Botsfengselet

Botsfengselet, original spelling: Bodsfængslet or as " bodsen " means or Botsen in Norwegian vernacular, a former prison in the Norwegian capital Oslo in the district Grønland at the Åkebergløkka, Grønlandsleiret 41 is the historic prison building later became a part of the Oslo state prison.

History

The prison was built in 1844-1851 according to the plans of the German - Norwegian architect Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and commissioned the first time in 1851 in operation. The located on the grounds of the prison - church was built in 1887 by architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and the prison with the original two wings added in 1884 with another wing. The Botsfengselet was the first Norwegian prison that was organized by the so-called " Philadelphia " system. This meant that all the prisoners were kept in strict isolation in order to better shield them from possible negative influences of other fellow prisoner, and even harder to protect criminals, yielding a better chance of rehabilitation in prisons hoped. But then there was the possibility of a penalty reduction by one-third the length of detention. The former building of the prison, it was decided as a result of the Norwegian Criminal Law Commission of 1837, where in the course of this, more new Norwegian penal laws were passed as a modern replacement for the outdated criminal law from the time of Christian V.. , The Commission proposed yet the construction of seven other similar prisons around the country before, with a total of 2100 seats. For financial reasons, it was the plan, but not be fully implemented and in Oslo by even the Botsfengselet was built. The prison was expanded in the 1900s again, reaching a maximum capacity of 223 inmates. 1934 was still a fourth wing to as an attachment. The Botsfengselet was established in 1970 as a penal institution finally closed and the prisoners in the prison Ullersmo ( Ullersmo fengsel ) in the municipality Ullensaker laid in Fylke Akershus. The former prison in 1975, after the completion of the corresponding extensions at the site of Botsfengselet and the completion of the renovation work, a part of the Oslo County Jail, from which today's Oslo state prison. The historic prison building of Botsfengselet is Protected Monument since that time. The Botsfengselet is now part of Section A, " Botsen " the current Oslo Prison. Around the around the Botsfengselet is the Grønland Park or bots Park ( Grønlands park - Botsparken ).

Botsfengselet in the film

• The Botsfengselet also served often as a film set, especially in Norwegian films of the Olsen Gang in Norway it reached a greater awareness. The Norwegian Egon Olsen played by Arve Opsahl from the remakes of the Olsen Gang who had his second home in Botsfengselet and always went with his release here the way from the main entrance of the prison.