Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Harald Sæverud monument in Byparken by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Category
Seremoni
Accessibility

17 May 2027 — Approximately 08:15: Wreath laying at the Harald Sæverud monument in Byparken by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Time and place

  • Time: Approximately 08:15
  • Location: Byparken, foran Permanenten
  • Wreath laying by: Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
Harald Sæverud at a grand piano on his seventieth birthday in 1967.
Harald Sæverud at Studentersamfunnet i Bergen, 17 April 1967. Photo: Eirik Sundvor / Trondheim City Archives · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0.

Music as resistance

Harald Sæverud (1897–1992) was one of Norway’s leading composers. He lived at Siljustøl, where nature and the landscape inspired his music.

During the occupation, he wrote works expressing protest and resistance. Kjempeviseslåtten, composed in 1943, gained particular symbolic power and remains a musical expression of the desire for freedom.

A different kind of composer monument

Bernar Venet’s monument in Byparken consists of large curved steel elements. It is an abstract memorial rather than a portrait. Wreath laying by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra honours Sæverud’s music and his place in Bergen’s cultural history.

Find the ceremony

Please arrive a little before the stated time and be considerate during the ceremony. See the ceremonies on the interactive map.

Historical sources

← Back to the programmeOpen the map