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In 1938 the Norwegian Young Women's Christian Association (Y.W.C.A.) moved its hostel from Clifton Gardens in Maida Vale to a new building in Holland Park.  However, when war broke out in 1939 the hostel was closed.

The premises were converted into a hospital for Norwegian merchant seamen who were unable to return to Norway after the country was occupied in April 1940.

The Norwegian Seamen's Hospital opened in mid-1940 with 45 beds.

It closed at the end of the war in 1945.

Present status (March 2013)

In January 1947 the Norwegian Y.W.C.A. re-opened the building and it remains in use today.