Galgeberg (Gallows Hill)

Oslo · Norge · Avrättningsplats · Uhygge 4/5

The name means Gallows Hill and it earned it: the city's execution ground stood here for centuries — and construction workers later dug the bones of the executed out of the courtyard soil.

Between Vålerenga and the Old Town lies Galgeberg, Oslo's execution site from the Middle Ages onward. Known then as Martestokker, the spot is mentioned as early as 1197 during King Sverre's wars. Gallows, breaking wheels and pillories rose here, and crowds streamed in to watch sentences carried out. The executioner's trade was hereditary: August Anton Lædel inherited it from his father and grandfather in 1799 and served until 1837. The last execution came in 1815, when Anders Flatebydalen was beheaded for robbery-murder. The gallows are said to have stood precisely where the courtyard of the Galgeberg 3 housing block now lies — and when the block was built, workers found human bones in the earth, remains of executed criminals buried without consecrated ground. The residents quite literally have the gallows hill beneath their lawn.

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Hvor ligger Galgeberg (Gallows Hill)?

Galgeberg (Gallows Hill) ligger i Oslo, Norge.