Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal (died 1943)

Gustav Vigeland

Gustav Vigeland, born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his productivity. He is most associated with the Vigeland installation (Vigelandsanlegget) in Frogner Park, Oslo. The Vigeland installation made Frogner Park into Norway's most popular tourist attraction, and the park also contains Frogner Manor with the Oslo Museum and the Henriette Wegner Pavilion.

Born

1869

April 11

Died

1943

Era

1860s

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1869 Born
1943 Died

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491 Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
672 Consecration of Pope Adeodatus II following the death of Pope Vitalian.
1241 Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
1512 War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces.

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The world in 1943

When Gustav departed

april 13 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
april 13 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
april 16 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
april 18 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1869

Edwin Lutyens 1869–1944 English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (born 1869) Emilio Aguinaldo 1869–1964 Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (born 1869) Henri Désiré Landru 1869– French serial killer (died 1922) José María Pino Suárez 1869– Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (died 1913) Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (born 1869) Mary Colter 1869–1958 American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (died 1958) Neville Chamberlain 1869–1940 English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1940) Robbie Ross 1869– Canadian journalist and art critic (died 1918) Will Marion Cook 1869– American violinist and composer (died 1944)

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