Christiania Offentlige Theater in the main role. The theatre burned down on 5 November 1835, after which the theater company performed in the house of the "Det Dramatiske Selskab" until the Christiania Theatre was inaugurated on 4 October 1837. Christiania Offentlige Theater Christiania Offentlige Theater ('Christiania Public Theatre') or "Det Strømbergske Teater" ('Strömberg Theatre') was a historic theatre in Oslo in Norway, active between 1827 and 1835. It was the first public theatre in Oslo and in Norway, and the predecessor of the Christiania Theatre. The theater was founded by the Swedish theatre director Johan Peter Strömberg. With the exception of the unsuccessful
Freetown Christiania the area being sealed off to the public, in June 2011, the residents of Christiania agreed to collectively set up a fund to formally purchase the land at below market prices. The community made its first payment in July 2012, officially becoming legal landowners. On 14 May 2007, workers from the governmental Forest and Nature Agency, accompanied by police, entered Christiania to demolish leftovers of the small, abandoned building of "Cigarkassen" ('the cigar box'). They were met by angry and frightened Christianites, fearing that the police also intended to demolish other houses. The residents built roadblocks, but the police eventually