Top 5 Monuments & Statues in Hedmark, Eastern Norway

This must be the most photographed motive in Tynset. Every day, there are travellers and tourists visiting the centre of Tynset to take a photograph of the world’s largest kick sled. Children of all ages, climb up to be photographed while they stand, sit or hang on the sled. It is 5.25 metres high, 3.72 metres wide and 11.6 metres long. This makes it five times larger than a normal kick sled. The factory NORAX which produces kick sleds is situated in Tynset – making Tynset the country’s main kick sled producer. If you come to Tynset in the winter-time, you may notice that only half the pavements are gritted so that the other half can be used by kick sleds. The idea to build a huge kick sled was the result of a television programme in 1994. Tynset arranged a day to mark the unveiling of the world’s largest kick sled. Later a group in Sandefjord built an even larger kick sled, but Tynset regained its world title again in 2011.

Monument of Kjell Aukrust, Solan and Ludvig enjoying the views over Steijela. It was unveiled on the 5th of August 1989, and the artist is Nils Aas. The initiative to erect a monument for Kjell Aukrust in his home village was originally taken by Alvdal Idrettslag.