There is a bust in bronze placed on the square that bears his name. Notice the organ pipes on the column. Different categories of sculptures The popular aspects of city beautification has traditionally had a great influence. The artist may leave the interpretation to us. Here you can read what they are, where they are and a little about their background. It is not uncommon in different cultures to use lions as national symbols.
A statue of Johan Sverdrup was raised in 1964. The king of beasts is also used in the Norwegian seal. Not in downtown but close to. When you have joined me on this urban hike to almost 40 sculptures, you will probably conclude the same as I did, that this part of Oslo has too few category C sculptures. On the other side of the Storting we find Wessels plass square. That article is being updated with new content as necessary.
He had great significance in Norwegian society in the late 1800s and into the previous century. It is served by lines 13 and 19; the station is however skipped when trams go in westward direction. Transport Wessels plass is a light rail station on the Briskeby Line of the Oslo Tramway. The density is strong in front of the Storting, Christian Michelsen to name one. Wessel lived a very hefty student life in Copenhagen, but had enough presence of mind to be central to the founding of the.
I call this category B. We now turn away from the cathedral to face the square called Stortorvet. Johan Herman Wessel Cat B was a poet and writer in the latter half of the 1700s. Named Stortingspladsen 'The Storting Square' , it was given its current name in 1891. It was named after Johan Herman Wessel, and a bust of him was raised here in 1891.
He is probably most famous for being a great orator. He started in the late 1800s an organist school which later became the Norwegian Academy of Music. It was demolished around 1880 to give room for a park-like square. Reliefs and other embellishments on building walls and roofs are deliberately omitted. As the Storting is the very centre of democracy, it must be justified by the use of lions.
He is probably most noted for his humorous and satiric verse tales. The Parliament of Norway Building was completed in 1866, ad in 1873 Oslo municipality bought the knoll. Krogh is placed on Stortings plass square. History Originally on the site was a knoll with a house surrounded by a garden. Artist: Elena Engelsen Mrs Fortuna Cat A The next sculpture is almost like a relief, hanging on the wall of the Council of Europe Square, across the road from the Central Station. The text is my own, inspired by different sources.
Under the square is a walking tunnel between the Parliament of Norway Building and office buildings across the street. Not in downtown but close to. All cities need to show off their proud men, and to some extent also women — particularly those who have been dead for a while. The next and last article describes the walk from the Storting and up the hill to the Royal palace and park. The presumably most important politicians throughout history are displayed on the Eidsvolls square in front of the Storting, but we start with some completely different characters. Accordingly, we find on this walk a number of statues of men in full size or in the form of busts i.
Read more And here I think we make a little pause in our description. The sculpture may be non-figurative, but also figurative. The numbers are coming up in the next article. Foreigners or illiterate Norwegians will hardly surmise anything but this being a kitsch artwork. This was a great choice for our two day vacation stay in Oslo.
Sometimes, but very little on our walking route, we find the free pieces of art. Ludvig Mathias Lindeman Cat B The organist and composer is honoured with his head and upper torso on a base very close to the Cathedral wall. The same applies to artistic decorations indoors. The Lions Cat A We will now walk up the Løvebakken Lion Hill in front of the Storting, named so because of the two lions at each foot of the hill. Moreover he commanded that Christiania as it was called should no longer allow wooden buildings. This first part starts at Oslo S i.