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Also Known As Adolf Gustav Vigeland
Born April 11, 1869 • Norway
Died March 12, 1943 (aged 73) • Oslo • Norway

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Frogner Park, Oslo
Abel monument, designed by Gustav Vigeland (1908), Oslo.
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