Gefion Fountain
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The Gefion Fountain is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark. It features a large-scale group of oxen pulling a plow and being driven by the Norse goddess Gefjon. It is located
The Gefion fountain
Anders Bundgaard working on the fountain
People strolling at the Gefion Fountain: Painting by Paul Gustav Fischer
The Gefion fountain
Zealand
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Zealand is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper at 7,031 km2. Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020, comprising 40% of the country's population.
Gefion Fountain
…out of commission for many years, and was re-inaugurated in September 2004. The fountain depicts the mythical story of the creation of the island of Zealand on which Copenhagen is located. The legend appears in Ragnarsdrápa, a 9th-century Skaldic poem recorded in the 13th century Prose Edda, and in Ynglinga…
The Cliffs of Stevns just south of Copenhagen
The Gefion Fountain in Copenhagen, showing the Norse goddess Gefjon carving Zealand from Sweden.