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The Carl Nielsen Monument, located at the corner of Grønningen and Store Kongensgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark, is a monument to Danish composer Carl Nielsen created by his wife Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. It depicts a young man playing pan-pipes on a wingless Pegasus and is also known as The Genius of Music (Danish: Musikkens Genius).
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Agnete and the Merman is a group of bronze sculptures in Copenhagen, Denmark, located underwater in the Slotsholm Canal next to the Højbro Bridge. It has been referred to as one of the least-known works of art in Copenhagen. [1] The sculptures were made in 1992 by the Danish sculptor, photographer, and author, Suste Bonnen. [2]
Statue of Anders Sandøe Ørsted; Statue of Asmus Jacob Carstens; Statue of Frederick VI; Statue of Georg Zoëga; Statue of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann; Statue of Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold, Copenhagen; Statue of Søren Kierkegaard
The Gefion fountain. The fountain depicts the mythical story of the creation of the island of Zealand on which Copenhagen is located. The legend appears in Ragnarsdrápa, a 9th-century Skaldic poem recorded in the 13th century Prose Edda, and in Ynglinga saga as recorded in Snorri Sturluson's 13th century Heimskringla.
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Statue of Anders Sandøe Ørsted; Statue of Asmus Jacob Carstens; Statue of Frederick VI; Statue of Georg Zoëga; Statue of Hans Christian Andersen, Rosenborg Castle Gardens; Statue of Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann; Statue of Ludvig Holberg, Copenhagen; Statue of N. F. S. Grundtvig; Statue of Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold, Copenhagen; Statue ...
The statue represents Absalon as a military commander, mounted on a rearing horse, wearing mail and a helmet, holding an axe in his right hand. The statue faces Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen, where Absalon's bishop's castle once stood, but he turns his head to the right, looking in the direction of Copenhagen City Hall. Decorations on ...