Skallum

It is known locally for its art gallery and as a recreational area, and nationally as the site of an event in the closing days of World War II in Europe.

Skallum distinguished from the surrounding area as it forms a small valley, a creek having run here in the past.

The creek was a part of the Stabekk Watershed, which originated north of Øvrevoll Galloppbane and ran southwards via Voll, Jar, Jarmyra, Tjernsrud and Ringstabekk.

Today, this pond is the only trace of a waterway at Skallum, as most of the Stabekk Watershed has been led underground through a pipe system.

[9] The Nazi authorities had already set up an anti-air battery, named Grossbatterie Bertha, on a field south of Skallum.

[11] Quisling and his followers had barricaded themselves at his home Gimle at Bygdøy, but the Nazi government had been torn apart in the late days of World War II.

On the other hand, a group of police that included Erling Søvik, labelled by historian Nils Johan Ringdal as more "opportunist", were not present.

Jonas Lie was high on pills and alcohol, and was reported to have fired a gun in the direction of Riisnæs and Rogstad, as well as threatening them with an unsafe hand grenade.

Sverre Riisnæs surrendered, approaching the resistance forces while flying a white handkerchief, whereas Lie and Rogstad were found dead.