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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.
Image Title / individual commemorated Location Sculptor Created Installed Source Absalon: City Hall Square (Copenhagen City Hall: Vilhelm Bissen: 1901 Ref: Absalon: Højbro Plads
The National Gallery of Denmark (Danish: Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK", literally State Museum for Art) is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen. [2] The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and handles Danish and foreign art dating from the 14th century to the present day.
Since 1981, the building has served as a Kunsthal and the City of Copenhagen's exhibition center for contemporary art. It was known as Nikolaj Udstillingsbygning till 2006, and Kunsthallen Nikolaj from 2006 to 2010. It has since 2010 been known as Nikolaj Kunsthal. Helene Nyborg Bay has since 2018 been Director of Nikolaj Kunsthal.
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]
Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Copenhagen" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Equestrian statue of Christian IX, Copenhagen;
The Statue of N. F. S, Grundtvig, situated in the central courtyard of Vartorv, close to the City Hall Square in central Copenhagen, Denmark, was created by Niels Skovgaard. It depicts N. F. S. Grundtvig knealing by the Spring of Life.
The equestrian statue of Christian V, located in the centre of Kongens Nytorv, is the oldest of five equestrian statues of Danish monarchs in Copenhagen, Denmark.The equestrian statue was created by the French sculptor Abraham-César Lamoureux, inspired by French equestrian statues that had themselves been based on the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius. [1]