Hjelmsgate 3

Hjelmsgate 3 is a self-managed social centre in Oslo, Norway. The wooden house was constructed in 1858 and from the late 1960s onwards it has been a central node in the Norwegian counterculture.

Hjelmsgate 3
Hjelmsgate 3 in 2008
TypeSelf-managed social centre
StatusProtected
CountyOslo
MunicipalityOslo
Coordinates59°55′30″N 10°43′20″E
Year built1858
ID167687

History

Hjelmsgate 3 was built in 1858 to be used as a tannery and alternative businesses have used Hjelmsgate 3 since the late 1960s.[1][2] In 1969 it became derelict and was squatted, before being legalized by the city council. The council gave it heritage status in 1979 and handed over the ownership in 1981 to an umbrella group (Stiftelsen Arbeidskollektivet) which represents the organizations using the building.[3][4] It became an important node in the Norwegian counterculture and a meeting place for anarchists, squatters, gays and lesbians.[5][6]

The anarchist magazine Gateavisa has been published out of Hjelmsgate 3 from 1970 onwards. Jens Bjørneboe gave a contribution of NOK 2000 to the editorial collective to help with repairs to the building.[2] Spisestedet, the vegetarian café, first opened in 1972 and there are also a bicycle workshop and a radical bookshop and infoshop.[4]

Fire

On 26 June 2014, Hjelmsgate was severely damaged by a fire after being struck by lightning.[7][8] The offices of Gateavisa were destroyed but the bicycle workshop on the ground floor survived and could carry on its operations. Spisestedet was forced to close.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Hjelms gate 3 og 5 - J. P. Hallén & Søn Garveri". Kulturminnesøk. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. Engh, Audun (4 September 2020). "Jens Bjørneboe and Gateavisa". Modern Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. "Okkupasjoner i Oslo 1970-2011" (PDF). Pollen. 1. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  4. "Arbeidskollektivet Hjelmsgate 3 (Oslo)". Underskog. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. Førland, Tor Egil (1 December 2008). "'1968' in Norway: Piecemeal, Peaceful and Postmodern". Scandinavian Journal of History. 33 (4): 382–394. doi:10.1080/03468750802305283. ISSN 0346-8755. S2CID 144880885.
  6. Watson, Anna (22 June 2016). "Norwegian Political Theatre in the 1970s: Breaking Away from the "Ibsen Tradition"". Nordic Theatre Studies. 28 (1): 50–63. doi:10.7146/nts.v28i1.23972. ISSN 2002-3898.
  7. Nordbø, Dagfinn (7 July 2014). "Huset med de frie stemmene". VG (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  8. Flakk, Pål. "Hjelmsgate 3 er snart tilbake". Torggata Blad (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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