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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöldin muistomerkki

Memorial to Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Freiherr Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Helsinki 1832 - Dalbyö, Södermanland, 1901
Finnish botanist, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finnish-Swedish origin
(Wikipedia)

Various sculptors
1985

Helsinki / Adolf Erik Nordenskiöldin muistomerkki

Description

Three connected granite slabs, on one of them is a bronze bust of Nordenskiöld looking at the sea. On the back of the other two is a bronze relief of the ship Vega and a bronze map showing the route Nordenskiöld sailed through the North-East Passage. The granite slabs symbolize icebergs and pack ice, the principal obstacles to regular traffic through the North-East Passage. The memorial was placed close to the sea as a reminder of Nordenskiöld's voyages. The memorial is 3.5 metres high.

Inscription(s)

ADOLF ERIK
NORDENSKIÖLD

1832 - 1901

koillisväylä
nordostpassagen
1878-1880

Signature

(bust) johanna häiväoja 1985
(Vega relief) arkit. eric adlercreutz / sculpt. heikki häiväoja / johanna häiväoja / 1985

Annotation

The memorial was designed by the sculptor Heikki Häiväoja and the architect Eric Adlercreutz. The bust of Nordenskiöld was made by Johanna Häiväoja.

Sculptors

Eric Adlercreutz (Helsinki 1935), Finnish architect (Wikipedia).
Heikki Häiväoja (Jämsä 1929), Finnish sculptor, father of Johanna Häiväoja (Wikipedia).
Johanna Häiväoja (Vantaa 1960), Finnish sculptor living in France, daughter of Heikki Häiväoja (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Helsinki City Artmuseum, Public Art.

Locatie (N 60°9'15" - E 24°57'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: fi132; Photograph: 2 July 2013
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