Børge Rosenbaum, known professionally as Victor Borge, was a Danish-American pianist and comedian who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane".
Borge performing before an audience in 1957
The footstone of Victor Borge
Borge with Kennedy Center Honors in 1999
The Little Mermaid is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is 1.25 metres (4.1 ft) tall and weighs 175 kilograms (385 lb).
Ellen Price as the Little Mermaid, Royal Danish Ballet, 1909.
Assembly of the Little Mermaid statue (Copenhagen, Langeline, 1913).
Police technicians examine the damage to the statue after being blasted off its base on September 10, 2003.