Oslo, a city of Munch, Ibsen and Vigeland: the back story

About Oslo, a city of Munch, Ibsen and Vigeland: the back story

By the ULTIMATE Oslo Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief: Jai Michael

Oslo is the city of three great Norwegians. Edvard Munch’s work fills MUNCH in Bjørvika, and the National Museum keeps The Scream of 1893 and Madonna in its Munch Room. Henrik Ibsen spent the last 11 years of his life in the apartment on Henrik Ibsens gate that is now his museum. Gustav Vigeland designed the sculpture park in Frogner Park, with more than 200 of his works, and lived in the studio that is now the Vigeland Museum. On the fjord, Renzo Piano’s Astrup Fearnley Museet and the Tjuvholmen sculpture park add the art of today.

Munch

MUNCH in Bjørvika has 13 floors of his art; the National Museum’s Munch Room holds The Scream (1893) and Madonna (1894).

Ibsen

IBSEN Museum & Teater, at Henrik Ibsens gate 26, keeps the apartment where Ibsen lived and worked the last 11 years of his life.

The Oslo Pass covers most of the city’s museums: check which before you buy.

Vigeland

Vigeland Sculpture Park, inside Frogner Park, has more than 200 sculptures in bronze, granite and cast iron and is open round the clock; the Vigeland Museum is his former studio and home.

The new art

Astrup Fearnley Museet and the Tjuvholmen Sculpture Park on the fjord, Ekebergparken on its hill, and Kistefos and Henie Onstad beyond the city.

Our advice: see The Scream in both museums: they show different versions.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Oslo, a city of Munch, Ibsen and Vigeland: the back story before you go.