Havnelageret (Oslo)

 office building, place with historical importance

Havnelageret (also known as Oslo Havnelager) is a commercial building located at Langkaia 1 in Oslo, Norway. The house houses Norwegian Defence Estates Agency and the Norwegian Intelligence Service has its source archive (kildearkivet) there.
The building was erected in the period 1916-20 and designed by architect Bredo Henrik Berntsen. Construction of Havnelageret was very complicated because the building had to be built on bedrock as a result of its large size. When finished, the building was so substantial that the 4th floor of Havnelageret was used as an air-raid shelter during the Second World War.When Havnelageret was completed in 1921, it was the largest concrete building in Europe and the largest building in the Nordic countries.The building had 11 floors, a tower and an area of 39 708 m² in its original form. After a total renovation in 1983 (carried out by the firm Arkitektene as), the "Jacob's dream" re-emerged; a pink-coloured office building filled by financiers, ship companies and oil companies. Because of its unusual color, the building is often called "The pink palace in Bjørvika"