Peer Gynt Sculpture Park

The sculpture park was created in honour of the Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen as a monumental presentation of one of his plays, Peer Gynt, act by act.

[1] The park was established in 2006 by Selvaag, the company behind the housing development in the Løren area, and most of the sculptures are the result of an international sculpture competition.

The host of the competition is Selvaag, the parent company of several subsidiaries.

The members of the jury are director Ellen Horn from the Norwegian Riksteatret, sculptor Kirsten Kokkin, Prof. Vigdis Ystad from Senter for Ibsenstudier (the Centre for Ibsen Studies), Kim Brandstrup from Galleri Brandstrup, Peder Lund from Lund Fine Art, artist Kristian Blystad, and Ole Gunnar Selvaag, one of Selvaag's owners and the founder of the Peer Gynt Sculpture Park.

[2] The Peer Gynt Sculpture Park is unique because famous sculptors from many countries have each interpreted a piece of a play.