Frogner Park is a 75 acre park created by Norway's greatest sculptor, Gustav Vigeland, from 1924-1943. Working on-site, he designed 192 bronze and granite statue groupings, 600 figures in all.

This 300 foot long bridge is bounded by 4 granite columns and 58 bronze statues that are a general study of the human body, many dealing with relationships between people.

The famous Sinnataggen, the hot-headed little boy. It is said that Vigeland gave him some chocolate and then took it away to see his reaction.

The granite columns depict a lizard fighting with a man and woman

View of Frogner Park and the sculpture gardens

The Fountain (dry when we visited). 20 tree-of-life groups surround the fountain. Four clumps of trees on each corner show humanity's relationship to nature and the seasons of life: childhood, young love, adulthood and winter.

60 bronze reliefs circling the basin develop the theme further.

Six giants hold a fountain, symbolically toiling with the burden of life, as water - the source of life - cascades steadily around them (but not today!)

The Monolith is the centerpiece of the park.

Wrought iron gates also designed by Vigeland

The Monolith has 121 figures carved out of a single block of stone. Three stone carvers worked daily for 14 years, cutting Vigeland's full-size plaster model into the final 180 ton, 50 foot tall erection.

36 granite statue groups surround the monolith and continue Vigeland's cycle-of-life motif.

Sundial

The Vigeland Museum is filled with original plaster casts. The city supplied Vigeland with this building for his home and workplace in exchange for beautifying Frogner Park with the sculpture garden.

Exhibits of his original clay and plaster casts.

Original casts of the Monolith were in 3 parts.