Top 5 Pizza Restaurants in Oslo

Norwegians have fancied pizza since its introduction to the country in the early 1960’s. It’s safe to say it has evolved quite a bit since then. When the young Italian immigrant Gino Valente met Oslo’s restaurant scene in 1962, he must have been astounded by the lack of fresh produce to be found. Nevertheless, he was the person who first served pizza on Norwegian soil the following year. Valente travelled the country for the years to come, working in a number of cities, and in 1970 established his own place in Oslo. That very same year the American entrepreneur Louis Jordan established Peppes Pizza in Norway’s capital city. Valente unsurprisingly favoured the Italian pizza, whereas Jordan wanted to serve Norwegians the classic American pizza with a thicker crust. The rest is history. Peppes Pizza shot off like a rocket fueled by tomato sauce. It became a major success, in Oslo at first, before conquering the rest of the country. On the other hand, Valente never made a name for himself as a pizza guy, but introduced a lot of Italian dishes to Norwegians, rewriting the country’s culinary history in the process.