The Carl Johan Monument

Before you stands the Carl Johan Monument, a grand tribute to King Carl III Johan. He was the lawyer's son from Pau in France who became king of Norway and Sweden from 1818 to 1844. He had a significant role in the union between the two countries. As king, he took the election language "People's love, my reward". King Carl Johan was often in Norway and it was he who took the initiative to build the Royal Palace in Oslo, but he never had the pleasure of living there. He died four years before the castle was finished.