Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Grefsen?
District/municipality: Nordre Aker · 3 analysis cells · 9,438 residents in the cells
Includes parts of: Storo
In short
Grefsen suits you best if you prioritize nearby public transport service and perceived safety. It suits you less if you’re looking for proximity to the fjord or proximity to forest and large nature areas. The figures are area averages, so always check the exact address.
The bar is the Stedsvalg model score from 0 to 100. Higher is always better.
Cost
What does it cost to live here?
- Purchase price
- NOK 91,879/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 15,607/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Ytre by vest, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 60 departures/hour
- In the morning peak, from stops within a short walk, where nearer stops count more. Counted across all routes and directions, so it isn't the frequency of any single line.
- 85/100 · Very good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 26 min
- By public transport to Oslo S, arriving 08:30 (Entur).
Daily life on foot
What can you reach without a car or bus?
- Restaurants and cafés
- about 2
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 57/100 · Mixed
- Everyday amenities
- 502 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 68/100 · Good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Nærbutikken Storo · 131 m away
- Pharmacy: Vitusapotek Storo · 327 m away
- Fitness: Fitness 24/7 · 133 m away
- Kindergarten: Bråtenalleen barnehage · 24 m away
- Restaurant/café: Ebi Sushi · 285 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 2.7 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 52/100 · Mixed
- The fjord
- 5.4 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 9/100 · Very weak
- Road and rail noise
- Fairly quiet
- Mapped road and rail noise (levels from 55 dB). 100 means no mapped noise, 0 is very noisy.
- 75/100 · Good
- Perceived safety
- 8.6 out of 10
- How safe residents say they feel in their neighborhood (Oslo health survey 2024 and Akershus health survey 2025, sub-district figure). In Akershus it's one municipality number, not a neighborhood measure.
- 86/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 4
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Very few
- Newer homes
- 3.5%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Almost none
How Grefsen came to be
The Grefsen water-cure establishment opened in 1858 and put the area on the map.1 The land was divided into plots and built up with small houses and villas from the late 1800s into the early 1900s, and apartment blocks followed after the Second World War.2
Grefsen station opened in 1900 with the Gjøvik line, and Grefsen church was consecrated in 1940.3 Grefsen became its own parish in 1937.4 According to Lokalhistoriewiki, the station building was designed by Paul Due, and Grefsen stadium was started in 1921 and finished in 1930.5
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Grefsen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Grefsen (strøk). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Grefsen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Grefsen (strøk). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Grefsen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Grefsen (strøk). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Grefsen, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Grefsen (strøk). ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Grefsen (strøk). ↑
Updated October 10, 2026 · Written with AI assistance and reviewed by Stedsvalg.
How this page is calculated
This page groups Stedsvalg cells that share the same officially derived place name. Figures are population-weighted typical values, not observations at every home. The cell grouping is an analysis basis, not a claim about an official neighborhood boundary.
Sources and freshness
- BOL018: Gjennomsnittlig kvadratmeterpris for omsatte boliger: 2025 · sub-district
- BOL014: Markedsleie for leieboliger per byområde: 2024 · regional
- Journey Planner v3 – estimatedCalls: 2026-09-14 · analysis cell
- Friluftslivsområder – kartlagte: 2026-09-11 · analysis cell
- Folkehelseundersøkelsen i Oslo 2024 - delbydelstabeller: 2026-09-12 · sub-district
- SEFRAK-bygninger, BOL001 og BOL008: 2026-10-01 · analysis cell / sub-district
- OpenStreetMap place names: 2026-10-04 · name point