Hotel Bristol (Oslo) Explained

Hotel Name:Hotel Bristol
Location:Karl Johans gate, Oslo, Norway
Pushpin Map:Norway Oslo Central
Coordinates:59.915°N 10.7397°W
Opening Date:1920
Owner:Olav Thon
Number Of Restaurants:3
Number Of Rooms:251
Number Of Suites:10

Hotel Bristol is a hotel in Oslo, Norway. Opened in 1920, it is owned today by Olav Thon. The hotel has 251 rooms, 10 suites and three restaurants.[1]

On the evening of July 15, 1936, the city of Oslo offered at the hotel a dinner for participants in the 1936 International Congress of Mathematicians.[2]

In 1939, the Oslo Report was written by Hans Ferdinand Mayer during his stay at the hotel.[3] During World War II, the hotel was requisitioned as a hospital to treat casualties from the December 1943 explosion of a German munitions ship in Oslo's harbor.[4]

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  1. News: Frommer’s Review. Hotel Oslo. The New York Times. May 22, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110904162806/http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/europe/norway/oslo/26141/hotel-bristol/hotel-detail.html. September 4, 2011.
  2. Book: 15. Tome I. Comptes rendus du Congrès international des mathématiciens, Oslo 1936.
  3. http://www.hotelclub.com/Thon-Hotel-Bristol-Oslo/ Hotel Club
  4. News: Ship Explodes, Rocks Oslo . Associated Press . December 20, 1943 . May 22, 2010.