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Frogner Park is the largest park in the city and covers 45 hectares; the sculpture installation is the world's largest sculpture park made by a single artist. Frogner Park is the most popular tourist attraction in Norway, with between 1 and 2 million visitors each year, [5] and is open to the public at all times.
- 0.45 square kilometres (110 acres)
- Oslo
- c. 1750 as a baroque garden of Frogner Manor, Early 20th century as a large public park
Apr 9, 2021 · Vigeland Park is within Frognerparken (Frogner Park), the largest public park in Oslo. A popular spot in all weathers, Frogner Park also has an open-air pool, a cafe and restaurant, plus the biggest playground in Norway and the biggest collection of roses in the country, with 14,000 plants of 150 species.
- Siobhan Grogan
Jul 29, 2016 · 29 July, 2016. The Vigeland Park is one of Norway’s most visited attractions and the world’s largest sculpture park made by one single artist. Discover the artist Gustav Vigeland, and the meaning behind his powerful sculpture park in Oslo.
Vigeland Park. The Vigeland sculpture park at Frogner in Oslo is one of the most unique sculpture parks in the world. Here, you’ll see more than 200 sculptures by the artist Gustav Vigeland, which makes it the world’s largest sculpture park made by a single artist.
The park is always open - see visitor information. 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.
Sculpture park in the Frogner Park with more than 200 sculptures by Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943) in bronze, granite and cast iron, including The Angry Boy (Sinnataggen in Norwegian), The Monolith (Monolitten) and The Wheel of Life (Livshjulet).
Oct 4, 2023 · Frogner Park, within which Vigeland Sculpture Park is located, is the largest park in Oslo at over 45 hectares. The 17-meter tall Monolith sculpture in Vigeland Sculpture Park was sculpted in Idefjorden on the southern Norwegian-Swedish border, before being transported to the Sculpture Park in Oslo.
