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.
City (Indre By)[edit]
Frederiksberg[edit]
Nørrebro[edit]
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 | |
The Mother (Moderen) |
Amorparken |
Carl Bonnesen | 1930 | 1831 | ||
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 | Claudio Cortes | 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 | |||
Herman Trier | Herman Triers Plads 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 |
Claus Carstensen | 2005 | Ref |
Østerbro[edit]
Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave[edit]
Amager[edit]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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The Arc Arken |
Islands Brygge | Harvey Martin | 1988 | Ref | |
Blue Fan Sculpture Blå vifteskulptur |
[Remissevej | Egon Fischer | 1975 | |||
Bountry Stone Borne |
Sundbyvester Plads | 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 |
Sundbyøster Plads | 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 | Artillerivej | 1979 | ||||
Plato's Cave Platons hule |
Havneparken | Christian Lemmerz | 1997 | |||
Sculpture in Three Parts | Center Boulevard | Peter Bonnén | 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[edit]
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) |
Genforeningspladsen | 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 | Mathilius Schack Elo | 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 |
Anders Bundsgaard | 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 (Genforeningspladsen) | 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 (Ghandis Plads) | Sankho Chaudhuri | 1984 | Ref | |
Naked Youth Møgen Ung Mand |
Bispebjerg Cemetery | Knud Nellemose | ||||
Snowy Owl Sneugle |
Frederiksborgvej | 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[edit]
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 | Brønshøj Torv | John Cornelius Rægaard Andreasen | 2009 | |||
Mother With Child Mor med barn |
Svenskelejren (Bellahøj School) | Svend Lindhart | 1940 | |||
Studying Girl | Blågårds Plads | Husum Bypark (Korsager Allé) | 1934 | Ref | ||
Turkey Kalkun |
Tingbjerg | Gunnar Westman | 1960 | Ref | ||
Two Cats Cleaning Each Other Kalkun |
Voldparken] | Anker Hoffmann | 1964-68 | Ref |
Valby[edit]
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 Rasmus Koch | 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 |
Gudrun Lauesen | 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 | August Keil | Ref | |||
Woman with Dogs Konen med hundene |
Valby Tingplads | Hanne Varming | ||||
Untitled | Toftegårds Plads | Jens-Flemming Sørensen | 1982 |
Vanløse[edit]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Column Søjle |
Vanløse Torv) | Peter Stuhr | 2010 | |||
Mother Groa Mor Groa |
Ålekistevej (Vanløse School) | Tove Ólafsson | 1961 | |||
Sculpture Skulptur |
Vanløsehøj (Kirkebjerg School) | Edgar Funch | 1960 | |||
Secret Hemmeligheden |
af Sallingvej, Jyllingevej | Jens Jacob Bregnø | 1939 | |||
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Youth on Horseback | Rødkilde Plads | Vilhelm Bissen | 1883 | Ref |
Suburbs[edit]
Gentofte Municipality[edit]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Alphabet Turèll Alfabet Turèll |
Dan Turèlls Plads | Kenn André Stilling | 2010 | |||
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Andreas Peter Bernstorff | Bernstorff Park | Andreas Paulsen | 1904 | ||
Bernstorff Memorial Bernstorffstøtten |
Lyngbyvej | Johannes Wiedewelt | 1783 | [1] | ||
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Caryatid Karyatid |
Øregård Park | 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] |
Guapa | Øregaard Park | Gottfred Eickhoff | 1942 | 1959 | [6] | |
Harald's Spring Haraldskilde |
Øregård Park | Unknown | 1838 | |||
Hercules Column | Ordrupvej (Holmegårdsparken) | Egon Fischer | 1988 | 1989 | [7] | |
Horse With Foal Hest med føl |
Øregård Park | Helen Schou | 1940 | |||
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Hermes Herme |
Øregård Park | Unknown | |||
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Kneeling Woman Knælende kvinde |
Øregård Park | Kai Nielsen | |||
Knud Rasmussen | Kystvejen (Hvidørepynten) | Povl Søndergård | 1969 | [8] | ||
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Leda Without the Swan Lade uden svane |
Øregård Park | Kai Nielsen | 1920 | 1983 | [9] |
The Liberation Befrielsen |
Øregård Park | Thyra Boldsen | ||||
Lion Løve |
Bakkegårdsskolen | Henrik Starcke | 1959 | 1960 | [10] | |
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Lying Mother with Two Children Liggende moder med to børn |
Øregård Park | Kai Nielsen | 2010 | ||
Mother With Child Moder med barn |
Vellevue Beach | 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 |
Øregård Park | 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 (Dyssegårdsparken) | Carl Mortensen | 1912 | 1959 | [17] | |
No title | Ordrup Park | Bente Sørensen | 1979 | [18] |
Hørsholm Municipality[edit]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Stolberg Monument | Søndre Jagtvej | Nicolas-Henri Jardin | 1766 |
Hvidovre Municipality[edit]
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[edit]
Rudersdal Municipality[edit]
Image | Title / individual commemorated | Location | Sculptor | Created | Installed | Source |
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Henrik Gerner | Henrik Gerners Vej | Johannes Kragh | 1917 | Ref |
References[edit]
- ^ "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[edit]
- List of works owned by Copenhagen Municipality
- Source
- På sporet af skulpturene i Kyngby-Taarbæk Kommune
- Mindetavler
- Source