EPSG systems

EPSG:27391 NGO 1948 (Oslo) / NGO zone I

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: Norway - zone I. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:27391
NameNGO 1948 (Oslo) / NGO zone I
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use Norway - zone I
Norway - west of 3°30'W of Oslo (7°13'22.5"E of Greenwich).
Bounds W 4,39° · S 57,92° · E 7,23° · N 63,17°
Countries Norway
DatumNGO 1948 (Oslo)
Ellipsoid Bessel Modified a = 6377492.018 m · 1/f = 299.1528128
Prime meridianOslo 10.722916666666666 degree
Base geographic system EPSG:4817 — NGO 1948 (Oslo)
Unit metre (x north, y east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeCadastre, topographic mapping.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin58degree
Longitude of natural origin-4.666666666666667degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting0metre
False northing0metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=58 +lon_0=-4.66666666666667 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6377492.018 +rf=299.1528128 +pm=oslo +units=m +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:27391.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["NGO_1948_Oslo_Norway_Zone_1",GEOGCS["GCS_NGO_1948_Oslo",DATUM["NGO_1948_(Oslo)",SPHEROID["Bessel_Modified",6377492.018,299.1528128]],PRIMEM["Oslo",10.7229166666667],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-4.66666666666667],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",58.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — Norway

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.