresh water lake Lutvann is located there. The population of Trosterud today is a mixture of different nationalities and ethnicities...

 and Slemdal

Slemdal

Slemdal is a neighborhood in the borough of Vestre Aker in Oslo, Norway.The neighborhood lies south of Vettakollen, and was built up from the 1890s. It is served by the Oslo Metro station Slemdal. The local sports team is IL Heming.-References:...

. In 1898 the Holmenkollen Line was opened, and went past Ris. The farming area was subsequently parcelled out and built up. The area is currently served by Ris station

Ris (station)

Ris is a station on the Holmenkollen Line of the Oslo Metro between Gaustad and Slemdal, located in the Vestre Aker borough. The station is located at an altitude of and had 366 daily passengers in 2004. The Ris church and cemetery is located on the south side of the line and west of the...

. Ris Church, designed by Carl Berner

Carl Berner

Carl Christian Berner was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1891–92, and Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1891–93....

, was inaugurated in 1932.