Bislett stadion is a sports stadium in Oslo, Norway, founded in 1907. Finished in 1940, this was the main venue of the 1952Winter Olympics in Oslo. Bislett has since 1965 hosted the Bislett Games, an annual track and field event in the IAAF Golden League, and 61 world records have been made there. The stadium was demolished in 2004, and construction of a new stadium to be finished by summer 2005, is currently taking place. County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The VI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1952 in Norway. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Logo for the games when held in Bergen The Bislett Games is an annual track and field event at the Bislett Stadion in Oslo, Norway that takes place in June, just in the middle of the summer. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... The IAAF Golden League is an annual series of athletics meetings organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Bislett Stadium lies on the site of a 19th century brick works, which was bought by the Municipality of Kristiania (Oslo) in 1898, and turned into a sports field in 1908.
Bislett became Norway's main arena for speed skating and track and field in 1940 when the architect Frode Rinnan's new functionalistic stadium was completed, with a capacity of 20,000.
Bislett's career as a speed skating venue ended in 1988, when it was decided that ice production would discontinue, even though the stadium did not meet international requirements for any other sport.