Sarabråten

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| image_caption = Sarabråten in the 1880s. The building no longer exists

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| type = Recreational area

| location = Østmarka

| nearest_city = Oslo

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Sarabråten is an area near the lake Nøklevann in Østmarka, Oslo, Norway.

Now a recreational area, it was owned by Thomas Johannessen Heftye and his descendants from 1856 to 1911, and after that by Oslo municipality.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Sarabråten|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Sarabr%C3%A5ten|editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 April 2009}} It was first recorded under the name Jørgensrud in 1578, when owned by the Diocese of Oslo.{{cite web|url=http://www.ordforeren.oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/ordf%C3%B8reren%20(ORDFOREREN)/Internett%20(ORDFOREREN)/Dokumenter/Taler%20og%20appeller/07062006_Sarabraaten.pdf|title=Speech by the Mayor of Oslo, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Sarabråten memorial|publisher=Oslo municipality|language=Norwegian|date=7 June 2006|accessdate=13 March 2009}} A ski jumping hill was located here earlier.

Sarabråten has a memorial of Christian Dons,{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Sarabråten|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Sarabr%C3%A5ten|editor=Henriksen, Petter|language=Norwegian|accessdate=9 April 2009}} founder of the Scout Movement in Norway, as well as a memorial raised in 1946 of nine WWII resistance members.

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