St. Olav's Cathedral in Oslo is credited in the infobox to Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno. The article names no client and says private donations and fundraising abroad paid for it, with Queen Josephine the most generous individual donor. The infobox lists 1896 as founded. The text says the first mass was celebrated on August 24, 1856, and the church was consecrated on August 8, 1896.
The infobox calls the style Neo-Gothic. The article names no materials or dimensions. It stands in Hammersborg, near Vår Frelsers gravlund, which was outside Oslo at the time of construction. A relic said to be a bone from St. Olav's arm was placed in a showcase in the 1860s.
It became the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo in 1953 and was visited by Pope John Paul II in 1989. Masses are held in Norwegian, English, Polish and other languages. The article gives no hours.
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