A statue of Olav Tryggvason is located in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

, Norway. Sculpted by sculptor Wilhelm Rasmussen, it honors King Olav Tryggvason, who was the city's founder. The 18-metre (58-foot) high statue is mounted on top of an obelisk. It stands at the center of the city square (''Torvet i Trondheim'') at the intersection of the two main streets, Munkegata and Kongens gate. The statue was unveiled in 1921. Around the statue base is a cobblestone mosaic, dating from 1930, which forms a gigantic sun dial . The sun dial is calibrated to UTC+1, meaning that the reading is inaccurate by one hour in the summer.Knut A Rosvold: ''Trondheim torv'' (Store norske leksikon)
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Olav Tryggvason (statue) (cropped).jpg, Closeup of the statue of Olav Tryggvason

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Torvet i Trondheim
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