Gustav Vigeland

The sculptor Gustav Vigeland stroke a good deal with the Oslo City municipality in 1921. In change for donating most of his works in his will to the City of Oslo, Mr. Vigeland was given an large purpose build studio and residence, now the Vigeland Museum, and an commission to design and furnish with sculptures, one of Oslo’s largest parks, now known as ‘Vigelandsanlegget’, the Vigeland park, on Oslo’s west end. Mr. Vigelands art has been disputed, and so has Oslo’s use of public founds on this large project, but the park and its sculptures are today much enjoyed by the city’s residents, and is one of Oslo’s largest tourist attractions.

Karl Johan

Karl Johan’s Street is Oslo’s main street, and has been so since the expansion of the city in the 1830’s. The architect Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow who also designed the Royal Palace made the city plan for the new West End of Oslo (then Christiania). Today statues have been erected for some of the most prominent figures in Norway’s history, both from politics and culture life along this street.


Linstow's city plan of 1838


P.A.Munch (Professor in History) (1933) by Stinius Fredriksen

A.M.Schweigaard (Professor in Jurisprudence and Economics) 1882 by P.E.Schmidt

Henrik Wergeland (Poet) 1881 by Brynjulf Bergslien

Charl Joachim Hambro (Politician) (1995) by Kjell Grette Christensen

Christian Michelsen (Politician)

W.F.K.Christie (Politician)