Stedsvalg data for Greater Oslo
What is it like to live in Majorstuen?
District/municipality: Frogner · 1 analysis cell · 9,725 residents in the cells
In short
Majorstuen suits you best if you prioritize food and cafés within walking distance and nearby public transport service. 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 128,654/m²
- Average price of homes sold in the area (level: sub-district).
- Rent, 2 rooms
- NOK 17,715/month
- Typical market rent for 2 rooms. The figure covers the rent zone Indre by vest, not just this place.
Getting around
How easy is it to get around?
- Public transport
- 150.5 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.
- 96/100 · Very good
- Travel time to Oslo S
- 12 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 49
- Number within a 500 m walk of a typical home. Bars and pubs are not counted.
- 97/100 · Very good
- Everyday amenities
- 211 m
- On average from a typical home to the nearest grocery, pharmacy, gym and kindergarten.
- 92/100 · Very good
Examples nearby
- Grocery: Extra Majorstuen · 126 m away
- Pharmacy: Vitusapotek Majorstuen · 82 m away
- Fitness: Synergy Trening · 157 m away
- Kindergarten: Julius barnehage · 316 m away
- Restaurant/café: Baker Hansen · 6 m away
Nature, quiet and safety
What is it like to be outside here?
- Forest and large nature areas
- 3.5 km
- From a typical home to the nearest forest or large natural area (50 hectares or more).
- 39/100 · Weak
- The fjord
- 2.2 km
- From a typical home to the fjord.
- 35/100 · 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.
- 67/100 · Good
- Perceived safety
- 8.2 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.
- 82/100 · Very good
Buildings
What does the area look like?
- Older buildings
- about 88
- Registered buildings from before 1900 (SEFRAK) within 750 m of a typical home.
- Some
- Newer homes
- 9.3%
- Share of homes completed since 2010.
- Few
How Majorstuen came to be
The name comes from Majorstua, a plot under Blindern farm that Major Michael Wilhelm Sundt leased in the 1700s.1 According to Lokalhistoriewiki, Majorstuen has elegant apartment buildings from the late 1800s.2
Majorstuen station opened in 1898 as the terminus of the Holmenkollen line, and today all the metro lines meet here, together with three tram lines.3 According to Lokalhistoriewiki, Majorstuen is Oslo’s second-largest public transport interchange, with around 30 million boardings and alightings a year (2017).4
Sources and method
Sources for the local history
- Confirmed by several sources: Store norske leksikon: Majorstua, lokalhistoriewiki.no: Majorstuen (strøk). ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Majorstuen (strøk). ↑
- Confirmed by several sources: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Majorstuen stasjon, Wikipedia: Majorstuen station. ↑
- One source: lokalhistoriewiki.no: Majorstuen stasjon. ↑
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
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- 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