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Hi, this is Philip Jepsen with Mermaids of Earth.
Today I want to tell you a little bit about The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The statue is based on the main character in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Little Mermaid
which he wrote in 1837. Now the story was turned into a ballet
and was played many times at the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen
where it was seen by Carl Jacobsen, the son of Carlsberg Breweries founder J.C. Jacobsen.
who was so taken by the ballet and by the story that he commissioned
the Mermaid statue in 1909. The Commission went to Danish sculptor
Edvard Eriksen
and apparently in the beginning Ellen Price, the ballerina, was supposed to be
the model for the statue.
When she declined modeling in the nude, Edvard Eriksen instead enlisted his wife
Eline Eriksen as the model.
He finished the statue four years later and it was unveiled
as a gift from Carl Jacobsen to the city of Copenhagen on August 23rd 1913.
In the past 100 years it has become world-famous and
well known as a symbol of Copenhagen and of Denmark.
There are many copies of the stature around the world
This one is in Romania, donated by the Danish Queen in 2000.
This one is in front of the Navy headquarters building in Brazil.
In the US there are six copies; one in Solvang, California
One in Greenville, Michigan. This one is in Kimballton, Iowa
and another one in Glendale, California. Then this one at the International
Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City, Utah and one on the grave of Victor Borge
in Greenwich Connecticut. In Denmark there are two copies
one at Carlberg Breweries and one with the descendants of sculptor Edvard Eriksen
which was on loan to Tivoli Gardens in 2010
There is also one in Madrid Spain and one in Charlotte Amalie in the *** Islands.
and lastly this one in Shenzhen just outside Hong Kong in China
For more information on this mermaid statue
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