page_title: Dyre Vaa
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Dyre Vaa / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon at Ankerbrua. The bridge has four sculptures, one in each corner, designed by Norwegian sculptor and artist, Dyre Vaa. Norsk bokmål: Skulpturen Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon på Ankerbrua i Oslo
context_page_description: Dyre Vaa was a Norwegian sculptor and painter.
context_section_description: Among his works are his Ludvig Holberg sculpture outside Nationaltheatret in Oslo, on 1 September 1939. Further four bronze sculptures with motives from Norwegian fairy tales at Ankerbrua (Peer Gynt, Veslefrikk med fela, Kari Trestakk and Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon), and bronze wolves at Ila (1930). Vaa contributed to the decoration of Oslo City Hall, with the swan fountain in the courtyard (1948–1950). He has made portrayal sculptures of several writers, Henrik Ibsen (1958, Skien), Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1968), Ivar Aasen, and Olav Aukrust (1955, Lom), the fiddle player Myllarguten (Arabygdi, Rauland), sculptural work at the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, several World War II memorials (Rjukan 1946, Nordfjord 1947, Porsgrunn 1950, Gjerpen 1954), and is represented at the National Gallery of Norway.
caption: The sculpture depicting Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon, is located at Anker Bridge in Oslo.