The part of the street outside the Russian embassy in Oslo will be called “Ukraine’s Square”. The city council changed the name of the street as a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Today, the city council in Frogner in Oslo voted to give a new name to Drammensveien, where the Russian embassy is located.
The committee decided that the whole street will not be renamed, but the area near the embassy will be named as “Ukraine’s place”, writes NRK.
It was the Green Party that proposed the name change. Later, the Conservatives supported the idea.
The Liberal Party’s Tore Walaker pointed out the historical connection between Oslo and Kyiv.
– We are in a city where the founder Harald Hรฅrdrรฅde picked up his wife Ellisiv in Kyiv, so the ties between Oslo and Kyiv are clear. We mark them today, by naming a place outside the Russian embassy, โโas the place of Ukraine, he said.
The proposal was inspired by Denmark. It was proposed to rename the street where the Russian embassy is located on Ukrainagade.
Ukrainian Heroes Street
Denmark is not the only country where name change is being discussed.
In the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Mayor Remigijus ล imaลกius wants to rename the street “Ukrainian Heroes Street”.
According to Prague Morning, the Czech Republic is discussing whether to change the street name at the Russian embassy to “Heroes of Ukraine”.
Albania and Latvia are also considering changing the street name where the Russian embassies are located.
Source: The Nordic Page