The Oslo Lounge is a pop-up co-working and event space, where people from the most innovative companies in the world meet to discuss and highlight businesses from the Oslo region. The Oslo Lounge is managed by Oslo Business Region.

2. The Oslo Lounge was an event and co-working
space 9-19 March during SXSW in Austin,
hosted by Oslo Business Region.
People from the most pioneering companies in the world met to
discuss and highlight businesses from the Oslo region.

3. Key figures
11days
13events
830delegates
signed up for
events during
SXSWedu
2170delegates signed
up for events during
SXSW Interactive
and Music
890#theoslolounge
@theoslolounge
tweets
2.5mill reach in
Social Media

4. Main partners

5. 9 March Hello SXSW & Austin
10 March Kahoot!
11 March Norwegian Classroom by ICT Norway
12 March The Viking Vorspill by ICT Norway
13 March Creative Cities Alliance
14 March Unacast - the world’s largest proximity network
14 March Short Stories lunch with Capital Factory
14 March Appear.in and Opera Software Happy Hour
15 March Communication Meetup
16 March Nordic MashUP pitching competition
17 March Music Norway Industry Mixer
18 March Ryan Holiday Q&A
19 March Final party + Norwegian music videos by vidFlow
Event program

6. “The Oslo Lounge was a
great social anchor for us
during SXSW. It gave us a
place to call home in Austin
and invite our users to an
informal setting to spark a
more social connection.
Oslo Lounge helped us
build a stronger local
presence with our users in
Austin.”
- Johan Brand, CEO,
Kahoot!

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8. Social media buzz

9. “The Oslo Lounge was
our home away from
home, our meeting room,
our office away from the
office, and our fav place
to hang out with new
friends after SXSWEdu.”
- Heidi Arnesen Austlid,
ICT Norway

10. Selected tweets

11. Selected Instagrams

12. "Unacast rocked SXSW,
and The Oslo Lounge
was our stage. Our
audience was press,
partners and customers,
and we left with new,
dedicated fans.”
- Kjartan Slette,
Co-Founder and COO,
Unacast

13. www.oslolounge.com
www.oslobusinessregion.no
Siw Andersen, Project Manager
Oslo Business Region
siw@oslobusinessregion.no
“We are looking forward
to next year’s
collaboration with the
Oslo Lounge, to bring
innovative Norwegian
technology to SXSW.”
- Gautam Chandna,
Director Product
Partnerships, Opera
Software