This ensemble of bronze statues is a small sample of what you will see at Frogner Park. The location of the sculpture garden derives its name from a manor built here in 1750 by Major Hans Jacob Scheel. After the sprawling estate exchanged hands several times, it was sold to the city. It is now famous for an outdoor display of over 200 larger-than-life bronze and granite sculptures called the Vigeland Installation. Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland spent nearly 20 years – from 1921 until he died in 1943 – creating these artworks. The Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement is the world’s largest collection of sculptures by a single artist in the world.
