Public Art in Oslo

Public Art in Oslo are most often associated with the art of Gustav Vigeland. Most Norwegians has also knowledge about at least some of the statues along the main street Karl Johan, as of the bohemian painter Christian Krohg on Stortingsplass, poet Henrik Wergeland in Spikersuppa, the author Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and play writer Henrik Ibsen in front of the National theatre and the equestrian statue of Karl Johan, the first Swedish/Norwegian king (in the 1814-1905 Union) at Slottsplassen, in the front of the Royal Palace. But, as I wish to show in this photo blog, Oslo has much more, both exiting and dull art by both famous and unknown artist all over the town.
Depicted is one of the oldest public art pieces in Oslo, salvaged from the old medieval Cathedral of St. Halvard (Oslo’s Patron Saint) before its remains were torn down after the last great city fire of 1624 (its last remains were used for roadwork in the 1780s). This corner relief is today integrated in the main tower of the Oslo Cathedral.