Nina Sundbye is strongly inspired by literature and its characters. "Especially Ibsen's strong female characters and Hamsun's wonderful gallery of characters represent something very special for Nina Sundbye's artistry." (Stanghelle 2016, 138).

Edvarda is taken from Knut Hamsun's novel Pan, written in 1894. "Edvarda is challenging, exciting and perhaps curious..." (Stanghelle 2016, 139). The sculpture shows a woman who is beautiful and leaning forward.

Sundbye's sculptures can be found in a number of public spaces around the country. A magazine once described Sundbye as "the artist who furnishes the city" (Haugedal 2016). A variant of the sculpture Edvarda is placed in Lillesand, a place Knut Hamsun visited several ti...