The Little Mermaid - Copenhagen
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
Assisted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ChapterhouseInc
N 55° 41.575 E 012° 35.950
33U E 349096 N 6174515
An undated postcard features this historic statue.
Waymark Code: WM8R14
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 05/05/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 147
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The Little Mermaid (statue) - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The statue of The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue in Danish) sits on a rock in the Copenhagen harbour at Langelinie. This small and unimposing statue is a Copenhagen icon and a major tourist attraction.

The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, who had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale in Copenhagen’s Royal Theatre and asked the primaballerina, Ellen Price, to model for the statue. The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the statue, which was unveiled on 23 August 1913. The statue’s head was modelled after Price, but as the ballerina did not agree to model in the nude, the sculptor’s wife Eline Eriksen was used for the body.

The relatively small size of the statue typically surprises tourists visiting for the first time. The Little Mermaid statue is only 1.25 metres high and weighs around 175 kg.

There are similarities between the Little Mermaid statue and the Pania of the Reef statue on the beachfront at Napier in New Zealand, and some similarities in the Little Mermaid and Pania tales. The statue of a woman diver (titled "Girl in a Wetsuit" by Elek Imredy) in Vancouver, Canada was placed there when, unable to obtain permission to reproduce the Copenhagen statue, Vancouver authorities selected a modern version."

The statue is not located in the City Center and many tourists come here by car or cab.
Interestingly, the statue has been temporarily moved to Shanghai for the World Expo from May until October 2010.

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Physical Address:
Langelinie Park
Copenhagen, Denmark

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Description of Postcard Location:
in Copenhagen's Langelinie Park

Parking Coordinates: N 55° 41.466 E 012° 35.908
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