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After Years of Fighting, Ullevål Hospital Activists Face Their Final Court Battle

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Activists have spent more than a decade opposing the closure of Ullevål Hospital and the construction of a new Rikshospitalet at Gaustad.
  • The planned hospital is expected to open in 2031, while the Ullevål site would be redeveloped as a new urban area.
  • The activists have also challenged the project’s consequences for nature and the environment, with the latest battle potentially moving to court.

For more than ten years, campaigners have fought to preserve Ullevål Hospital and stop the construction of a new Rikshospitalet. Now, they may be facing their final battle, and it could take place in court.

A large new hospital is rapidly rising at Gaustad. The planned Rikshospitalet is scheduled to open in 2031, while the existing Ullevål Hospital is set to close. Its grounds would then be developed into a new urban district.

The plan has remained controversial for years. Activists have opposed not only the new hospital itself, but also what they describe as its consequences for nature and the environment. Their campaign has continued as construction advances at Gaustad.

The legal proceedings could determine whether the long-running effort to preserve Ullevål and halt the project has one last chance to succeed.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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