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SageneSagene is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The area became part of the city of Oslo (then Christiania) in 1859. The name Sagene itself is the plural of the Norwegian word for "saw", reflecting all the old industrial mechanical saws powered by the river Akerselva in this area in the 1800s and early 1900s. Running through the borough of Sagene is the river Akerselva which has contributed in shaping the culture and history of the borough. The river has been exploited for energy, and along it for a thousand years, mills and turbines have been operating. Norways oldest industrial building - Glads papermill - is located in Sagene. And the cradle of industrialism in Norway stood here in the mid 1800s with establishments such as Graahs spinnery and Hjula weavery. Author Oskar Braaten (1881-1939) grew up and got inspiration for his books in this environment. Today the old factories are filled by modern "industry", in large parts with media, information technology (IT) and graphical businesses. Small wooden houses along the streets Maridalsveien and Sandakerveien are memories of the incomming dwellings of the 1700s, while the laborers housings of the 1800s was built in concrete. After the first world war the area around Torshov (now part of the borough of Sagene) and Sagene was planed to be a "city within the city" with some 2,000 apartments. This can still be experienced in Torshov today. The esteemed Soria Moria building from 1928 houses theatre, cinemas, restaurants and other cultural events and offerings. The borough of Sagene includes the areas of Sagene, Bjlsen, Iladalen, Sandaker, sen and Torshov. In the west its border is the street Uelandsgate and the cemetary (gravlund) Nordre gravlund. In north it borders Tsen and Storo. The borders then follows the valley Torshovdalen in the east. And borders areas Rodelkka and Grnerlkka is the south. Sports Sagene IBK has its own floorball team in the top league.
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