Steilneset Memorial

Steilneset Memorial
Installation by Louise Bourgeois at Vardø, Steilneset
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LocationVardø, Norway
DesignerLouise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor
Completion date2011

The Steilneset Memorial is a monument in the town of Vardø in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The monument commemorates the trial and execution in 1621 of 91 people for witchcraft. The memorial was designed by artist Louise Bourgeois and architect Peter Zumthor and was opened in 2011. It was Bourgeois' last major work.