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Huskvarna
Jönköping

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Alf Henriksen

Huskvarna 1905 - id. 1995
Swedish journalist, writer

Thomas Qvarsebo
1998

Description

Sculpture of corten steel, showing a man walking to a door shaped as the letter "A".

Inscription(s)

ALF
Henriksen
Retar / du / upp / dig / på / ting / som / är / små / så / är / du / väl / inte / större / än / så

Dagen idag är en märkvärdig sak,
tänk, evighet fram och evighet bak

Signature

Skulptor T. Qvarsebo / Smide T Frydling

Annotation

The statue is inspired by the title of Henriksen's book Vägen genom A (The way through A) (1949).

Sculptor

Thomas Qvarsebo (1947), Swedish artist and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Location (N 57°47'27" - E 14°16'27")

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Item Code: se018; Photograph: 19 July 2009
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