Manglerud was a borough of the city of Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 up to January 1, 2004, when it became part of the borough of Østensjø

Østensjø

Østensjø is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway.The borough is in the southeastern part of Oslo. It is well known for its proximity to the forested area of Østmarka, a popular resort and hiking area for the citizens of Oslo and Lørenskog. Østensjø consists of the suburbs of Bøler, Oppsal and...

. Manglerud was built in the 1960s as a suburb to Oslo, connected by the Oslo T-bane

Oslo T-bane

The Oslo Metro is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Oslo T-banedrift on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of six lines that all run through the city centre, with a total length of . It has a daily ridership of 268,000 with 105 stations of which 16...

metro

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 system.

Floorball

Tunet IBK is also situated here. The floorball

Floorball

Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...

 team has been in the Eliteserie for 11 years running. The women's team has won the Norwegian Championship

Norwegian Floorball Eliteserie

Norwegian Floorball Eliteserie is a Floorball championships.-History:The Norwegian Eliteserie League was founded in 1994 under the name Eliteserien.-Season structure:...

 (NM) 5 times.
The men's team has won the Norwegian Championship 2 times. Johnny Finstad started the club and has spawned 33 national team players over the years. (As of 1 September 2006) Morten Finstad

Morten Finstad

Morten Finstad is a Norwegian former ice hockey player.Finstad spent his entire career playing for Stjernen Hockey between 1986 to 2001. He played for the Norwegian national ice hockey team, and participated at the Winter Olympics in 1994. He was awarded Gullpucken as best Norwegian ice hockey...

 is the only player whose number, 19, has been retired, as a sign of respect for the time and effort he has spent on the club.

Famous residents

Manglerud was the home of Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as guitarist in the Norwegian pop band A-ha...

 and Magne Furuholmen

Magne Furuholmen

Magne 'Mags' Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the guitarist and keyboardist of the pop band A-ha.-A-ha:Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he also plays guitar...

 when they founded a-ha

A-ha

A-ha were a Norwegian pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. The band was founded by Morten Harket , Magne Furuholmen , and Pål Waaktaar...

.