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Fornebu | |
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 Fornebu in 2007 | |
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| Country | Norway |
| Region | Østlandet |
| County | Akershus |
| Municipality | Bærum |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Fornebu (local formFornebo) is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality ofBærum inNorway, bordering western parts ofOslo.
Oslo Airport, Fornebu (FBU) served as the main airport for Oslo and the country since beforeWorld War II and until the evening of October 7, 1998, when it was closed down. Overnight, a grand moving operation was performed, so that the following morning, the new main airport, located inland atGardermoen (OSL), opened for operations as the main airport, as opposed to previously having been a minor airport.[citation needed]
As of 2001, the Fornebu area is being developed as a centre forinformation technology andtelecom industry, as well as there being some housing project developments nearby. The new headquarters of Norway's telecom giantTelenor are located in the area.[1]
The peninsula is connected toLangodden andSnarøya, which are more established areas of private residences.[citation needed]
The name (NorseFornabú(ð)) originally belonged to an old farm on the peninsula. The first element is the genitive form of an old male nameForni, the last element isbú n 'farm' (or maybebúð f 'shed, simple house').
Scandinavian Airlines System's Norway offices are in Fornebu.[2]Norwegian Air Shuttle,Telenor,Aker Kværner,Canal Digital,Equinor,Norgesgruppen andEVRY are also based at Fornebu.[3]
Partnair, a charter airline, was headquartered atFornebu Airport up to 1989.[4] When the airlineBusy Bee of Norway existed, its head office was on the grounds of Fornebu Airport.[5]Braathens andSAS Braathens had their head office facilities in a building on the grounds of Fornebu Airport. In 2010 Norwegian Air Shuttle bought the former Braathens head office.[6]
| Climate data for Fornebu 1961-1990, extremes 1947-2015 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 24.4 (75.9) | 28.6 (83.5) | 35.2 (95.4) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 15.5 (59.9) | 13.7 (56.7) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 3.7 (38.7) | −0.2 (31.6) | 10.1 (50.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) | −7.9 (17.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.6 (33.1) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 7.9 (46.2) | 3.8 (38.8) | −1.9 (28.6) | −6.1 (21.0) | 2.3 (36.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.0 (−14.8) | −29.7 (−21.5) | −22.1 (−7.8) | −11.0 (12.2) | −3.1 (26.4) | 2.2 (36.0) | 5.4 (41.7) | 3.6 (38.5) | −2.4 (27.7) | −8.0 (17.6) | −16.0 (3.2) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −29.7 (−21.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 42 (1.7) | 32 (1.3) | 41 (1.6) | 38 (1.5) | 54 (2.1) | 65 (2.6) | 78 (3.1) | 84 (3.3) | 85 (3.3) | 81 (3.2) | 68 (2.7) | 46 (1.8) | 714 (28.2) |
| Average precipitation days | 8.9 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 109.9 |
| Source: Eklimahttp://sharki.oslo.dnmi.no/pls/portal/BATCH_ORDER.PORTLET_UTIL.Download_BLob?p_BatchId=853527&p_IntervalId=1644678 | |||||||||||||
59°53′N10°37′E / 59.883°N 10.617°E /59.883; 10.617
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