Issued to mark the bicentennial of the University of Oslo, founded in 1811 by royal decree of Frederik VI during the Napoleonic Wars — a period when Denmark-Norway was blockaded and culturally isolated. The institution was established partly as a nationalist assertion, giving Norway its first domestic seat of higher learning after centuries of sending students to Copenhagen.
Issued to mark the bicentennial of the University of Oslo, founded in 1811 by royal decree of Frederik VI during the Napoleonic Wars — a period when Denmark-Norway was blockaded and culturally isolated. The institution was established partly as a nationalist assertion, giving Norway its first domestic seat of higher learning after centuries of sending students to Copenhagen.