Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics
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XXIV Olympic Winter Games XIII Paralympic Winter Games |
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Almaty · Beijing |
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| City | Oslo, Norway |
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Stian Berger Røsland (President) Eli Grimsby (CEO) |
| NOC | Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NOR) |
| Previous Games hosted | |
| Hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics | |
Oslo 2022 was a campaign by Oslo and the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports for the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. This bid was cancelled on October 1, 2014, after the parliamentary caucus of the Conservative Party had voted to not support the bid. Already, the Progress Party (Norway),Centre Party (Norway) and Socialist Left Party (Norway) were opposed to the bid. Thus, it was no longer possible to get a parliamentary majority for a state guarantee. The IOC selected Beijing as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics from the two remaining bids at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015.
The Norwegian Olympic Committee (governed by the identical board of the Norwegian Confederation of Sports) originally planned a bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Three cities announced interest: Tromsø, Trondheim and Oslo. After assessing the plans and a technical evaluation, the NOC board voted 7-6 in favor of Tromsø. However, 30 September 2008 an external revision demonstrated the games would cost far more than originally suggested, the total public net cost being estimated at 19,1 billions NOK. This prompted the Norwegian Olympic Committee to withdraw the bid 6 October 2008, citing inter alia responsibility to avoid unwarranted public spending. The decision caused strong negative reactions. Then board member and later president, Børre Rognlien, recognized in 2014 that citing responsibility of public spending was unwise.
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