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Ekebergparken Sculpture Park is a sculpture park and a national heritage park close to Ekebergrestauranten[1] with a panoramic view of the city at Ekeberg[2] in the southeast of the city of Oslo, Norway.[3][4]
The Sculpture Park has been initiated and financed by property director and art collector Christian Ringnes (born 1954). The park is located in a wooded area of 25.5 acres (about 10 hectares), and was inaugurated 26 September 2013.[5]
A total of 31 sculptures were installed when the opening ceremony took place in 2013, many of them with women as subjects. The park is owned by the City of Oslo and sculptures owned by the Christian Ringnes instituted foundation, C Ludens Ringnes Foundation.[6] It was fully established in February 2015, including accrued trails, water surface and at least 25 sculptures deployed. The capital of NOK 350 million was set aside at the time to cover purchases of additional sculptures, up to a total of eighty, and the operation of the park for at least 50 years.[7][8][9][10][3]
- ^ Ekebergparken, history
- ^ Viewpoints Ekebergparken (in English)
- ^ a b Map on Ekebergparken's website
- ^ Ekebergparken on visitoslo.com (incl. a video) (in English)
- ^ Åpnet omstridt skulpturpark i Oslo Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Norwegian)
- ^ The documents to agreement on gift from C. Lundens Ringnes Foundation to the city of Oslo. Council case 102/11 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Planforslag Skulptur- og kulturminnepark Ekeberg City of Oslo (in Norwegian)
- ^ Ekebergparken Sculpture Park www.weheart.co.uk (in English)
- ^ Out of the woodsNorwegian Air Shuttle Magazine (in English)
- ^ Ekeberg Sculpture Park comes to Oslo, Norway www.eurotravelogue.com (in English)