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    What’s in a name?

    Oct 10, 2021 2 minutes
    STEPHEN DAVIS

    I once investigated the sinking of the ferry Estonia, a disaster that killed 852 people, and one of the highlights was spending time working with some very fine journalists in Kristiania.

    Kristiania used to be Christiania, but I am using the 20th-century version of the name. Before it was Christiania, it was Anslo.

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