{{short description|Norwegian alternative culture project}} {{Infobox venue | name = Hausmania | image = Hausmania fasade.jpg | image_alt = Refer to caption | caption = Building in 2017 | address = Hausmannsgate 34 | city = Oslo | country = | location = | coordinates = {{Coord|59.9191|10.7521|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | opened = | years_active = 1999– | website = {{URL|www.hausmania.org}} }}
'''Hausmania''' is a self-managed social centre and cultural house (Norwegian: Kulturhus) in Oslo, Norway. It was squatted in 1999 by a group of artists and run based on collectivist ideology. It is located alongside other squats at Hausmannsgate 34, in a zone designated as a cultural quarter. Hausmannsgate 42 was evicted in 2016. The centre hosts artist ateliers, a theatre, galleries, an internet space, a vegan café and a legal graffiti wall. Nearby are Kafe Hærverk and Vega Scene.
==History==
From 1999 onwards, several buildings in the area were squatted.<ref name="NRK">{{cite news |last1=Tjelle |first1=Irina |last2=Olsson |first2=Svein Vestrum |last3=Døvik |first3=Olav |title=Ville rive Hausmania allerede for 100 år siden |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/ville-rive-hausmania-allerede-for-100-ar-siden-1.13029855 |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=NRK |date=6 July 2016 |language=nb-NO |archive-date=4 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804090427/https://www.nrk.no/norge/ville-rive-hausmania-allerede-for-100-ar-siden-1.13029855 |url-status=live }}</ref> A group of artists began to use the Hausmannsgate 34 in winter 2000, and it was later rented from the state property owner Statsbygg in 2003. After some problems with the municipality in 2004, the centre became established as a cultural centre and made plans alongside the Vestbredden squat (at Hausmannsgate 40) to be a "pilot project in inner city ecology, local governance, housing and culture".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://projects.takingitglobal.org/hausmania/about/ |title=Hausmania Ecological Pilot Project |access-date=2008-07-13 |archive-date=2008-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907150114/http://projects.takingitglobal.org/hausmania/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Around 30 people live at the project.<ref name="Andersbakken" />
In 2010, Hausmannsgate 42 was ordered to be closed by fire regulations. It was evicted in 2016, along with Brenneriveien 1. The city council, which had bought the complex from Statsbygg in 2004, then decided to sell the buildings in the complex.<ref name="NRK" /> The squatters presented a plan to develop Hausmannsgate 40 in line with the designation of the area as a cultural quarter, after working on a plan for two years with the property developers Anthon B. Nilsen Eiendom.<ref name="Graklev">{{cite news |last1=Gravklev |first1=Bente R. |title=Frykter kulturkvartalet Hausmania forsvinner |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/frykter-et-glattere-kvartal-1.353642 |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Dagsavisen |date=25 April 2015 |language=no |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029022436/https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/frykter-et-glattere-kvartal-1.353642 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, the development corporation Urbanium bought Hausmannsgate 40 as part of a package of plots costing NOK 30 million. At first, it demanded the eviction of the housing cooperative and then decided to offer to sell the nine apartments back to the people living there for NOK 10 million.<ref name="Borgersrud">{{cite news |last1=Borgersrud |first1=Aslak |title=Vil selge Hausmania-gård til okkupantene for 10 millioner |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/oslo/hausmania-bygard-til-salgs-1.915213 |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Dagsavisen |date=20 January 2017 |language=no |archive-date=13 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713100140/http://www.dagsavisen.no/oslo/hausmania-bygard-til-salgs-1.915213 |url-status=live }}</ref> Construction began in 2017 on Vega Scene, a new culture house for film and theatre at Hausmannsgate 28, next to Hausmania.<ref name="Bakkemoen">{{cite news |last1=Bakkemoen |first1=Edel |title=Oslo får nytt kulturhus i sentrum |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/8bawW/oslo-faar-nytt-kulturhus-midt-i-sentrum |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Aftenposten |date=15 November 2017 |language=nb}}</ref>
==Activities==
The 5000 m<sup>2</sup> centre provides space for artists' ateliers, practice rooms, exhibitions and other events. There are three galleries, a cinema, a skate hall and an internet café.<ref name="Andersbakken">{{cite web |last1=Andersbakken |first1=Ola |title=Fra anarkisme til mainstream? Antropolog studerte kulturhuset Hausmania i Oslo |url=https://www.antropologi.info/blog/nyheter/2006/antropolog_studerte_hausmania_fra_anarki |website=Antropologi |date=8 August 2006 |accessdate=24 April 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424184923/https://www.antropologi.info/blog/nyheter/2006/antropolog_studerte_hausmania_fra_anarki |url-status=live }}</ref> There is a non-commercial vegan café called Blackeyedbean which serves mainly organic and fair trade products, and the Grusomhetens Teater (Theatre of Cruelty) is managed by Lars Øyno.<ref>{{cite news |title=Her kan du spise grønt |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/osloby/sulten/i/g0KzA/Her-kan-du-spise-gront |accessdate=24 April 2019 |work=Aftenposten |date=25 May 2008 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424183813/https://www.aftenposten.no/osloby/sulten/i/g0KzA/Her-kan-du-spise-gront |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Andersbakken" />
Outside, there is a legal graffiti wall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legal-walls.net/walls/65 |title=Legal graffiti wall |access-date=2008-07-13 |archive-date=2008-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424165616/http://www.legal-walls.net/walls/65 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Andersbakken" /> In 2017, Kafé Hærverk opened as a venue for experimental and independent music. It won the Oslo Prize that year.<ref name="starter">{{cite news |last1=Lund |first1=Ellen |title=Oslo-utested starter plateselskap |url=https://gaffa.no/musikk/nyheter/199855/oslo-utested-starter-plateselskap/ |accessdate=24 April 2019 |work=Gaffa |date=12 February 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424183336/https://gaffa.no/musikk/nyheter/199855/oslo-utested-starter-plateselskap/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alongside Blitz in Oslo and UFFA in Trondheim, Hausmania is a centre for anarchism in Norway.<ref name="Anarchism">{{cite book |last1=Kuhn |first1=Gabriel |title=The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest |chapter=Anarchism, Norway |date=2009 |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp0067 |isbn=9781405198073 |url=https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp0067|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=mrishamsharma|date=2018-07-18|title=Oslo's Hidden Gem: Hausmania|url=https://oslorocks.com/2018/07/18/oslos-hidden-gem-hausmania/|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Oslo Rocks Blog!|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819095808/https://oslorocks.com/2018/07/18/oslos-hidden-gem-hausmania/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== See also == * Squatting in Norway * Anarchism in Norway
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.hausmania.org Hausmania homepage]
Category:DIY culture Category:Culture of Norway Category:Self-managed social centers Category:Legalized squats Category:Squats Category:Anarchism in Norway Category:Squatting in Norway Category:Infoshops Category:Legal graffiti spaces