Konstvägen sju älvar
Konstvägen sju älvar is a tourist and sculpture route in Västerbotten in North Sweden that travels 350 kilometers in from the coast.[1]
Description
Seven Rivers Art goes from Umeå port in Holmsund at the Gulf of Bothnia in Västerbotten to Borgafjäll in Lapland through Umeå and Dorotea. The art route follows the E12, highway 92 and County Road 1052. Since 1997, thirteen artworks have been erected along this road. The art route is 350 kilometers long and crosses seven rivers namely the Vindelälven, Umeälven, Öreälven, Lögdeälven, Gideälven, Ångermanälven and Saxälven. The art project is managed by the non government organisation Konstvägen Seven Rivers with the support of the five effected municipalities.
Sculptures
The artwork "811" at Baggböle, photographed in August 2011
- Location North 63 degrees 40.8 minutes east 20 degrees 20.6 minutes by Mats Caldeborg, galvanized steel, Umeå port 63°40′8″N 20°20′6″E
- 8 11 av Fredrik Wretman, 1998, Baggböle 63°50′4″N 20°7′0″E
- Hägring av Kent Karlsson, 1999, mitt emellan Vännäs och Bjurholm 63°55′9″N 19°31′1″E
- Eldsoffa by Ulf Rollof , brick, west of the intersection E12/Riksväg 92, at the eastern entrance to the Vännäsvägen 63°55′4″N 19°45′3″E
- Mirage by Kent Karlsson , 1999, between Vännäsvägen and Bjurholm 63°55′9″N 19°31′1″E
- Oh you lovely country by Mattias Baudin and Linda Baudin, 2011, Balsjö , 5 km west of Bjurholm
- Vägabstraktion by Jacob Dahlgren, 2011, at Lögdeälven, 23 km west of Bjurholm
- Poem imaginary river of Sigurdur Gudmundsson, bronze, in the reservoir Skinnmuddselet in Gideälven, 6 kilometers west of Fredrika 64°4′9″N 18°18′1″E
- A charged space by Michael Richter, on a bog 7 km west of Åsele and just west of the village Hammar 64°11′0″N 17°13′3″E
- Heaven Peace of Solfrid Mortensen, concrete, on a hill, 55 kilometers west of Dorotea and 5 kilometers west of the village of Highland 64°38′2″N 15°48′0″E
- Light Phenomenon by Olov Tällström, piles and headlights, slope at Little-Arksjön, 62 km west of Dorotea and 1.5 kilometers west of the village Storbäck 64°38′2″N 15°48′0″E
- Nybyggarkvinnan by Anne-Karin Furunes, 2003, former summer pasture area at the village Varpsjö, 32 km west of Åsele 64°14′0″N 16°48′3″E, marble, 2004, at the shop in the village Ormsjö , 30 kilometers west of Dorothea, is created in memory of the 14 log floaters who drowned at the so called Ormsjöolyckan in 1936. 64°25′0″N 16°1′0″E
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References
- "Konstvägen sju älvar". Föreningen Konstvägen sju älvar. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
Printed sources
- The Journal Vasterbotten 99-1. The article "Moving History"
External links
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