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
1858 Christiania fire 1858 Christiania fire The 1858 Christiania fire, starting on 14 April 1858, severely destroyed several city blocks near Stortorvet in Christiania, Norway. 41 buildings were destroyed, and about 1,000 people lost their homes. The fire started around at one o'clock in the night, in the home of a carpenter in a wooden building within the city block west of the street "Dronningens gate". The wind was blowing from the north, and within one hour five houses were set on fire. Within three hours buildings east of "Dronningens gate" started burning. This block had many old wooden houses, and the whole