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Anders Svor museum

Anders Svor museum, a museum in Norway
Anders Svor museum, a museum in NorwayErik den yngre · CC BY-SA 4.0
Anders Svor museum, a museum in Norway
Turi Hoem · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Anders Svor museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Kvitegga stands 1,717 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Anders Svor Museumspark, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

Sculpstures created by Anders Svor

About

The story

The Anders Svor Museum is an art museum in Grodås, Norway dedicated to the sculptor Anders Svor (1864–1929), who was from the village. The museum building, which contains most of the sculptor's work, a total of 450 works, was opened in 1953. The collection was transferred to the municipality free of charge by Anders Svor's heirs in a deed of gift of 1941. A condition in the deed was that a fireproof museum building should be built. Because of the war, it took time to carry out the plans, but in 1951 a building permit was granted by the Ministry of Provisioning and Reconstruction. The building was inaugurated on July 12, 1953. A bust of Svor stands in the yard outside. In 1992, the museum was expanded and the exhibition space for the sculpture collection was improved. Since 2004, the museum has been run by the Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum, and, since 2009, the museum has been part of the consortium Museums of Sogn og Fjordane. The museum underwent an internal renovation in 2014 for the 150th anniversary of Svor's birth. Anders Svor's art has a Realist form, often combined with a Romantic leaning. Anders Svor is represented around Norway by a number of major works, including ones displayed at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo.

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Dates from 1953.

Wikidata Q11031610, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates61.96523, 6.52349
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Middagsfjellet: 1.3 mi
  • Storehornet: 2.6 mi
  • Blånibbene: 3.2 mi
  • Gulkoppen: 3.3 mi
  • Høgenibba: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls
  • Fossen: 1.6 mi
  • Jutedalsfossen: 2.2 mi
  • Trollhammarfossen: 2.9 mi
  • Brattegjølfossen: 3.1 mi
  • Kolfossen: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 11
Attractions: 9
  • Loen Skylift: 12.0 mi
  • Hellesyltfossen: 13.9 mi
  • Lygnstøylvatnet: 15.9 mi
  • Høgrenningsetra: 17.7 mi
  • Hjørundfjorden: 17.9 mi
Parks: 6
  • Anders Svor Museumspark: 0.0 mi
  • Malakoff: 17.8 mi
  • Kirkeparken: 17.9 mi
  • Uppheimsplassen: 19.3 mi
  • Hamneparken: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 4
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Anders Svor museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KviteggaNNE 33°1,717 m10.7 mi
StorhornetN 10°1,600 m7.7 mi
HornindalsrokkenNNE 30°1,526 m8.6 mi
KyrkjefjelletWNW 293°1,482 m9.2 mi
BlåfjelletE 88°1,478 m8.8 mi
Kårdalstindane VNNE 20°1,469 m11.1 mi
AkslaNNE 21°1,433 m6.6 mi
BjørkehornetN 11°1,433 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3717:4918:48
June solstice03:4421:5623:28
September equinox07:1818:3919:38
December solstice09:58—15:07

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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