Holly Skogen Park, (sculpture).

Holly Skogen Park, (sculpture).

Pederson, Arne, sculptor.

Pederson, Dorie, d. 1995, designer.

Holly Skogen Park, (sculpture).

Trollhaugen, (sculpture).

Holly Wood, (sculpture).

Hill of Trolls, (sculpture).

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Concrete, stone, metal and wood.

11 gnomes and trolls on a two acre park.

Eleven gnomes and trolls involved in various Norwegian cultural activities, set in landscaped setting. Olaf, a smiling troll, gardens by the entrance. He holds a shovel in his proper right hand, and stands by a flagpole which flies the Norwegian flag. Thor (a troll) sits on a bridge, fishing in the brook. Oscar rakes in the white brick path area. Trygve, a gnome with cap and white beard, holds a rock and stands next to a rock-filled wheelbarrow. Grandpa troll stands by a pointed rock. Ole (a gnome) draws water from a well. Odin (a troll) plays golf. Thornrosa (a lady troll) makes lefse on a stump. Johan a blacksmith gnome works with a hammer and anvil on a stump. Gnomes Hans and Tina sit holding hands. The landscaped park area includes bridges, streams, rock formations, a boulder with a chain reported to be a Viking mooring stone, a dammed waterfall and a flour mill with paddle wheel. All objects are made to scale to the gnomes and trolls.

Ethnic -- Norwegian

Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Starbuck

Administered by Pederson, Arne, Holly Hill, 6th Street West, Starbuck, Minnesota 56381

Located Holly Skogen Park, Highway 55 by West 6th Street, Starbuck, Minnesota 56381

The trolls, gnomes and the two-acre park are creations of Arne and Dorie Pederson. In the winter the local residents put hats, scarfs, gloves and booties on the trolls and gnomes. Residents also leave notes for them, and there is a bandage on one of Johan the blacksmith's fingers where he "nicked" it. IAS files contain related articles from "Simple Pleasures," June 1995 and Aug. 1995.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.

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