An Angry Boy at Frogner Park

Sinnataggen- Little Angy Boy

Sinnataggen (Little Angry Boy) is the most famous sculpture in Frogner Park

At around midday we leave Drammen and head back for Oslo. The afternoon starts off with a visit to the Royal Palace- the official residence of the Norwegian Royal Family (Construction of the Palace was complete in 1849, 24 years after is started in 1825).

Royal Palace, Oslo, Norway

The Royal Palace in Oslo

3 kilometres northwest of the City Centre is Frogner Park (known in Norwegian as Frognerparken) which contains the famous Vigelands Sculpture Park. The sculpture park is full of life size works by Norwegian sculptor- Gustav vigeland.

Vigelands Parken bus stop sign
I looked up the history of the park on the Internet. According to Wikipedia, “the park covers 80 acres and features 212 bronze and granite sculptures created by Gustav Vigeland. Vigeland personally sculpted every figure out of clay and individual craftsmen were contracted to fabricate the pieces into what they are today. These works of art reside along an 850 metre-long axis divided into six sections: The Main Gate, The Bridge, The Children’s Playground, The Fountain, The Monolith Plateau and the Wheel of Life.”

Sculpture from Frogner Park

In 1924 Vigeland started working on a project of works he would openly exhibit. For twenty years he worked.

Frogner Park- Man fighting off babies

What he started went on to become Vigelands Park but he did not live to see the completed park.

Fronger Park- Huddle up & pray

The most popular sculpture in the park is called Sinnataggen (Little Angry Boy). It is on the Bridge part of the park which, in 1940, was the first to be opened to the public.

Frogner Park- Monolith