Bislet Baths

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| name = Bislet Baths

| native_name = Bislet bad

| image = Bislet Bad.jpg

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| architectural_style = Baroque revival and Neoclassicist

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| location = Bislett, Oslo, Norway

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| location_country = Norway

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| start_date = 1917

| completion_date = 1920

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| architect = Harald Aars and Lorentz Harboe Ree

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Bislet Baths ({{langx|no|Bislet bad}}) is a swimming pool and fitness center in Oslo, designed by the architects Harald Aars and Lorentz Harboe Ree.{{cite book |last1=Engh |first1=Pål Henry |last2=Gunnarsjaa |first2=Arne |title=Oslo: en arkitekturguide |date=1984 |publisher=Universitetsforlaget |location=Oslo |page=122}}{{cite book |last1=Paavilainen |first1=Simo |title=Nordisk klassicism 1910–1930 |date=1982 |publisher=Helsinki |location=Museum of Finnish Architecture |page=120}} The facility is located in Bislett not far from Bislett Stadium, and it was completed in 1920.{{cite book |last1=Nordahl |first1=Gunnar |last2=Tyrihjell |first2=Odd |title=Norsk idrett gjennom hundre år, 1861–1961 |date=1961 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |page=133}}

In 2011, the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage gave the building protected status.{{cite news |title=Bislet bad fredes |url=https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/bislet-bad-fredes-1.7504554 |accessdate=April 12, 2020 |work=NRK |date=February 12, 2011}} It was one of the country's most modern baths when it was built, and it was under municipal ownership until 2005. The Thongård company purchased the baths from the municipality for NOK 1 million{{cite news |last1=Nyborg |first1=Øyvind |title=Må betale for å kvitte seg med Bislet Bad |url=https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/ma-betale-for-a-kvitte-seg-med-bislet-bad-1.359314 |accessdate=April 12, 2020 |work=NRK |date=February 24, 2005}} and operates it as a bathing and fitness center.

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