Arnold Haukeland, Sun Sculpture
↑ Arnold Haukeland, Sun Sculpture, 1970.
Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen / Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Arnold Haukeland, Sun Sculpture (1970)
When Sonja Henie (1912–1969), one of the two donors of Henie Onstad, died, the widower Niels Onstad (1909–1978) ordered a large sculpture to commemorate her.
In addition to the sculpture seen above the ground, there is also a great machinery underneath. The original idea was that the sculpture should move around its own axis in a slow pirouette. But because of gravity, the sculpture was never able to move, and today it welcomes us as a monumental landmark to Høvikodden.
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All sculptures
1 Émile Gilioli, Spirit, Water and Blood (1961)
2 Tony Cragg, Houses (1985)
3 Per Barclay, Glass House (2019)
4 Per Kirkeby, Brick sculpture at Høvikodden (1985)
5 Henry Moore, Standing figure, knife edge (1961)
6 Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Position North (1985)
7 Aase Texmon Rygh, Volta (1975)
8 Camille Norment, Within the Toll (2011)
9 Eugéne Dodeigne, La Guerre (1964)
10 Per Inge Bjørlo, Larger Body (2003)
11 Kai Nielsen, Zeus and Io (1918–1920)
12 Kai Nielsen, Mother of Water (1918–1920)
13 Odd Tandberg, No title (1975)
14 Camilla Løw, Social Geometry (2011)
15 Camilla Løw, Neon Winter (2011)
16 Arnold Haukeland, Ground Forces (1981)
17 Arnold Haukeland, Runer (1979–1980)
18 Terry Haass, Hommage a Anna-Eva Bergman (1993)
19 Arnold Haukeland, Sun Sculpture (1970)
20 Ann Kathrin November Høibo, Untitled (Beret #26) (2012)
21 Trygve Fredriksen, The Filipstad Banana (1952)
22 Jan Håfström, Landscape Memorial (1985)
23 Bård Breivik, A Wall Cut Through (1985)
24 Bjørn Nørgaard, Ragnarokk for the 117th time (1985)
25 The Philosophy Stone
26 The grave of Sonja Henie and Niels Onstad
