A National Memorial for 22 July in Oslo’s New Government Quarter
IIn commemoration of the terror attacks of 22 July 2011, Norway is establishing a national memorial in connection with the new Government Quarter in central Oslo.
On 8 April 2025 the jury announced Norwegian artist Matias Faldbakken as the winner of the competition to make the new National Memorial for 22 July, with his proposal Upholding.
KORO and Statsbygg are supervising the project expected to be unveiled during the summer of 2026.
Read more about Faldbakken’s winning proposal here.
Matias Faldbakken‘s Uppholding
With his proposal titled Upholding, the Norwegian artist Matias Faldbakken has won the international competition to design the National 22 July Memorial in the new Government Quarter in Oslo, Norway. The sculpture consists of a building structure and a large mosaic image that ties together the two venues for the terror attack: Utøya and the Government Quarter.
A National Memorial for 22 July
In commemoration of the terror attacks of 22 July 2011, Norway is establishing a national memorial in connection with the new Government Quarter in central Oslo. The artist Matias Faldbakken has been commissioned to build his sculpture Upholding. KORO and Statsbygg are supervising the project expected to be unveiled during the summer of 2026.
Memorials and Society: expectations, negotiations and artistic articulations
As part of the process towards realising the National Memorial for 22 July, KORO have facilitated open events and seminars with the aim of supporting public discussions and critical discourse around the histories and possibilities for memorials today.
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