Symposium Norge

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Symposium Norge

Since 1985 international stone sculptors are every two years invited to the quarry of Tjodalyng/Nor. Stålaker in Larvik is a meeting place.

Symposium Norge is a temporary event where selected artists and sculptors from all over the world are invited to make sculptural art of the Norwegian and local stone: larvikite. The first Symposium Norge was held in 1985, and it was the japenese sculptor Makoto Fujiwara who initiated the idea of arranging a symposium in the Larvik quarries. With the support of the quarry owners Thor Lundh, Sven Rø

nne, auditor Ole Jakob Steen and the Norwegian sculptor Knut Wold, the Symposium Norge was able to establish itself as a globally recognized International Larvikite Sculpture Symposium in the first few years. After 1987 and the relocation of the symposium to the Stålaker quarry, it was above all the friendship and shared vision of Thor Lundh and Makoto Fujiwara to continue the sculptor symposium every second year. Together with Ole Jakob Steen and his extensive network consisting of national art enthusiasts, a lively international exchange of cultures developed. The sculptor Knut Wold, as project leader and organizer, had an equally motivating and supportive effect on the successful development of the Symposium Norge. But after Ole Jakob Steen past away in 2009 and Knut Wold's decision to leave the Symposium Norge in 2011, Thor Lundh and Makoto Fujiwara continued the symposia on their own initiative. After the sudden passing of Makoto Fujiwara in 2019 and a longer break for reflection and reorientation, the next International Larvikite Sculpture Symposium will take place again in the Stålaker quarry of Lundhs in summer 2022. For the first time in collaboration with the Kunstfelt Stålaker, an artist cooperation, which also aims to support cultural life on the Stålaker place and to make the Symposium Norge accessible to a broader network. The aim remains to offer international artists a platform for their artistic work on stone. Here meet sculptors from different countries the local population, just as the stone industry connects with sculptures. Out of industry and still reminiscent of its origin, the stone experiences a process of transformation through art. The sculpture park Stålaker, shows a selection of artistic works from the past symposia and conveys an impression of the geological beauty transformed into an artistic expression through sculpture in front of the open larvikite quarry plateaus. The Symposium Norge cooperates with other exhibition venues for sculpture, such as for example the coastal town of Stavern, the Larvik municipality or the Færder National Park in Tønsberg, and thus tries to build a bridge between the stone industry, to support an art movement and to reach a wider public. But the focus is on the artist as a guest of the Symposium Norge, the community, to offer of free space and the stone as an inspiring and motivating natural material.

11/03/2026

A final winter visit to the Symposium Sculptures in Stavern/Larvik😀

10/02/2026

Winter in the Stålaker quarry

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12/01/2026

"Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time."
(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1838 - A Psalm of Life)

With deepest remembrance and gratitude, you will be missed.
The founders of the Symposium Norge
Thor Lundh (†10.01.2026) and Makoto Fujiwara (†03.06.2019)

12/01/2026

Beginning of 2026 on the Sculpture Park Stålaker

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31/12/2025

We are delighted to announce the 22nd Symposium Norge, which will once again take place at the Larvikite quarry Stålaker in Larvik, southern Norway. The application period runs from January 1st to February 15th, 2026. More information:
www.symposium-norge.no or www.kunstfeltstalaker.com

30/12/2025

Placement of the sculpture "Wave", 2025, by the stone sculptor Martin Kuhn at the Sculpture Park Stålaker

30/12/2025

Winter walk in the last days of 2025
Skulpturpark Stålaker

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30/12/2025

Larvikite quarry Stålaker in December 2025

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14/09/2025

Nice visitors at the Skulpturpark Stålaker😀

26/06/2025

Today is Thor Lundh's 90th birthday - Gratulerer med dagen Thor!! He can look back on a very long history of the Symposium Norge, and without his always friendly, generous and positive support, there would be no Larvikite sculptures on Stålaker - and no Symposium Norge either! 1000 takk, Thor and all the best wishes!🌺
Lundhs Real Stone Kunstfelt Stålaker

26/06/2025

Very nice reunion with former Symposium Norge participants in June. Visit on the sculpture park Stålaker from the German sculptor Pauline Berger at her “Trollstein” sculpture- her work from Symposium participation in 2022😀
Meeting in Berlin with the German sculptor Klaus W. Rieck, also Symposium Norge participant 2022, and viewing of his replica& reinterpretation of one of the baroque sandstone sculptures for the balustrade of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin Palace.
Pauline Ärger, Klaus W. Rieck Bildhauer Sculptor, Martin Kuhn, Christine Dingens, Kunstfelt Stålaker, Humboldt Forum

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Håkestadveien 195
Larvik
3280

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