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) Image Title / individual commemorated Location Sculptor Created Installed Source Absalon City Hall Square (Copenhagen City Hall) Vilhelm Bissen 1901 Ref Absalon Højbro Plads Vilhelm Bissen 1902 Ref Abstract sculpture (Abstrakt skulptur) Vester Søgade / Gammel Kongevej Eva Koch 1987 Ref Amaliehaven: Fountain Larsens Plads (Amaliehaven) Arnaldo Pomodoro 1983 Ref Saint Ambrose Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Aksel Hansen 1887 Ref Hans Christian Andersen Rosenborg Castle Garden August Saabye 1880 Ref Hans Christian Andersen H. C. Andersens Boulevard Henry Luckow-Nielsen 1961 Ref Ansgar Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Theobald Stein 1894 Ref Saint Ansgar Bredgade (St. Ansgar's Cathedral) Mathilius Schack Elo 1927 Ref Athanasius of Alexandria Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Carl Rohl-Smith 1887 Ref Apollo Belvedere Ørstedsparken Leochares (replica) 4th century BC 1886 Ref Apollo Sauroctonos Ørstedsparken Unknown C. 350 BC 1887 Ref Apollon with Pegasus, Melpomene and Thalia Kongens Nytorv (Royal Danish Theatre) Ferdinand Edvard Ring 1876 Ref Arrotino Ørstedsparken Unknown C. 250-200 BC 1886 Ref Asclepius Prins Jørgens Gård (Christiansborg Palace) Bertel Thorvaldsen/Herman Wilhelm Bissen 1847 Ref Augustin Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Johannes Gelert 1887 Ref Nicolai Edinger Balle Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen 1843-47 1949 Ref Herman Bang Sankt Annæ Plads Ingeborg Plockross Irminger 2012 Ref Barbarian (En barbar) Stockholmsgade (The Hirschsprung Collection) Carl Johan Bonnesen 1913 Ref Rudolph Bergh Tietgensgade Peder Severin Krøyer 1909 Ref Thorvald Bindesbøll Statens Museum for Kunst Kai Nielsen 1910 Blind Boy (En blind dreng) Kastelsvej (Institute for the Blind) Peter Støhrmann Daniel 1857 Ref Blind Girl(En blind pige) Kastelsvej (Institute for the Blind) Peter Støhrmann Daniel 1857 Ref Benedict of Nursia Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Johannes Hoffmann 1887 Ref Bernard of Clairvaux Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Georg Christian Freund 1887 Ref Bissen memorial Frederiksholms Kanal (Civiletatens Materialgård) 1914 Ref H.W. Bissen Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Mathilius Schack Elo 1922 Ref Niels Bohr Frue Plads (University of Copenhagen) Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen 1956 Ref Boy Satyr Imbibing Wine Ørstedsparken Louis Hasselriis 1778 Ref Boy Satyr Playing the Flute Ørstedsparken Unknown4th century BC 1887 Source Jesper Brochmand Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Viggo Jarl 1933 Ref Hans Adolph Brorson Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) August Saabye 1906 Ref Johan Nordahl Brun Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Jens Ferdinand Willumsen 1947 Ref Sophus Bauditz Østre Anlæg Aksel Hansen 1920 Source Asmus Jacob Carstens Niels Brochs Gade Theobald Stein 1894 Source Caritas Well Gammeltorv Peter Hofmann i 1608 John Chrysostom Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Christian Carl Peters 1887 Ref H.N. Clausen Frue Plads Vilhelm Bissen 1878 Ref Canute the Holy Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Viggo Jarl 1922 Ref Caroline Amalie Rosenborg Castle Garden Vilhelm Bissen 1896 Ref Christian IV Kronprinsessegade / Øster Voldgade Vilhelm Bissen 1900 Ref Christian V Kongens Nytorv 1688 Ref Christian IX Christiansborg Ridebane (Christiansborg Palace) Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen 1927 Ref Christian X Sankt Annæ Plads Einar Utzon-Frank 1954 Ref Countess Danner Monument Vester Søgade / Gyldenløvesgade Kirsten Justesen 20242024 The Creation of Eve (Evas skabelse) Sølvgade (Danish National Gallery) Kai Nielsen 1916 Ref Cupulate Fruit Dyrkøb Jean Arp 1979 Ref Custom House relief Toldbodgade 1734 Cyclops. The Long Journey and Figurehead (Kyklopen, Den Lange Rejse and Galionsfigur) Asiatisk Plads Søren Georg Jensen Ref Danaide Grønningen Johannes Bjerg 1920 Ref Dancers (Danserinder) Tietgensgade (DGI-byen) Keld Moseholm Jørgensen 2007 Ref Dante Column Dantes Plads 1924 Ref David Grønningen Johannes C. Bjerg 1919-1923 Ref David Larsens Plads (Vestindisk Pakhus) Michelangelo 1503 1993 Ref David Nørregade (Church of Our Lady) Jens Adolf Jerichau 1858 1860 Ref Death and the Mother (Døden og moderen) St. Peter's Church Niels Hansen Jacobsen 1892 Ref Demosthenes Christians Brygge Denmark Monument (Danmarksmonumentet) Østre Anlæg Louis Hasselriis 1897 Ref Det lider mot skymning Østre Anlæg Aron Jerndahl 1902 1904 Ref Dragons City Hall Square (Copenhagen City Hall) Dragon Fountain (Dragespringvandet) City Hall Square Thorvald Bindesbøll, Joakim Skovgaard 1889-1923 Ref Drunken Faun (En drukken faun) Gyldenløvesgade Andreas Kolberg 1857 1904 Ref Paul Dubois Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek François-Raoul Larche 1902 Ref Dying Gaul (Døende galler) Ørstedsparken Unknown3rd century BC 1889 Ref Echo (Ekko) Rosenborg Castle Garden Aksel Hansen 1888 Ref Hans Egede Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) August Saabye 1913 Ref Memorial to Hans Egede and Giertrud Rask Nikolaj Plads August Hassel 1921 Ref Egyptian Egg (Det Egyptiske Æg) Oslo Plads (Den Frie Udstilling) Sophia Kalkau 2016 Ref Electra Kongens Nytorv (Great Northern Building) Stephan Sinding 1893 Ref Saint Elijah Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Johannes Hoffmann 1887 Ref Esaias, Moses, David, Aron, Daniel Bredgade (St. Ansgar's Cathedral) Gotthilf Borup 1842 Ref Monument to Johannes Ewals and Johan Herman Wessel Trinitatis Kirkeplads Otto Evens 1879 Farm Worker Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Jules Dalou 1789 Ref Firefighter (Brandmand) Bag Rådhuset (Copenhagen City Hall) Anders Bundgaard 1900 Ref Firefighter (Brandmand) Bag Rådhuset (Copenhagen City Hall) Anders Bundgaard 1900 Ref Fishwife (Fiskerkone) Gammel Strand Charles Svejstrup Madsen 1938 Ref Indagine No. 70 Gyldenløvesgade Lydia Cottone 2000 Frederik V on Horseback Amalienborg Slotsplads Jacques Saly Frederick VII on Horseback Christiansborg Slotsplads Herman Wilhelm Bissen / Vilhelm Bissen 1873 Ref Niels W. Gade Østre Anlæg Vilhelm Bissen 1897 Ref Gregory I Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Christian Carl Peters 1887 Ref Peder Griffenfeld Slotsholmen Carl Martin-Hansen 1922 Ref Group of Deer (Hjortegruppe) Rosenborg Castle Garden Arthur Le Duc 1885 1910 Ref N. F. S. Grundtvig Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Vilhelm Bissen 1894 Ref N. F. S. Grundtvig Vartorv Niels Skovgaard 1932 Ref Guapa Tietgensgade (DGI-byen) Gottfred Eickhoff 1953 Ref The Hammerer Niels Brochs Gade Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Constantin Meunier 1886 1901 Ref Docker (French: Le Débardeur) Tietgensgade Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Constantin Meunier 1906 Ref J. P. E. Hartmann Sankt Annæ Plads August Saabye 1905 10+5 Hercules Rosenborg Castle Garden Giovanni Baratta ? Hercules Prins Jørgens Gård Bertel Thorvaldsen Hermes Resting Ørstedsparken 1886 Source Ludvig Holberg Kongens Nytorv Theobald Stein Valdemar Holmer KU City Campus Theobald Stein 1885 Ref Jan Hus Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Theobald Stein 1884 1887 Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt Ørstedsparken Herman Wilhelm Bissen/Vilhelm Bissen 1877 Ref B.S. Ingemann Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Knud Nellemose 1988 Ref Saint Irenaeus of Lyon Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Carl Rohl-Smith 1887 Ref Saint Jerome Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Otto Evens 1887 Ref Joan of Arc at Domremy, listening to the heavenly voices Ørstedsparken Henri Chapu 1870 1882 Ref John the Baptist Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Carl Rohl-Smith 1887 Ref Niels Juel Holmens Kanal Theobald Stein 1881 Ref Søren Kierkegaard Slotsholmen Louis Hasselriis 1918 Ref Søren Kierkegaard Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Knud Nellemose 1972 Ref Thomas Kingo Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Viggo Jarl 1922 Ref The Lion and the Horse (Løven og hesten) Rosenborg Castle Garden Peter Husum 1618 c. 1643 Ref Lion Crushing a Serpent Dantes Plads (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek) Antoine-Louis Baryel 1832 Ref Lion and Lioness Jarmers Plads Auguste Cain 1879 1889 Ref Lions and Snake Dantes Plads Antoine-Louis Barye 1832 Re Little Gunver (Liden Gunver) Rosenborg Castle Garden Theobald Stein 1899 1909 Source Carl Wilder Memorial Christian August Lorentzen Memorial (Garrison Church) Hans Christian Lumbye Tivoli Gardens Svend Rathsack 1930 J.T. Lundbye Memorial Sankt Annæ Plads (Garrison Church) Herman Wilhelm Bissen 1857 Ref Lur Blowers Regnbuepladsen Siegfried Wagner 1914 Martin Luther Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Theobald Stein 1887 Ref Johan Nicolai Madvig Frue Plads Vilhelm Bissen 1887 Ref Mælk gir sundhed Sølvgade (Sølvgade School) Henry Heerup 1955 Ref Marble balls Rosenborg Castle Garden Unknown 17th century Neapolitan Fisherman Teaches His Son to Play the Flute Store Strandstræde Otto Evens 1859 Ref Hans Lassen Martensen Frue Plads (University of Copenhagen) Theobald Stein 1876 1888 Ref Magpie Well Pistolstræde Gunnar Westman 1980 Maternal Love Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Constantin Meunier 1893 1906 Ref Maternal Love Moderkærlighed Vester Voldgade/Stormgade Otto Evens 1939 Ref Memorial Anchor Nyhavn 1951 Mercury Slotsholmsgade (Børsen) Johann Christoph Petzold 1745 Ref Mercury Nordre Toldbod) Carl Christian Peters Ref Mercury Købmagergade (Børsen) Julius Schultz 1896 Ref Mermaid Havfrue Christians Brygge Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen 1921 2009 Ref Minerva Prins Jørgens Gård Bertel Thorvaldsen/H. W. Bissen 1847 Ref Mirror and DensificationSpejl og fortætning Otto Mønsteds Plads Hein Heinsen 1996 Ref Mirror Basin Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads Jørn Larsen 2002 Ref Modern Girl Moderne pige Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Gerhard Henning 1933 Ref A Moment of Peril Rosenborg Castle Garden Thomas Brock 1880 1881 Ref Moses Nørregade Herman Wilhelm Bissen 1859 Ref Moses Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Carl Rohl-Smith 1887 Jacob Peter Mynster Frue Plads (University of Copenhagen) Theobald Stein 1874 1875 Ref Jacob Peter Mynster Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Johannes Bjerg 1941 Ref Nemesis Prins Jørgens Gård Bertel Thorvaldsen/H. W. Nielsen 1847 Ref Neptune Børsen Johann Christoph Petzold 1745 Ref Neptune Nordre Toldbod Christian Carl Peters 1870 Ref Carl Nielsen Monument Grønningen/Store Kongensgade Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen 1939 Ref The Nile (Nilen) Søtorvet 1st century 1896 Ref Adam Oehlenschläger Kongens Nytorv (Royal Danish Theatre) Herman Wilhelm Bissen 1861 Ref One Of The Many (En af de mange) Sankt Annæ Plads (Garrison Church) Carl Johan Bonnesen 1915 Ref Anders Sandøe Ørsted Ørstedsparken Vilhelm Bissen 1902 Ref Hans Christian Ørsted Ørstedsparken Jens Adolf Jerichau 1876 Ref Peder Palladius Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Viggo Jarl 1921 Ref Paul the Apostle Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Christian Carl Peters 1887 Pearl Anglais Grønlandske Handels Plads Eva Sørensen 2003 Saint Peter Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) August Saabye 1887 Ref Peter and the Cock St. Peter's Church Henrik Starcke 1966 Ref Polar bears Copenhagen City Hall Anders Bundgaard 1897 Ref Polycarp Frederiksgade (Frederick's Church) Ferdinand Edvard Ring 1894 The Private Soldier and the Little Hornblower Landsoldaten med den lille hornblæser H. C. Andersens Boulevard Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan 1899 Ref Quadriga Thorvaldsens Museum Herman Wilhelm Bissen 1848 Ref Reformation Monument Bispetorv Max Andersen and Harald Lønborg-Jensen 1941 Ref Resting Satyr Ørstedsparken Unknown C. 350 BC 1887 Ref The Return of the Prodigal Son Dag Hammerskjölds Allé (House of Unitarians) Axel Poulsen 1926 Ref Olfert Ricard Memorial Sankt Annæ Plads (Garrison Church) Axel Poulsen 1930 Ref Franklin F. Roosevelt Sankt Annæ Plads Jo Davidson 1933 Ref Ring riding columns Unknown 16th-17th century Source Toldboden Larsens Plads Søren Georg Jensen 1979 Ref Satyr with Crotales Ørstedsparken Unknown C. 300 BC 1886 Ref Satyr with the Infant Bacchus (Silen med bacchusbarn) Ørstedsparken Unknown 4th century BC 1880 Ref Satyr With Wine Sack Satyr med vinsæk Rigshospitalet Max Andersen 1923 Ref Sophus Schandorph Østre Anlæg Peder Severin Krøyer 1904 Ref Joakim F