Gustav Vigeland
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Gustav Vigeland, born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his
Gustav Vigeland 1929
The Monolith, Vigeland installation in Frogner Park, Oslo
Vigeland Museum
Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama". He pioneered theatr
Gustav Vigeland
…Vigeland, considered the most talented Norwegian sculptor, received numerous commissions for statues and busts celebrating renowned compatriots like Henrik Ibsen and Niels Henrik Abel. In 1906 Vigeland proposed a chalk model for a monumental fountain. Initially, the idea of the Oslo municipality was to put the…
Portrait by Eilif Peterssen, 1895
Skien in 1822
Ole Paus (1766–1855), Ibsen's step-grandfather; an ancestor of the singer
Rising, Norway, Knud Ibsen's childhood home. The farm was bought by his stepfather Ole Paus in 1799, on the same day he sold the Ibsen house in Løvestrædet, which he had inherited from his wife Johanne's first husband Henrich Ibsen. Rising was the home of Henrik Ibsen's grandparents during his childhood and, along with Venstøp, stands as one of the two most significant preserved landmarks of his childhood environment.