List of public art in Copenhagen
This is a list of public art in Copenhagen, Denmark. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artworks in museums.
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City (Indre By)[]
Frederiksberg[]
Nørrebro[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Aphrodite | De Gamles By 55°41′46″N 12°33′38″E / 55.696211°N 12.560691°E |
Einar Utzon-Frank | 1937 | Ref | ||
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Arthemis Fountain (Artemisspringvandet) |
Hans Tavsens Park |
Johannes Bjerg | 1936 | Ref | |
Awakening Girl (Vågnende pige) |
Stevnsgade |
Einar Utzon-Frank | 1936 | Ref | ||
Dancing Girls (Dansende piger) |
Guldbergs Have 55°41′46″N 12°33′38″E / 55.696211°N 12.560691°E |
Frantz Viggo Hansen | 1939 | Ref | ||
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Before and After the Moment (Før og efter øjeblikket) |
Sortedam Dossering |
Hein Heinsen | 1938 | Ref | |
Bulsetrold | De Gamles By |
Ingeborg Irminger | 1944 | Ref | ||
A.D. Jørgensen | Jagtvej (Landsarkivet) 55°41′46″N 12°33′38″E / 55.696211°N 12.560691°E |
Vilhelm Bissen | 1901 | Ref | ||
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A. W. Holm | Meinungsgade (Smedemesterforeningens Stiftelse) | 1883 | |||
Laocoön | Hans Tavsens Park | Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus, | 25 B.C. | 1925 | ||
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Moses | Hans Tavsens Park | Michelangelo | c. 1515 | 1925 | |
Reclining Figure | Sortedam Dossering | Søren Georg Jensen | 1981 | Ref | ||
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Sculptures | Blågårds Plads | Kai Nielen | |||
Sculpture in Honour of Salvador Allende | Red Square | 2003 | Ref | |||
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Seated Young People Siddende unge mennesker |
Dronning Louises Bro | Johannes Hansen | 1940 | Ref | |
Studying Girl (Granskende Pige) | Møllegade (Literaturhaus) | Anders Bundgaard | 2008 | Ref | ||
The Angular Ones support, and the Smooth Ones Slip | Nørrebrogade | Jørgen Haugen Sørensen | 1984 | Ref | ||
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The House that Rains | Sankt Hans Torv | Jørgen Haugen Sørensen | 1993 | Ref | |
Treasure of Gold | Sjællandsgade | Ejgil Westergaard | 1990 | |||
55°40′57″N 12°33′17″E / 55.682596°N 12.554739°E | Johannes Bjerg | 1936 | Ref | |||
Untitled | Nørre Allé (Panum Institute) 55°41′44″N 12°33′42″E / 55.695496°N 12.561595°E |
2005 | Ref |
Østerbro[]
Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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A Fallen Soldier En falden soldat |
Vestre Cemetery |
Arne Bang | 1928 | Ref | ||
Anchor | 1975 | |||||
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Boy With Fiasco (Drengebarn med fiasco) |
Enghave Plads 55°41′25″N 12°34′40″E / 55.690177°N 12.577648°E |
Jens Lund | 1926 | Ref | |
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Bull | Kødbyen | Einar Utzon-Frank | 1933 | Ref | |
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Elephants | Carlsberg | Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan | 1901 | ||
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Hercules Fountain | Vesterbros Torv | Rasmus Harboe | 1915 | Ref | |
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The Horse Tamer Le dompteur de chevaux |
Thomas Vinçotte | 1885 | |||
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Emil Christian Hansen | Carlsberg (Hotel Ottilia) | /Vilhelm Dahlerup | 1900 | 1900 | |
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Carl Jacobsen | Carlsberg | Ludvig Brandstrup | 1921 | Ref | |
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Carl Jacobsen | Carlsberg (Hotel Ottilia) | ||||
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Jacob Christian Jacobsen | Carlsberg (Carlsberg Laboratory) | Vilhelm Bissen | |||
Jacob Christian Jacobsen | Ny Carlsbergvej | 1956 | Ref | |||
Jacob Christian Jacobsen | Carlsberg (Carlsberg Laboratory) | Vilhelm Bissen | ||||
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Carlsberg (Hotel Ottilia) | |||||
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Carl and | Carlsberg (Elephant Tower) | Ludvig Brandstrup | 1906 | Ref | |
Man from Mols |
Copenhagen Central Station | |||||
Music Musikken |
Ref | |||||
Louis Pasteur | Ny Carlsbergvej | Paul Dubois | 1884 | Ref | ||
The Point Punktet |
Wagnersvej () | Eva Koch | 1993 | |||
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Carlsberg (Hotel Ottilia) | |||||
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Venus with the Apple Venus med æblet |
Enghaveparken | Kai Nielen | 1918-20 | Ref | |
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Thor sculpture | Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse | ||||
Young People Unge mennesker |
Tove Ólafsson | 1954 | ||||
Youth Ungdom |
Enghaveparken 55°40′00″N 12°32′31″E / 55.666609°N 12.541843°E | Einar Utzon-Frank | 1952 | Ref | ||
Unknown title | Kalvebod Brygge () 55°40′09″N 12°34′31″E / 55.669229°N 12.575212°E |
Per Kirkeby | 2002 | Ref |
Amager[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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The Arc Arken |
Islands Brygge | 1988 | Ref | ||
Blue Fan Sculpture Blå vifteskulptur |
[Remissevej | Egon Fischer | 1975 | |||
Bountry Stone Borne |
Bjørn Nørgaard | |||||
Calf Lying Down Liggende kalv |
Ungarnsgade (Østrigsgade School) | Gudrun Lauesen | Ref | |||
Calf Standing Up Stående kalv |
Urmagerstien (Dyvekeskolen) | Gudrun Lauesen | 1972 | |||
Cow About to Stand Up Ko, der er i færd med at rejse sig |
Stadsgraven | Mogens Bøggild | 1955 | |||
Danish Pilots' Memorial | Stadsgraven | Einar Utzon-Frank | 1938 | |||
Daydreamer (Dagdrømmeren) |
Moselgade, Lergravsvej og Wittenberggade 55°39′42″N 12°36′48″E / 55.661773°N 12.61334°E | Jesper Neergaard | 2003 | Ref | ||
East of the, and West of the Moon Østen for solen of vesten for månen |
Kunstnergruppen Arabesk and Ebbe Laurs Sørensen | 2003 | ||||
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Amager People Amagerfolk |
Eberts Villaby Christian II's Allé 55°39′19″N 12°36′24″E / 55.655309°N 12.606557°E | Adam Hansen | 1894 | Ref | |
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Lauritz P. Holmblad | Amager Hospital | Ludvig Brandstrup | 1899 | ||
Memorial to Fallen Members of the Danish Resistance Movement | Christmas Møllers Plads / Stadsgraven | Morten Nielsen | 1949 | |||
Memorial to Fallen Soldiers from the 7th Artillery | 1979 | |||||
Plato's Cave Platons hule |
Havneparken | Christian Lemmerz | 1997 | |||
Sculpture in Three Parts | Center Boulevard | 1971 | Ref | |||
Sportswoman - Sportspige |
Sundbyvester Park | Povl Søndergaard | 1939 | |||
Standing Calf | Dyveke School | Gudrun Lauesen | 1972 | Ref | ||
Ulrik Birch Memorial | Stadsgraven | Georg Ulmer | 1916 | |||
Woman Combing Her Hair | Amagerbrogade | Gunnar Hammerich | 1941 | Ref |
Bispebjerg[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Amalie Skram | Bispebjerg Cemetery 55°42′52″N 12°31′51″E / 55.714481°N 12.530873°E |
Per Ung | 1996 | Ref | ||
Århuspigen | Tagensvej (Typografernes Stiftelse) |
Kai Nielsen | 1937 | Ref | ||
Boy Playing with a Ball | Emdrup Søgård | Sigrid Lütken | 1854 | Ref | ||
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Boy with Goat (Dreng med ged) |
Frederikssundsvej | Otto Evens | 1854 | Ref | |
Denmark During The Occupation (Danmark under besættelsen) |
Johannes Bjerg | 1951 | Ref | |||
Dynamic Growth (Dynamisk vækst) |
Tagensvej | Børge Jørgensen | 1988 | |||
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Farewell Scene (Afskedsscene) |
Bispebjerg Cemetery | Povl Søndergaard | 1949 | Ref | |
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From Death to Resurrection (Fra døden til opstandelsen? |
Bispebjerg Cemetery | 1942 | Ref | ||
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Girl Fixing Her Hair (Pige, der ordner sit hår) |
Lersøparken | Povl Søndergaard | 1931 | ||
Larva Larve |
Haraldsgade | Lily Troelsø Borring | 1993 | |||
Lazarus | Bispebjerg Hospital 55°42′50″N 12°32′24″E / 55.714°N 12.540°E |
Christian Lemmerz | 2017 | Ref | ||
Legandary Creature Fabeldyr |
Tagensvej | Henry Heerup | 1901 | |||
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Little Gefion (Lille Gefion) |
Bispebjerg Hospital 55°42′48″N 12°32′26″E / 55.713233°N 12.54054°E |
1913 | Ref | ||
Memorial to Grundtvigs Højskole | Haraldsgade / Lersø Parkallé | Hans Wilhelm Larsen and Tue Myling-Petersen | 1956 | |||
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Man and Woman Mand og pige |
Mågevej () | Povl Søndergaard | 1834 | Ref | |
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Memorial to Mayor Jens Jensen | Bispebjerg Hospital | 1913 | |||
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Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi) | Mågevej () | Sankho Chaudhuri | 1984 | Ref | |
Naked Youth Møgen Ung Mand |
Bispebjerg Cemetery | Knud Nellemose | ||||
Snowy Owl Sneugle |
Frederiksborgvej |
Gunnar Westman |
1068 | |||
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The Humane Nurse Den Humane Sygeplejerske |
Bispebjerg Hospital | Jens Jacob Bregnø | 1941 | ||
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The Joy of Recovery: Love for the Sick Glæden ved genvundet helbred; Kærligheden mod de syge |
Bispebjerg Hospital | Rasmus Harboe | 1907–13 | ||
Tukak Maskespil | Bispebjerg Hospital | Ejgil Westergaard | 1088 | |||
Tukak Masque | Bispebjerg Hospital | Ejgil Westergaard | 1988 | Ref | ||
Woman on Box (Kone på kasse) |
Bispebjerg Hospital 55°41′46″N 12°33′38″E / 55.696211°N 12.560691°E |
Hanne Varming | 1990 | Ref | ||
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Young Man with Discus | Lersøparken | Knud Nellemose | 1942 |
Brønshøj-Husum[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Grantie schlpture Granitskulptur |
Svenskelejren (Bellahøj School) | Poul Bækhøj | ||||
Høstmand | Brønshøj | Jean-Baptiste Claude Eugène Guillaume | ||||
Memorial to the Swedish military camp Carlstad and the Assault of Copenhagen on 1 February 1659 | 2009 | |||||
Mother With Child Mor med barn |
Svenskelejren (Bellahøj School) | 1940 | ||||
Studying Girl | Blågårds Plads | (Korsager Allé) | 1934 | Ref | ||
Turkey Kalkun |
Tingbjerg | Gunnar Westman | 1960 | Ref | ||
Two Cats Cleaning Each Other Kalkun |
Voldparken] | Anker Hoffmann | 1964-68 | Ref |
Valby[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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And Day Dawns with its Thousand Demands Og dagen kalder med sine tusinde krav |
Valby Langgade | Anders Bundgaard | 1929-35 | Ref | ||
Baby Cuckoo Gøgeunge |
Annexstræde | Gunnar Westman | 1963 | |||
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Crucifix | |||||
Discobolus Diskoskasteren |
Valby Idrætspark | Unknown | 5th century BC | |||
Rain Sleep Blue Kiss Regn søvn blå kys |
Herman Bangs Plads | Søren Ulrik Thomsen and | 2914 | |||
Sea Devil | Valby Park Acidophile Garden | Henry Heerup | 1970 | Ref | ||
Seated Poodle (Siddende puddel) |
Druehaven (Margrethehjemmet) 55°38′58″N 12°29′55″E / 55.649426°N 12.498603°E |
1978 | Ref | |||
Skurestribesten | Valby Park | None (natural) | 1959 | |||
Sons of Cain Kains efterkommere |
Lyshøj Allé | Paul Landowski | ||||
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Troll that smells Christian blood Trold, der vejrer kristenblod |
Jesus Church 55°39′57″N 12°31′18″E / 55.665774°N 12.521799°E | Niels Hansen Jacobsen | 2002 | Ref | |
Town Band | Sjælør Boulevard | Ejgil Westergaard | 1975 | Ref | ||
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The Good Shepherd | Jesus Church 55°39′54″N 12°31′20″E / 55.665066°N 12.522231°E | Aksel Hansen | 1781 | Ref | |
Water Carrier | Gammel Køge Landevej | Ref | ||||
Woman with Dogs Konen med hundene |
Valby Tingplads | Hanne Varming | ||||
Untitled | Toftegårds Plads | Jens-Flemming Sørensen | 1982 |
Vanløse[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Column Søjle |
Vanløse Torv) | 2010 | ||||
Mother Groa Mor Groa |
Ålekistevej (Vanløse School) | Tove Ólafsson | 1961 | |||
Sculpture Skulptur |
Vanløsehøj (Kirkebjerg School) | Edgar Funch | 1060 | |||
Secret Hemmeligheden |
af Sallingvej, Jyllingevej | Jens Jacob Bregnø | 1939 | |||
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Youth on Horseback | Rødkilde Plads | Vilhelm Bissen | 1883 | Ref |
Suburbs[]
Gentofte Municipality[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Alphabet Turèll Alfabet Turèll |
Dan Turèlls Plads | 2010 | |||
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Andreas Peter Bernstorff | Bernstorff Park | 1904 | |||
Bernstorff Memorial Bernstorffstøtten |
Lyngbyvej | Johannes Wiedewelt | 1783 | [1] | ||
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Caryatid Karyatid |
Unknown | ||||
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Emiliekilde | Kystvejen | Nicolai Abildgaard | 1782 | [2] | |
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Five-Way Monument Femvejsmonumentet |
Jægersborg Allé | Anders Bundgaard | 1913 | ||
Fish with Basin Fisk over kumme |
Mineralvandsgården | Gunnar Westman | 1972 | [3] | ||
The Foot Foden |
Mineralvandsgården | Peter Brandes | 1994 | [4] | ||
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Freedom Monument Frihedsmonumentet |
Bernstorffsvej (Gentofte Town Hall) | Axel Poulsen | 1962 | 1954 | [5] |
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Guapa | Øregaard Park | Gottfred Eickhoff | 1942 | 1959 | [6] |
Harald's Spring Haraldskilde |
Unknown | 1838 | ||||
Hercules Column | (Holmegårdsparken) | Egon Fischer | 1988 | 1989 | [7] | |
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Horse With Foal Hest med føl |
Helen Schou | 1940 | |||
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Hermes Herme |
Unknown | ||||
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Kneeling Woman Knælende kvinde |
Kai Nielsen | ||||
Knud Rasmussen | Kystvejen (Hvidørepynten) | 1969 | [8] | |||
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Leda Without the Swan Lade uden svane |
Kai Nielsen | 1920 | 1983 | [9] | |
The Liberation Befrielsen |
Thyra Boldsen | |||||
Lion Løve |
Bakkegårdsskolen | Henrik Starcke | 1959 | 1960 | [10] | |
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Lying Mother with Two Children Liggende moder med to børn |
Kai Nielsen | 2010 | |||
Mother With Child Moder med barn |
Helen Schou | |||||
Mulch Man Muldmand |
Øregård Park | Poul Agger | 1978 | 1979 | [11] | |
Obelisk Commemorating King Frederick VIII and Queen Louise | Charlottenborg Palace | 1938 | ||||
Postmaster Einar Holbøll | Charlottenlund Stationsplads | Charles Arvesen | 1948 | [12] | ||
Resurrection Opstandelse |
Ordrup Cemetery (Chapel) | Einar Utzon-Frank | 1927 | [13] | ||
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Sculpture Garden Skulpturhaven |
Bernstorffsvej (Gentofte Town Hall) | Allan Schmidt | 1978 | [14] | |
Topos | Bryggertorvet (Tuborg North) | Torben Ebbesen | 1996 | [15] | ||
Sisyphos Walk Sisyphosvandring |
Thyra Boldsen | 1918 | ||||
Synthesis of Life Syntese over liv |
Adolphsvej (Kildeskovshallen) | Børge Jørgensen | 1979 | [16] | ||
Yoyng Athlete with Geometer Larva Ung atlet med målerlarve |
Knud Rasmussens Vej () | Carl Mortensen | 1912 | 1959 | [17] | |
No title | 1979 | [18] |
Hørsholm Municipality[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Stolberg Monument | Søndre Jagtvej | Nicolas-Henri Jardin | 1766 |
Hvidovre Municipality[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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A Mother En moder |
Hvidovrevej 55°39′24″N 12°28′23″E / 55.656567°N 12.472989°E | Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan | 1908 | 2005 |
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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A Neapolitan Fisherman teaching his Son to play the Flute (En neapolitansk fisker lærer sin søn at spille på fløjte ) |
Rustenborgvej 55°46′22″N 12°29′49″E / 55.772779°N 12.497018°E | Otto Evens | 1920 | Ref | |
Aasiveeraq | Lyngby Kongevej (Lyngby Nordre Mølle) 55°46′27″N 12°29′53″E / 55.774179°N 12.498029°E | 1996 | Ref | |||
Fingerfryd | Dronningens Vænge 55°46′48″N 12°29′29″E / 55.780015°N 12.491409°E | 2001 | Ref | |||
Girl Pige |
Byagervej (Børnehuset Mælkevejen) 55°47′35″N 12°28′17″E / 55.793034°N 12.471253°E | Just Nielsen Sondrup | 1949 | Ref | ||
Hjortespring | Lyngby Kongevej 55°47′29″N 12°29′10″E / 55.791432°N 12.48616°E | Johannes Hansen | 1961 | Ref | ||
Hymne til himmel og jord | Solsikkemarken (Plejecenter Virumgård) 55°47′02″N 12°29′03″E / 55.783914°N 12.484178°E | 2003 | Ref | |||
Konferensraad Vilh. Jørgensen | Viggo Jarls Vej (Viggo Jarls Kollegium) 55°47′58″N 12°29′37″E / 55.79954147338867°N 12.493664741516113°E | Viggo Jarl | 1973 | Ref | ||
Sitting Girl Siddende pige) |
55°47′47″N 12°31′27″E / 55.796465°N 12.524285°E | 1956 | Ref | |||
Søjlefigur med glasstak til Lyngby | Stadsbiblioteket, Lyngby Hovedgade 55°46′24″N 12°29′57″E / 55.77333°N 12.499298°E | 1994 | Ref | |||
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Spring (Forår) |
Ulrikkenborg Plads 55°46′03″N 12°30′07″E / 55.767476°N 12.50207°E | Just Nielsen Sondrup | 1934 | Ref | |
Tankefuld kvinde | Sorgenfri Cemetery 55°46′47″N 12°29′23″E / 55.779641°N 12.489792°E | Olga Wagner | 1945 | Ref | ||
Julius Thomsen | Udenfor Bygn 55°47′15″N 12°31′16″E / 55.787471°N 12.521037°E | August Saabye | 1974 | Ref | ||
Vækstdyr | Skovbrynet (Police) | 1997 | Ref | |||
Woman (Kvinde) |
Baunehøj, Bauneporten 55°46′39″N 12°31′09″E / 55.777626°N 12.519279°E | 1959 | Ref |
Rudersdal Municipality[]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Henrik Gerner | Henrik Gerners Vej | Johannes Kragh | 1917 | Ref |
References[]
- ^ "Johannes Wiedewelt". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Nicolai Abildgaard". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Gunnar Westman". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Peter Brandes". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Axel Poulsen". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Gottfred Eickhoff". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Egon Fischer". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Povl Søndergård". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Leda uden svane" (in Danish). Gentofte Kommune. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Henrik Stercke". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Poul Agger". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Charles Arvesen". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Einar Utzon-Frank". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Allan Schmidt". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Allan Torben Ebbesen". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Børge JørgensenEbbesen". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Carl Mortensen". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Bente SørensenMortensen". gentofte.bibnet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2017.
External links[]
- List of works owned by Copenhagen Municipality
- Source
- På sporet af skulpturene i Kyngby-Taarbæk Kommune
- Mindetavler
- Source
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