Lysaker

Lysaker is a village in the municipality of Bærum.

Lysaker is bordered to the east by the Norwegian capital Oslo and south directly to a branch of the Oslo Fjord between the Fornebu and the Bygdøy peninsula. Two major transport axes Drammenbanen and the European Route 18, leading through Lysaker. Originally the site was a preferred residential area, whose most famous resident 1902-1930 Fridtjof Nansen on his property Polhøgda, since 1957 the seat of the Fridtjof Nansen Foundation, was. However, since the late 1970s, the village is predominantly determined by business parks and office buildings. A park-like green belt has remained beside the river Lysakerelva. Major local employers are the industrial group Aker Solutions and the frozen food manufacturer Findus. The headquarters of the telecommunications company Tandberg, the Norwegian agency for international companies such as Apple, Fujifilm and Broadnet and an administrative building of the regional airline Widerøe are in Lysaker.

Tandberg

Polhøgda

Townscape 1981