He is most associated with his work, Sverd i fjell, the commemorative monument that symbolizes the unification of the nation of Norway.
[1] Røed was born in the community of Bryne in the municipality of Time in Rogaland county, Norway.
[citation needed] Vårfornemmelser, a sculpture by Fritz Røed, is located on the Fjellveien road in the Sandviken district of Bergen, Norway.
Three enormous bronze swords commemorate the battle during the year 872 when Harald Hårfagre united three districts into the nation of Norway.
Røed had a studio in the small mountain town of Villa Faraldi in Liguria, Italy.