Alna is a borough of the city of Oslo

Oslo

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, Norway

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The name is after the river Alna.

The borough consists of the following neighborhoods:

• Alnabru
  Alnabru
  Alnabru is a neighbourhood of Oslo. It is located in the middle of the southern part of Groruddalen. The name Alnabru comes from the area around Alnaelva and the old Alna Gård. This has also given its name to the suburb of Alna where the neighbourhood of Alnabru is located.The neighbourhood is an...
  
  
• Ellingsrud
  Ellingsrud
  Ellingsrud is a neighbourhood in the borough of Alna in the north-east part of Oslo, Norway. Ellingsrud consists of Ellingsrudåsen, Bakås, Fjeldstad, Karihaugen and Munkebekken. The population is approx. 7 000 people. Ellingsrud is located north of the recreational forest Østmarka...
  
  
• Furuset
  Furuset
  Furuset was a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the new borough of Alna....
  
  
• Haugerud
  Haugerud
  Haugerud is a Norwegian surname, derived from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill, knoll, or mound. Related derivatives include the common Norwegian surnames Haugan, Hauge and Haugen. Haugerud can refer to:-People:...
  
  
• Hellerud
  Hellerud
  Hellerud was a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the new borough of Alna. It is also a traditional neighbourhood located within this area to the south of Tveita and Haugerud and north of Oppsal. It borders on the forest of Østmarka....
  
  
• Lindeberg
  Lindeberg, Oslo
  Lindeberg is an area in the borough Alna in Oslo, Norway.The area, located south of Furuset, is named after two farms, and was mostly built from 1973. The European route E6 runs through the district, and it is served by Lindeberg station of the Oslo T-bane network.-References:...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Tveita
  Tveita
  Tveita is a neighborhood in the borough of Alna in Oslo, Norway.The area was built up between 1963 and 1967. It is served by the station Tveita on the Oslo Metro, and among the facilities is a shopping mall.-References:...
  
  

Demographics

January 1, 2004, there were 43,612 people living in the borough. Of these 21,199 (49%) were male. There were 968 immigrants from western countries and 13,990 from non-western countries 43%. The countries with most immigrants were Turkey

Turkey

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 (1,170), Pakistan

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 (1,165), Sri Lanka

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 (1,161), the former Yugoslavia

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 (1,078), and Somalia

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 (756). There were 677 births in 2003, and 385 deaths. The same year 6,875 people moved into the borough, while 6,767 moved out. The average income for the borough was NOK

Norwegian krone

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 220,390, somewhat lower than the average for the city of 254,429. http://www.utviklings-og-kompetanseetaten.oslo.kommune.no/kostra_statistikk_og_nokkeltall_for_bydelene/demografi/article37519-10977.html

The borough of Alna Is also the most crime average boroughs in Oslo

Oslo

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, followed by Grorud

Grorud

Grorud is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.The borough contains the Ammerud, Grorud, Kalbakken, Rødtvet, Nordtvet and Romsås areas. Traditionally a borough inhabited by the working class, Grorud has in the last few decades had a great influx of immigrants. 40% of the population are first or...

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