Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park is one of the wonderful places located in the west of the city of Oslo, in the Frögner district. Vigeland Park itself is part of the huge Frogner Park. It was created by the great sculptor Gustav Vigeland in 1907-1942. Its area is 30 hectares, which contain about 277 sculptural groups, reflecting the whole range of human relationships.

The theme of the park is the mental state of a person. Most of the statues here depict people captured during various activities such as wrestling, running, hugging, dancing, etc. Each of the statues has a certain set of human relationships and emotions, and often a deep philosophical subtext is conveyed, which makes some compositions quite difficult for the perception of an unprepared tourist.

At the end of the park in 1930, a unique forged sundial and the Wheel of Life were erected. The latter resembles a wreath, which depicts four people with a child in infinite harmony. This symbol of eternity contains the main idea of the park: the journey of a person from the cradle to the burial.