Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien (12 November 1830 – 19 September 1898) was a noted Norwegian sculptor.

Background

Bergslien was born in

Voss Voss () is a municipality and a traditional district in Vestland county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages include Bolstadøyri, Borstrondi, Evanger, Kvitheim, Mjølfjell, ...

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipa ...

county,

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. He was a son of Lars Bergeson Bergslien and Kirsten Knutsdotter Gjelle. He was a brother of noted painter and master artist Knud Bergslien. In 1861 he married Johanne Christine Tønnesen (1842–1930).

Career

He studied under

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and

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between 1853 and 1861. In 1861 he settled in Kristiania (now Oslo) where he ran his own engraving workshop. Bergslien also operated an artist's training studio. Among his students were Sigvald Asbjornsen and

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. He sculpted several prominently placed statues in Oslo, including that of King Charles John of Norway and Sweden (1875) at

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in front of the

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. He was also noted for the statue of f

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(1881) at

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. Other notable statues include that of

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(1891) at

St. Hanshaugen Park St. Hanshaugen Park is a large public park located just north of the city center of Oslo, Norway. It is a classic urban park located within the borough of St. Hanshaugen, which was named for the park which lies within its center. St. Hanshauge ...

Bergslien Park

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. Monuments honoring the three famous Bergslien artists now exist in Bergslien Park located in Voss, Hordaland, Norway.''The path-breaking cotter boys of Norwegian national art'' (Bergsliparken

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References

1830 births 1898 deaths Norwegian sculptors People from Voss Norwegian expatriates in Denmark 19th-century Norwegian sculptors Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour Order of Saint Olav {{norway-artist-stub