![]() Jordal Amfi in August 2016 | |
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Location | Jordal, Oslo, Norway |
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Coordinates | 59°54′40.42″N 10°47′2.19″E / 59.9112278°N 10.7839417°E |
Owner | Oslo Municipality |
Executive suites | 9 |
Capacity | 10,000 (1951–71) 4,459 (1971–2017) |
Record attendance | 10,000 |
Surface | Artificial ice |
Construction | |
Broke ground | August 1950 |
Opened | 12 December 1951 |
Renovated | 1971 (roof), 1999 |
Closed | 15 January 2017 |
Demolished | 2017 |
Construction cost | NOK 4 million |
Architect | Frode Rinnan and Olav Tveten |
Tenants | |
Vålerenga Ishockey (–1990, 1993–2017) |
Jordal Amfi was an indoor ice hockey rink in Oslo, Norway, the first bearing that name. The venue opened in 1951 to host the 1952 Winter Olympics. Jordal was also the site of the 1958 and the 1999 IIHF World Championship. It would in the following decades also serve several boxing matches and concerts.
Jordal Amfi was historically significant for Norwegian hockey and was home to 26 national championships of the GET-ligaen side Vålerenga Ishockey. It also hosted the Norway national ice hockey team. The arena's design by Frode Rinnan and Olav Tveten was characterized by its asymmetrical shape, giving steep and tall stands on the one end and low stands on the other. In 2017, the arena was closed down to be replaced by a new one.[1]