Christiania Township, Jackson County, Minnesota Christiania Township, Jackson County, Minnesota Christiania Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 331 at the 2000 census. Christiania Township was organized in 1871. Christiana is an old name for Oslo, Norway. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (2.18%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 331 people, 128 households, and 98 families residing in the township. The population density was 9.3 people per square mile (3.6/km²). There were 190 housing units at an average density of
European Capital of Culture Culture and was conceived in 1983, by Melina Mercouri, then serving as minister of culture in [Greece]. Mercouri believed that at the time, culture was not given the same attention as politics and economics and a project for promoting European cultures within the member states should be pursued. The European City of Culture programme was launched in the summer of 1985 with Athens being the first title-holder. During the German presidency of 1999, the European City of Culture programme was renamed to European Capital of Culture. A new framework makes it possible for a city in a candidate country or