Robbery of the National Bank - Oslo, Norway
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N 59° 54.525 E 010° 44.426
32V E 597336 N 6642528
The famous Norwegian criminal Ole Hoiland robbed the National Bank on New Years Eve in 1835.
Waymark Code: WMFXE0
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 12/12/2012
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Located at Bankplassen 3, this building has a blue plaque written in Norwegian which reads:
"SELSKABET FOR OSLO BYES VEL
NORGE BANK
OPPFORT 1828
ARKITEK CHR. H. GROSCH
CHRISTIANIAFILIAL 1828-97
HOVEDSETE 1897-1906
OLE HOILAND ROVET BANKEN
NYTTARSAFTEN 1835
RIKSARKIV 1914-79"
and Google translates as:
"Society for Oslo Byes WELL
NORWAY BANK
listed in 1828
Architecture CHR. H. GROSCH
CHRISTIANIA BRANCH 1828-97
MAIN SEAT 1897-1906
OLE Høiland robbed bank
New Year's Eve 1835
National Archives 1914-1979 "
Wikipedia (
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"Ole Pedersen Høiland (1797 – 20 December 1848) was a renowned Norwegian burglar and jail-breaker. He was arrested several times for theft; he became legendary for his many successful escapes, and for his spectacular robbery of Norges Bank...
Høiland operated as a thief in the south-western part of Norway. He was arrested and punished physically by slave labour and whipping. While imprisoned, he managed to escape from prison eleven times. His spectacular robbery of the Christiania department of Norges Bank in 1835 earned him the amount of 64,000 speciedaler. He was arrested seven weeks later, and imprisoned at the Akershus Prison. After four years he escaped from Akershus, and managed to stay on the run for three years. He was eventually arrested for the last time in 1842, and was extraordinarily heavily guarded during his subsequent imprisonment at Akershus. He ended his life by committing suicide in Akershus in 1848."