Hanske-fontenen, Fountain memorial in Sentrum, Oslo, Norway

Hanske-fontenen is a public fountain memorial on Christiania Torv in central Oslo, centered on a large bronze gloved hand set within a square granite frame. The hand rises from a low circular stone basin where water runs through dark metal grates and out of six short spouts, with a row of multistory buildings filling the background.

The sculpture was installed in 1997, donated by Eiendomsspar AS as part of a redesign of Christiania Torv. The square itself had been the city's first market until 1736, and this corner of Oslo was later enclosed and paved in the 1960s before being renewed in the 1990s.

The gloved hand is a quiet response to the big statue of King Christian IV on Stortorget, but placed here in the older part of the city square. Locals pass it as part of the square's daily rhythm, and the water running over the granite and bronze ties the open space to the nearby fjord history.

The square is easy to reach on foot from the surrounding streets of the old Kvadraturen district, and the fountain can be viewed from all sides. Since the area is used by vehicles and emergency services, it is best to stop briefly and step back onto the pavement when looking at the sculpture.

A city plan from 2023 proposed moving the whole fountain away from the roundabout so emergency vehicles could pass straight through Rådhusgata during tunnel work. This means the bronze hand that looks fixed in its square frame may be taken apart and shifted for several years, then returned to the square.