The Little Mermaid of Hans Christian Andersen

The icon of Copenhagen is for sure the Little Mermaid Statue. It is a character from a fairytale of Hans Christian Andersen (you have to notice the motto of my blog under the title, which is also written by him). 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 ballerina, Ellen Price, to model for the statue. The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the bronze statue, which was unveiled on 23 August 1913. The statue's head was modeled 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 Little Mermaid statue is only 1.25 metres high and weighs around 175 kg. The Copenhagen City Council decided to move the statue to Shanghai at the Danish Pavilion for the duration of the Expo 2010 (from May to October), the first time it had been moved from its perch since it was installed almost a century earlier.

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Simbolul Copenhagăi este în mode evident statuia Micuţei Sirene. Ea este un personaj al cărţilor celebrului autor Hans Christian Andersen (trebuie să citiţi şi mottoul acestui blog (sub titlu) care îi aparţine, de asemenea, autorului danez). Micuţa statuie este pe malurile apei, pe stânci. A fost comandată în 1909 de Carl Jacobsen, proprietarul Carlsberg, şi a fost inaugurată pe 23 august 1913. Carl Jacobsen a fost fascinat de baletul despre Mica Sirenă şi a comandat ca statuia să fie realizată după balerina Ellen Price. Ea nu a acceptat să pozeze nud pentru Edvard Eriksen, aşa că doar capul o reprezintă. Soţia sculptorului a fost modelul pentru corp. Statuia are o înălţime de 1,25 metri şi cântăreşte 175 kg. A fost mutată pentru prima dată în 2010 la Shanghai la World Expo în cadrul pavilionului danez. În locul ei a fost instalată o sculptură a unui artist chinez.