After decades of debate and delay, an architectal competition was arranged in 1955[2] and final drafts for the concert hall were presented in 1965, based on Gösta Åbergh [no]'s winning proposal.

Oslo Konserthus AS was founded in October 1966 and, on 22 March 1977, the concert hall was finally opened.

In September the same year, a specially build organ (with 7000 pipes) from Göttingen, Germany was installed.

Also the open area in front of the hall and the premises below belong to Oslo Konserthus AS.

In 2000 Mariss Jansons, then conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, resigned his position after disputes with the city over the poor acoustics of the hall.