Permanent sculpture installation created by Gustav Vigeland 1924 -1943. Tourists named Vigeland, locals name Frogner
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Vigeland Park Human Rock Sculpture Park VR Norway
Rolf E. Stenersens allé 85, 0268 Oslo, Norway
Vigeland also known as Frogner Park by locals is a public park located in the West End borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway.
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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.
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The sculpture area in Frogner Park covers 80 acres (320,000 m2) and features 212 bronze and granite sculptures, all designed by Gustav Vigeland.
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It consists of sculptures as well as larger structures such as bridges and fountains. The installation is not a separate park, but the name of the sculptures within the larger Frogner Park.
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Informally the Vigeland installation is sometimes called "Vigeland Park" or "Vigeland Sculpture Park", the director of Oslo Museum Lars Roede said "Vigeland Park" "doesn't really exist" and is "the name of the tourists," as opposed to "Oslo natives' more down-to-earth name, Frogner Park."
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The park of Frogner Manor was historically smaller and centered on the manor house, and was landscaped as a baroque park in the 18th century by its owner, the later general Hans Jacob Scheel.
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It was landscaped as a romantic park in the 19th century by then-owner, industrialist Benjamin Wegner.
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Large parts of the estate were sold to give room for city expansion in the 19th century, and the remaining estate was bought by Christiania municipality in 1896 and made into a public park.
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It was the site of the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition, and Vigeland's sculpture arrangement was constructed from the 1920s.
The Frogner Pond is found in the centre of the park.
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In addition to the sculpture park, the manor house and the nearby Henriette Wegner Pavilion, the park also contains Frognerbadet (the Frogner Baths) and Frogner Stadium.
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Frogner Park is the most popular tourist attraction in Norway, with between 1 and 2 million visitors each year, and is open to the public at all times.
The Bridge was the first part to be opened to the public, in 1940.
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Frogner Park and the Vigeland installation was protected under the Heritage Act on 13 February 2009 as the first park in Norway.
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The Bridge forms a 328 feet-long, 49 feet-wide connection between the Main Gate and the Fountain, lined with 58 sculptures, including one of the park's more popular statues, Angry Boy (Sinnataggen).
Benjamin Wegner bought the manor in 1836 and he transformed the garden into a romantic park around 1840.
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Visitors could enjoy the sculptures while most of the park was still under construction. At the end of the bridge lies the Children’s Playground, a collection of eight bronze statues showing children at play.
