Oslo breakfast

noun

A healthy breakfast served to schoolchildren, typically including wholemeal bread, cheese, milk, and fruit.

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Meanings

nounOslo breakfast (plural Oslo breakfasts)

plural Oslo breakfasts

  1. historicalA healthy breakfast served to schoolchildren, typically including wholemeal bread, cheese, milk, and fruit.

Origin

It was rolled out as a free universal provision for schoolchildren in Oslo, Norway, in 1932.

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Oslo breakfast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oslo%20breakfast

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“Oslo breakfast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oslo%20breakfast. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oslo breakfast,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oslo%20breakfast.

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