Floyd B. Olson Statue

Amerigo Brisoschi was a sculpture artist who designed the Floyd B. Olson statue which now stands at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.^[1] Dedicated in 1958, the statue serves as a monument to Norwegian-American Governor Floyd B. Olson, the first member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party to be elected to the position of governor.

^[1]"Norwegian-American Public Sculpture" list, 2000, P0683, Box 3, Folder 12, Artists and Artisans, C-G, Norwegian-American Historical Association, naha.stolaf.edu

^[2]Blegen, Theodore Christian; Heilbron, Bertha Lion (1986). Minnesota History, Volume 50. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 78.