The Newspaper Boy

The sculpture ”Avisgutten” was a gift from the local newspaper Sunnmørsposten to the city of Ålesund in 1998. The newspaper boys, who earned a few kroner each day through selling newspapers, were a regular feature in the cityscape up until the 1960s, and the newspapers they sold were Sunnmørsposten and the Sunnmøre Arbeideravis. The sculpture is made by Arne Martin Hansen, and symbolises how newspapers were sold by the newspaper boys, as well as the value this gave Ålesund.