Avisgutten
Avisgutten is a statue in the Norwegian city of Ålesund .
The statue is in Kongens gate in the center of Ålesund. According to her name Avisgutten , which means newspaper boy in German , she depicts a newspaper boy selling newspapers . The boy, shown walking and shouting, carries a bundle of newspapers under his left arm.
The statue was created by Arne Martin Hansen . It was a gift from the Sunnmørsposten newspaper to Ålesund City on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the city's charter in 1998.
In August 2011, the statue was vandalized . She was beheaded by strangers and torn from her anchorage. The statue has been restored and put back in its original place. On the night of March 28-29, 2019, vandalism occurred again, in which the figure was torn from the pedestal.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Eirik Meling, “Avisgutten” påkjørt i Kongens gate in Sunnmørsposten, published online on March 29, 2019
Coordinates: 62 ° 28 '23.8 " N , 6 ° 9' 23" E