originally completed in plaster in 1942 only months before one of the models for the work, Austrian refugee Ruth Maier, was sent to Auschwitz and murdered. A bronze cast made in 2002 is now installed in the park. Sports and bathing facilities On the outskirts of Frogner Park is Frognerbadet (Frogner Baths), which opened in 1956. Old Frogner Stadium opened in 1901 and was the city's main arena for skating. In 1914 the current Frogner Stadium was built right next to the old stadium. At the site of the old Frogner Stadium, there are now tennis courts. In popular culture The book The Doomsday Key written by author James Rollins has scenes in Frogner Park The Norwegian movie Elling features a scene in which the sex-obsessed Kjell-Bjarne admires the sculptures of the park with Elling. The science fiction novel Mockymen by Ian Watson utilizes the park as a plot point. The song "Vigeland's Dream"' on Eleanor McEvoy's album Out There describes a walk in the park. The science fiction novella The State of the Art by Iain M Banks includes a walk in the park by the main characters. In the detective thriller The Leopard, part of the Harry Hole series, Frogner Park is the scene of a sensational murder case. In the TV series The Love Boat, some of the crew visited and saw the Vigeland sculptures in Frogner Park in a two-episode special. The 2017 film The Snowman features scenes in the park. Transport Frogner Park can be accessed by different means of public transport. Line 12 of the Oslo Tramway and Bus Route 20 both have several stops to the east of Frogner Park; including the tramway stops "Frogner plass", "Frogner stadion" and the controversially named "Vigelandsparken" outside a large gate that is incorrectly believed by many tourists to be the "main gate"; despite the name "Vigelandsparken" is not an official name of the park and was according to the Friends of Frogner Park association chosen because tourists mistakenly believe it to be the name of the park, despite not being used locally. Several lines of Oslo Metro have stops near Frogner Park (Majorstuen, Borgen). References Further reading Roede, Lars (2012). Frogner hovedgård; bondegård, herskapsgård, byens gård, Pax forlag, Sanstøl, Jorunn (ed.) (1996). Frognerparken – fra dyrket mark til byens park. Byminner, No. 1/2–96, Oslo Bymuseum/Frognerparkens venner Wikborg, Tone (1985). Gustav Vigeland – His Art and Sculpture