| Minnehallen | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
Minnehallen from the entrance side.
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| For Norwegian merchant sailors killed during World War I and World War II. | |
| Unveiled | 1 August 1926 |
| Location | near |
| Designed by | Andreas H. Bjercke (1883–1967) Georg Christen Eliassen (1880–1964) |
58°59′29″N 10°02′13″E / 58.99139°N 10.03694°E / 58.99139; 10.03694 MinnehallenorHall of Remembrance is a national memorial located outside StaverninLarvik, Vestfold, Norway. [1][2]
The memorial was commissioned by the Norwegian Parliament after World War I to commemorate the fallen Norwegian sailors of the war. It was unveiled by King Haakon VII and was later converted to the national monument commemorating fallen sailors of both World War I and World War II. The monument itself is a pyramid of locally quarried rock and is designed by two architects from Oslo, Andreas Hesselberg Bjercke (1883–1967) and Georg Christen Eliassen (1880–1964).[3][4][5][6]
Nic Schiøll has made a relief describing the lives and fate of the sailors as well as a decoration in the crypt. Copper tablets display the names of 1,892 sailors who died during World War I and 3,456 names of sailors who died in World War II. In addition, three protocols contain the names of 5,667 sailors. The interior of the hall is visited by some 20,000 people every year.[7]
Herman Wildenvey wrote Minnehallen, a poem displayed on the rock altar in the hall. [8] The first and last verse read as follows: [9]
