The city of Oslo is the capital of Norway and third largest Scandinavian urban area. It is an important centre of maritime knowledge in Europe and home to some 1,000 companies within the maritime sector.
The Kingdom of Norway was ranked highest of all countries in human development from 2001 to 2008. It has a Scandinavian welfare model and the largest capital reserve per capita of any nation.
Impressive statue and it looks beautiful with the frost.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember the explanation about horse's feet in memorial statues correctly, this one leg up means he died because of war wounds. Any idea?
He I did a similar posting, a similar statue in front of the Royal palace in The hague!
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