Vigeland Museum

He designed his own bronze urn and burial monument, located above his apartment on the 2nd floor.

The highway Ring 2 runs nearby, and buses as well as Oslo Tramway provide for public transportation.

The museum is within reasonable walking distance of the stations Frogner plass on the Frogner Line, and, further away, Nobels gate on the Skøyen Line (the now-closed station Halvdan Svartes gate was proximate as well).

The building, which is one of Norway's foremost examples of neoclassical architecture, is designed by architect Lorentz Ree.

Its history began in 1919, when sculptor Gustav Vigeland made an offer to Oslo Municipality to donate his works sometime in the future.

Vigeland's total body of works consisted not only of sculptures, but also woodcuts, drawings, sketches and photographs as well as letters, other writings and a personal library.

[1] The building of the would-be museum commenced in 1921, as soon as a contract between Vigeland and Oslo had been formalized.

The opening was partially thanks to budget surplus from the municipal cinema company Oslo Kinematografer.