Ljan

To the south Ljanselva which begins at Lutvann has its mouth, and where it runs through Liadalen at Ljan it also constitutes the border with borough Søndre Nordstrand.

The public beaches at Ljan are Hvervenbukta, Ljansbadet and Katten,[1][2] and in addition there are a number of private bath houses along Mosseveien.

Holter's widow, Madam Maren Juel and her second and third husbands, Ole Christopher Wessel and First Minister Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz then took over.

Next to Ljansbrukveien the two old porter's lodges today contain handicraft stores run by local craftspeople, and the gazebo at Hvervenbukta beach harbors a cafe which is open during the summer.

Ljan is located immediately south of the Oslo Graben with the ground being predominantly bedrock dating back to the Precambrian, i.e. 1 billion years old: mostly nutrient-poor gneiss with more nutrient-rich amphibolite interspersed in layers.

Due to the erosion that took place for hundreds of millions of years, today's rock surface was deep inside the mountains that were originally formed.

The final "molding" of the landscape of Ljan took place during the Quaternary Period—the recent 1½ million years—when the land was frozen under glaciers at least five times.

[4] At the end of the last glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, the Ljan fissure and other dents in the terrain were filled with moraine debris.