6 Sep 2011 – Ullevål 

5 Sep 2011, 0631hrs #6-grandchild, a beautiful dark-hair boy arrived safely into the world at Ullevål universitetssykehus/Ullevaal UniversityHospital/1884, OSL/Norway weighing 2,942grams and  height, 47cms. Those figures are similar to both L&M when they were born. Mother and baby are well and the proud father survived the ordeal. Congratulations to M&B, welcome and good luck to parenthood!

The combination of May’s Bday/4Sep dinner and the champagne bubbles must have triggered off her contractions, hahaha! she was driven to the hospital 03.30hrs and the birth was over by 06.35hrs. Bday, Labour Day and motherhood are quite a handful when they all happened within 24hrs…

Coincidentally and interestingly that grandson#6 (name has yet to be confirmed but his last name is HALD-HERMANSEN) is born in the hospital where his paternal great-great-great grandfather Dr John Kløve HALD (1)/1842-1921 was the 1st director (1894-1911) and the longest director for 17yrs.  This hospital even has its own museum which opens for 2hrs on Tue&Thu.

A clever idea to have Ullevål Hotel next to the maternity ward today but 224yrs ago these were the buildings then… 5Sep1887, four buildings for patients (272 beds) , a reception and economy building, stables for horses ambulance and mortuary were established. A consultant and two assistant doctors were then employed.

http://snl.no/Ullevål_universitetssykehus

Located in this neighbourhood is Ullevål Stadion/Ulleaal Stadium/1926 where the national football stadium is located. Besides being the home for national team Vålerenga, the Cup finals are also held here sitting app 25,500++ Surrounding the stadium are shops and there is even a hotel by the shops.