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Vigelandsparken

Address: Kirkevn., Frogner, Oslo
Phone: 23-49-37-00
www.vigeland.museum.no

Vigeland's Park

Category: Public Art (Mural/Sculpture/Statue), Parks
Location: Frogner

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Fodor's Review:

Also known as Frogner Park, Vigelandsparken has 212 bronze, granite, and wrought-iron sculptures by Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943). Most of the stunning park sculptures are placed on a nearly 1-km-long (½ mi-long) axis and depict the stages of life: birth to death, one generation to the next. See the park's 56-foot-high granite Monolith Plateau, a column of 121 upward-striving nude figures surrounded by 36 groups on circular stairs. The most beloved sculpture is a bronze of an enraged baby boy stamping his foot and scrunching his face in fury. Known as Sinnataggen (The Angry Boy), this famous statue has been filmed, parodied, painted red, and even stolen from the park. It is based on a 1901 sketch Vigeland made of a little boy in London.

Cost: Free
Open: Daily

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