List of public art in Roskilde Municipality

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This list of public art in Roskilde Municipality lists public art in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark.

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Overview

Roskilde's most well-known public artwork is the Roskilde Jars on Hestetorvet in front of Roskilde Railway Station. The three five meter high jars were designed by Peter Brandes and presented to the City of Roskilde as a gift on the occasion of its 1,000th anniversary. On Stændertorvet, the city's largest and most important public square, is a granite fountain built in 1895 which features various symbols from the city's coat of arms in its design. [1] The fountain stands in front of the former city hall which now houses the tourist information office. On the same square in front of the Royal Mansion stands a statue of Hroar and Helge two legendary kings who ruled Denmark from Roskilde in the 6th century. The statue was created by Johan Galster and was the winning entry in a 1933 competition for a new artwork on the City Hall Square. [2] Roskilde commissioned an equestrian statue of Margaret I of Denmark from Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen in the 1890s. She completed the first model in about 1897 but the final project was not completed due to lack of funding. In 2006, the equestrian statue was finally realized based on a plaster model which had been kept in the storages of Roskilde Museum. It now stands at Københavnsvej, opposite the Ro's Torv Shopping Center. [3] A bronze statue of one of Roskilde's most famous natives, Lise Nørgaard, depicting Nørgaard sitting on a bench, is found on Algade, the city's principal pedestrian street. [4] Outside Roskilde Museum stands a Bjørn Nørgaard statue which presents scenes from the Ragnarök legend on its four sides. [5]

List

ImageTitle / individual commemoratedLocationSculptorCreatedInstalledSource
Andromeda Garden
Andromeda-haven
KoldekildevejLars Skov Nielsen20032003 Ref
Archipelago
Arkipelag
Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1Erik Varming19901990 Ref
Bird
Fugl
Himmelev Gymnasium, Himmelev Erik Heide19811981 Ref
Bronze PigeonsDuebrødre Kloster, Sct. Agnesvej 2Gudrun Lauesen1898 Ref
Chinese character
Kinesisk skrifttegn
Roskilde LibraryHelge Holmskov19861986 Ref
Cirkelbuen Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1Bjarne v. H.H. Solberg1990 Ref
CobraHerregårdsvej 30Jørn Bromann19911991 Ref
Effort communRoskilde Library, Dr. Margrethesvej 14Sonja Ferlov Mancoba1980 Ref
Figures for a space
Figurer til en plads
Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1Anita Jørgensen2001 Ref
Foal
Føl
Roskilde Hospital, KøgevejGudrun Lauesen19361990 Ref
DK Roskilde 0710 010 (17189055296).jpg Fountain with symbols from Roskilde's coat of armsStændertorvetVolmer Johannes Mørk-Hansen18951895 Ref
Frog Fountain
Frøspringvandet
KlosterengenKarl Glem Ref
Gateway
Port
Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1Claes Hake1990 Ref
Genfortryllelsens Brønd Roskilde Ring, Søndre RingvejMichael Thejll19901990 Ref
Goose Girl
Gåsepige
Himmerlev Gymnasium, Himmerlev Gudrun Lauesen19811981 Ref
Granite and Water
Granit og vand
KlosterengenFinn Nielsen19951995 Ref
Granite faces
Granitansigter
Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1Ole Find Ref
GrowthMovement
Vækst Bevægelse
SkomagergadeBarbara Shanklin19931993 Ref
GuapaStændertorvet, Latinerhaven Gottfred Eickhoff 19421984 Ref
Gustav-Wied.jpg Gustav Wied Sct. Olsgade 11 Elise Brandes 19091909 Ref
Horse Well
Hestebrønden
HestetorvetKarl Glem19451945 Ref
How fragile we are ...Roskilde Fair GroundLars Skov Nielsen20012001 Ref
ImagoSkt Olsgade 15Erik Varming19941994 Ref
Johannes Dam Hage, founder of the savings bank and teacher at the Latin SchoolStændertorvet 5Karl Glem Ref
LenticularisSkomagergadeGunver Hansen Ref
Lise Norgaard and Ghita Norby.jpg Lise Nørgaard AlgadeMette Agerbæk20102010 Ref
Lumo with Strong Supporters
Klumo med stærke støtter
Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1 Jørgen Haugen Sørensen 1993 Ref
Mads the Goat
Mads Ged
Himmelev Bygade, Himmerlev Gudrun Lauesen19681969 Ref
Memorial to the Occupation of Denmark
Mindesten for Danmarks besættelse
Stændertorvet Knud Nellemose 19551955 Ref
Monument to Steen Friis
Gravmonument over stiftskriver Steen Friis
Greyfriars Cemetery Vilhelm Bissen 1875 Ref
Ragnarök
Ragnarok
Roskilde Museum, Skt. Ols Stræde Bjørn Nørgaard Ref
ReliefKøgevej 7 Einar Utzon-Frank 19571957 Ref
Resonance
Resonans
Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1 John Olsen00 2001 Ref
Roar and HelgeStændertorvetJohan Georg Castonier Galster1939 Ref
Keramik - Roskilde - Peter Brandes - 2006.jpg Roskilde Jars Roskilde station, Hestetorvet Peter Bonde 1991999 Ref
Sculpture 2007
Skulptur 2007
Østre KirkegårdSøren Schaarup20072007 Ref
Sun
Sol
Roskilde City Hall Gottfred Eickhoff 19761976 Ref
The Seven Days of the Week
Ugens syv dage
FolkeparkenMorten Nielsen Ref
The Thirsty Children
De tørstende børn
Sct. Jørgens Skole, Sønderlundsvej 58 Rudolph Tegner 19261058 Ref
Tree of Life
Livets træ
St Jørgensbjerg Graveyard, Sct. Hansgade 51Erik Varming19751975 Ref
Water stone 2004
Vandsten 2004
Margrethehåbsvej 116Søren Schaarup20042004 Ref
Water stone 2007
Vandsten 2007
Østre KirkegårdSøren Schaarup20072007 Ref
Wall
Mur
Maglelunden 2Helle Vibeke Steffensen19971997 Ref
Woman figures
Kvindeskulpturer
Køgevej 46B Einar Utzon-Frank 19961996 Ref

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