Christiania Theatre Laura Gundersen in 1849. The foundation of the first Norwegian theatre in Oslo, Christiania Norwegian Theatre in 1852, was but a temporary rival, as it was forced to close down in 1862. The theatre was a result of the controversy surrounding the Norwegian and Danish languages and was created as a counterpoint to the Danish language dominated Christiania Theatre. Henrik Ibsen was artistic director of the Christiania Norwegian Theatre from the autumn of 1857 and served as the theatre leading director until its bankruptcy in 1862. From 1856, the Christiania Theatre promised to employ native actors. In 1872, Norwegian became
Capital City Courier Harris re-centered the paper in its community roots, the content of the paper was not regulated to social gossip, and news was always the papers' main focus. The "Courier" would run until April 4, 1903, when the last issue of the newspaper was published. During its eighteen years of publication the "Capital City Courier" went through multiple name changes:. This site allows users the ability to read all of the issues of the "Capital City Courier" as they were published, in PDF format, and view the associated images. Capital City Courier The Capital City Courier was a newspaper established on