Pupletts in Sweden: Vigeland's Sculpture Park - Frogner Park

The Vigeland's Sculpture Park has to be one of my favorite places we have visited so far. It was all sculpted by Gustav Vigeland as a study of the human form.

This trip I wanted to get a full set of pictures, this post is just a set of photos of the statues at the park:

The path we took

To start with we walked Southeast down the bridge. At each corner of the bridge was a tall marble pillar, followed by a series of statues that lined the bridge.

NE Pillar

Paul's girlfriend always hugged a little too tightly

Jack loved squeezing his own nipples

Nothing to see here, just a naked man taking a small boy for a walk

Joe's last day working in childcare

Ten seconds before Sam got regurgitated milk down his back

Last time I tried this pose in a park I was arrested

Sally hadn't washed her hair for so long it tried to strangle her

Peter checks out Sally, but is not impressed

Jane is even less impressed by having to stand naked in the snow

He started it! No she started it!

Then he tries to apologize after the fight and she thinks it would be more sincere if he let go of her boobs

Little Billy was shocked at his parent's behavior

Harry and Alice get stuck in the wheel again!

The evil mastermind that put them in the wheel

Honey, the kids can see you even if you hide behind me

Graeme went in for a sneaky hug, but Jemma was lighter than he expected

Arrrgh, crap! Let me go!

When someone picks the urinal right next to you when there are plenty of other ones free

Not in shot were the 'Y', 'C' and 'A'

Michael tries to show off his new knuckle tattoo but Jake just isn't interested

The original design basis for the Oscar award statue

Pedro was annoyed that he wasn't considered for an award statue

When I snap my fingers I can pull a girl out of my knee! Ta-da!

Ally was glad she'd shaved her underarms before turning up to pose

Bettie explains to mum how Ben was being a 'poo-face' this time

Mum pretends to listen

One day Robert would be able to afford a pony for little Brad, until then, however....

Two seconds before Hilly caught Mary in a full nelson.

It would take another minute before Elizabeth noticed the trickle of pee the baby had left on her leg

"He has a dirty nappy, you change it!"

The carry technique any parent of multiple kids knows

Baby hat!

SE Statue

SW Statue

When you try for the baby hat and end up eating feet

There is a baby there somewhere..

Another of the "He has a dirty nappy" shots

Nelly was nervous - her kid was missing again

The best hiding place is behind

Maybe a little too behind..

Is it a bird, is it a plane?

`No you idiots, its a falling child! Caught you!

Miranda couldn't bear to watch

Doris never managed to get the moves of "I'm a little teapot" correct

The twins were way too late to catch the falling child

Not happy, Jan!

You lookin' at me?

Karl and Amanda carrying the giant glass pillar

While Dora watches and hopes they don't drop it

Phew, they made it

When leapfrog goes wrong

When a hug becomes a smother

This one doesn't really need a caption.

David's wheel stretching service didn't get too many customers these days

"I have jam all over my hands and I touched all the walls on the way to find you"

The parents tried to remain calm, but the jam was on the TV, computer and the dog

Frank was childfree and had no jam related issues

But Patricia had 17 children and was forced to pretend to be a statue to avoid the "When is dinner?" questions

Childfree Ida could do nothing but laugh as she ate her noodles for one

Larry had left Gerta home for a week with the three children - she was happy to have him home

It's my baby!

Ewww, Dad. I can see all the boogers in your nose.

Ray tried to jump the tackle - big mistake

Gritting his teeth, the baby sunk in the choke-hold

Ian could only watch as the baby choked out the old man


NE Pillar.

Next we headed down onto the lake (marked with 2) to see the baby sculptures:

After baby island, the next stop was the fountain. The fountain had two parts - a series of trees that show "the life of man from cradle to grave" (Vigeland's Fountain Page) and a series of bronze reliefs that show the "eternal life cycle of mankind". 112 reliefs were made and 60 were selected to use at the end.

Trees:

Baby Tree

Babies

More babies

Yep, kids that's how babies are made - you pick one from the tree

Circle of Life - Old man and baby

Old man and baby (or a kid finding a naked creepy man in a tree)

Kids climbing the tree - an adult can be seen in the middle

Climbing a tree

In the tree

Girls in a tree

Sky diving from a tree

Woman

Man - umm enjoying the tree

She's still waiting for him to finish with the tree

I'm a tree, lol

Now he's noticed her

"How ya' doing?"

"Wanna go pluck some babies from a tree?"

Hard to see this due to the sunglare - its an old man stretching in a tree

Pain

Death - and the returning to the Earth (being consumed by the tree)

Returning to the tree

Death and the end of the cycle

The centre of the fountain has a group of men lifting the basin:

Centre

And around the fountain are a series of bronze reliefs. They were partially obscured by snow so the kids had to do some clearing for us to get the photos. In no particular order, here they are:

The old "Let's play doctor"

The "It's been a loooong day" pose

Being kidnapped by a dwarf?

Hmm? Two people trying to pull a third person in two?

Twisting the head off

How to give your kid longer arms

Making babies kiss

The Eagle made a break down the sideline heading for a score, when BAM! Blindside tackle

Vomit on the face in 3...2...1

Follow the leader

Failing at hide and seek (if i can't see you, you can't see me)

Some dodgy-looking wrestling

Babies pulling at their parent's faces

"Stay! Stop following me!"

"Goddammit, where do all these lambs keep coming from?"

Tantrum training sessions were going well

Dog juggling babies

Nothing more uplifting than a dead family

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Baby!

"You two ride the wolf, while i reach into its throat and try to get Freddie back"

"Johnny, I don't think the horse is happy!"

"I have to agree with you!"

Flying babies

More flying babies

I think this one is standing on a skeleton, but the snow obscured it

Move along, nothing to see here (I think there may be a skeleton under the snow)

The first trials of skeletal horse wrestling?

Nothing more cheerful than a dead family

The new Olympic sport - Synchronized dying

Trying to force the skeletons back into the body

Dead and partially buried

Good boy!

Come on kids, time to go home

Sleeping or dead

Sitting old guys

Robinson Crusoe

Still sitting

"Please kids, help me! Call an ambulance or something"

That's it! I'm sulking

"Damn you wolves! Give Freddie back!"

"Read all about it - floating dead woman kidnaps man!"

Sorry I let John be kidnapped by the floating woman

"Come on kid, we're going!"

Father Julius misunderstood the instruction manual for Baptisms

Elaine blocks Harry's ears so he doesn't hear the voices anymore..

The local school dance was ruined by the nudists

The principal tried to tell them off, but it was ruined by his own nudity

This looks like the start of a movie that belongs on a much different site.

The end result of the previous frieze

A woman and her goat

Another of 'those' movies

Sideways

Using a child as a trampoline?

Safety tip 367: If you must ride a bear, do it backwards

Killer fish attack!

Safety Tip 456: Antlers can make a handy seat

Teaching how to do a cartwheel

"Screw this, we're going home"

An advert for contraception

"I'm not talking to you"

Zzzzzzzz

"I'm going to stand over here in case you have cooties."

The final part of the park was a monument column that was surrounded by a series of sculpture sets. It was a little hard to get perfect photos due to some construction work that was taking place: