Gamlebyen gravlund, also known in English as Gamlebyen Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Oslo linked to both the old Oslo Hospital cemetery and later nineteenth-century expansion. The site includes Gamlebyen gravkapell, built in 1877 and later rebuilt and modernised in 1934–35. Today the cemetery serves several Oslo parishes and remains one of the older burial grounds in the city.
Gamlebyen gravlund appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026). The cemetery and chapel fit naturally into the series’ use of real Oslo locations, and Gamlebyen gravkapell provides the setting for one of the early funeral scenes.
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Gamlebyen gravkapell is used for Ellen Gjelten’s funeral. After the service, Harry Hole is seen sitting on a bench not far from the chapel, near the old fountain, where he takes a drink. The cemetery setting gives the sequence a quiet and sombre background, while the chapel itself makes the location clearly identifiable.
Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole
Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole is very closely tied to Oslo, and the city appears to have been used as a real dramatic environment rather than just a generic Scandinavian backdrop.
Botsen
Botsen is best known from the "Olsenbanden" film series, where it appears as the prison Egon Olsen is released from at the start of many of the films.
Enerhaugen Cafe
In Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Enerhaugen Cafe serves as the real-life location for Boxer Bar, the pub where police officers go for a beer after work.
Farine
Farine has appeared in Olsenbanden, Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry, Olsenbanden tar gull, Hemmelighetene i B-by, Lyckliga gatan and Hos Martin.
Kampen Church
Kampen Church appears in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole (2026), Olsenbanden for full musikk (1976), Mot i brøstet (1993–1997), and Hemmelighetene i B-by (1982–).
Oslo Opera House
As a screen location, the Oslo Opera House has been used in Pax (2011), 22 July, The Snowman (2017), The Worst Person in the World (2021) and Tenet (2020).
Botanical Garden Oslo
Botanical Garden is in the Norwegian movie About Tilla from 1963. Botanical Garden is used as one of the film’s central early locations.
Vippetangen
Vippetangen is used in the Norwegian movies Pastor Jarman kommer hjem (1958), and in the war movie Max Manus (2008).
Ministry of Defence
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence in Oslo is the government ministry responsible for developing and implementing Norwegian security and defense policy.
Akershus Fortress
Akershus Fortress has been used in Norwegian film as both a historical setting and a dramatic Oslo landmark. It appears in About Tilla and in Max Manus.
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