What is Gustav Vigeland?
{{Infobox person | name = Gustav Vigeland | image = Gustav Vigeland 1929.jpg | caption = Vigeland in 1929, his sculpture in [[Frogner Park]] is in the background. | birth_name = Adolf Gustav Thorsen | birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|04|11}} | birth_place = [[Halse og Harkmark]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|03|12|1869|04|11}} | nationality = [[Norway|Norwegian]] | known_for = [[Sculpture]]s }} '''Gustav Vigeland''' (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943) was an [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[wikt:sculptor|sculptor]]. He is known for his [[sculpture]] in [[Frogner Park]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Einar Solvoll |date=2008-11-14 |title=Aften spør for deg |language=no |trans-title=The evening asks for you |newspaper=[[Aftenposten]] |quote=Vigelandsparken finnes egentlig ikke! Vigelandsanlegget er en del av Frognerparken, som er det store restarealet av Frogner hovedgård [...] turistenes Vigelandsparken [...] Oslo-folkets mer jordnære navn, Frognerparken}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.cox.net/c.kau/Vigeland/ |title=Vigeland's Sculpture Park |location=[[Oslo]] |access-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520003446/http://members.cox.net/c.kau/Vigeland/ |archive-date=2010-05-20 }}</ref> He designed the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] medal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/medal.html |title=The Nobel Peace Prize Medal |website=The Nobel Prize |quote=The Nobel Peace Prize medal was designed by Gustav Vigeland. |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref> == Early life == Adolf Gustav Thorsen was born in [[Halse og Harkmark]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gonorway.no/go/vigeland.html|title=Famous Norwegians Gustav Vigeland|website=Go Norway|access-date=8 September 2023|archive-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231113253/http://www.gonorway.no/go/vigeland.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> which used to be a municipality in [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]], [[Norway]