Avisgutten statue

The Avisgutten statue, in Ålesund

The Avisgutten statue, the Newspaper Boy, pays tribute to the young newspaper sellers of the streets of Ålesund. The Ålesund audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this bronze work of 1998, a touching witness of a popular figure of the past.

The tribute to the young newspaper criers

Located on the left going up the street, the Avisgutten statue was made in bronze by the sculptor Arne Martin Hansen and installed in 1998. But what does Avisgutten mean? This Newspaper Boy, dressed in the fashion of the 1950s, pays tribute to the young newspaper sellers who formerly walked the streets of Ålesund. And this tradition did not exist only in the great metropolises like New York: these criers were a must-see figure of the country and the towns of Norway. These children and teenagers walked the streets, crying the headlines to sell the press of the day, thus contributing to the diffusion of information and participating, by their small work, in the economic life of their family. The statue, full of life and charm, immortalises this disappeared trade and pays tribute to the working youth of the past. It is one of those touching sculptures that mark the town and tell its working-class history. A witness of the daily life of yesteryear, the Avisgutten statue is a charming stop of the discovery of Ålesund.

What to see

You admire the bronze statue made by Arne Martin Hansen and installed in 1998, representing the Avisgutten, the Newspaper Boy dressed in the fashion of the 1950s, a tribute to the young newspaper sellers who formerly walked the streets of Ålesund crying the headlines, a popular figure of a disappeared trade. The Avisgutten statue tells the working-class history of Ålesund. It is a charming stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Avisgutten statue lies in the heart of Ålesund, going up the street, reachable on foot. It is an open-air statue, freely visible. You discover it during a walk in the centre.

What does the Avisgutten statue represent in Ålesund?

The Newspaper Boy, dressed in the fashion of the 1950s: made in bronze by Arne Martin Hansen and installed in 1998, it pays tribute to the young newspaper sellers who formerly walked the streets of Ålesund crying the headlines.

Where is the Avisgutten statue of Ålesund?

In the heart of Ålesund, in Norway.