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    Can someone tell me who this statue is of? I believe it was taken in Norway in Balestrand??


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    King Bele??
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    Kong Bele indeed =)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rødskjegg View Post
    Kong Bele indeed =)
    Thanks, do you know anything about him?
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    From Wiki:

    Kong Bele var en mytisk småkonge i Sygnafylket (som besto av Sogn) på Vestlandet i tidsrommet 800-900 e.Kr. I henhold til islandsk manuskript fra 1300-tallet skal Bele ha bodd på Balestrand. Hans betydning ligger i at han via sin datter knyttes til Fridtjov den frøkne. Av den grunn fikk Norgesvennen keiser Vilhelm II av Tyskland i 1913 reist en minnestøtte av kong Bele på Balestrand, og dessuten en kjempestatue av Fridtjof på Vangsnes.
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    It was a gift from a German Kaiser in 1913, it represents a mythical king who was said to have ruled a minor kingdom in the area back in the 8-900's...i think its a good representation of the romantic image people had of the people from this era during the early 1900's national romanticism..
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