A statue of

Olav Tryggvason Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken ( Vingulmark, and Rånrike), and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of N ...

is located in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, Norway. Sculpted by sculptor

Wilhelm Rasmussen Wilhelm Rasmussen (15 June 1879 – 6 December 1965) was a Norwegian sculptor. Wilhelm Robert Rasmussen was born in Skien in Telemark county, Norway. He studied under Norwegian sculptors Brynjulf Bergslien and Lars Utne (1862–1922), and late ...

, it honors King

who was the city's founder. The 18-metre (58-foot) high statue is mounted on top of an obelisk. It stands at the center of the city square (''Torvet i Trondheim'') at the intersection of the two main streets, Munkegata and Kongens gate. The statue was unveiled in 1921. Around the statue base is a cobblestone mosaic, dating from 1930, which forms a gigantic

sun dial A sundial is a horological device that tells the time of day (referred to as civil time in modern usage) when direct sunlight shines by the apparent position of the Sun in the sky. In the narrowest sense of the word, it consists of a flat ...

. The sun dial is calibrated to UTC+1, meaning that the reading is inaccurate by one hour in the summer.Knut A Rosvold: ''Trondheim torv'' (Store norske leksikon)
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Gallery

Olav Tryggvason (statue) (cropped).jpg, Closeup of the statue of Olav Tryggvason

References

External links

Torvet i Trondheim
Buildings and structures in Trondheim Monuments and memorials in Norway Tourist attractions in Trondheim Sundials {{Public-art-stub