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The sculpture park is Gustav Vigeland's life work, comprising over 200 sculptures in granite, bronze and wrought iron. It was installed mainly in the period 1940-1949, but is nevertheless a result of over 40 years of work.
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The stone was originally shot out of the quarry in Iddefjord, Norway, and transported to the park during the late 1920s. The sculpture depicts 121 human figures clinging and floating together. There's women and men of different ages, and the top of the Monolith is crowned with children.
The Vigeland Museum offers guided tours in the park throughout the summer. Please contact Visit Oslo for more information about guiding in the park.
The Vigeland Museum is officially opened on 4 July by the head of the Vigeland Committee, Cinema Manager Kristofer Aamot. The museum was later handed over to Rolf Stranger on behalf of the City of Oslo.
Vigeland Park / The Bridge The Bridge 's 58 bronze sculptures show a rich variety of children, women and men of different ages. Here you find the iconic little boy Sinnataggen (The Angry Boy).
The Vigeland Museum's collection comprises 1 600 sculptures, 12 000 drawings and 400 woodcuts, in addition to pastels, wrought iron works and wood carving works. The collection is the result of an agreement Gustav Vigeland made with the City of Oslo in 1919.
Beyond the Bridge, the path continues through a rose garden to the Fountain, the earliest sculpture unit in the park. In the center of the basin six giants hold the large saucer-shaped vessel aloft and from it a curtain of water spills down around them.
Gustav Vigeland's work with wrought iron for Vigeland Park began in 1923-24 when he contacted the Bilgrei company. The blacksmith Alfred Mikkelsen took on the task of executing the first four dragon panels, which are now part of the main gate to Vigeland Park.
Dedicated to Norway's most famous sculptor, Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943). The Vigeland Museum is located in Nobels gate 32, Oslo, near the Vigeland Park.
