03 November 2013

Seeing Copenhagen: The Gefion Fountain / Gefion-fontenen

When you walk north along the harbour in Copenhagen on your way to the city's maybe most popular tourist attraction, the little mermaid, you will pass an impressive fountain. A part of it is an sculpture depicting a woman behind a plow pulled by four bulls. You can clearly see how the bulls are struggling, panting and sweating. It is the creation of Zealand we see in front of us.

The sculpture is showing a story from the old nordic poem Ragnarsdraapa and Snorre's younger Edda about queen Gevjon or Gefion. She has pleased the swedish king Gylve and as a reward he promises her all the land she can plow in a day and a night. She goes to Jotunheimen, home of the giants. There she fetches the four sons she has with a jotun (giant). The sons turn themselves into bulls and she puts them in front of the plow. A day and a night of hard work starts. The story tells, the plow goes so deep that she can pull the land away and place it in the nearby sound. There it still lies today and we call it Zealand.

The Gefion fountain could be admired for the first time on July 14th 1908. The sculpture is designed by the Dane Anders Bundgaard and the complete fountain was gift to the city of Copenhagen from the Carlsberg Foundation celebrating the brewery's 50th anniversary.


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Når du går nordover langs havnen i København på vei mot byens kanskje mest kjente turist attraksjon, den lille havfrue, kommer man forbi en imponerende fontene. Den inneholder en stor skulptur som viser en kvinne bak en plog som blir trukket av fire kraftige okser. Det er tydelig hardt arbeid. Man kan se hvordan oksene sliter, puster og peser med ånden stående ut av neseborene. Det er Sjællands tilblivelse vi her ser fremfor oss. Kvinnen bak plogen er dronning Gevjon eller Gefion og oksene er de fire sønnene hennes..

Skulpturen skildrer historien fra Ragnarsdråpa og Snorres yngre Edda om dronning Gevjon. Hun har vært til slik en glede for svenskekongen Gylve at han som belønning lar henne få alt det land hun kan pløye i løpet av en dag og en natt. Hun tar først til Jotunheimen og henter de fire sønnen hun har fått med en jotun. De forvandler seg til okser som hun spender framfor plogen. og så starter en dag og en natt med hard arbeid og mye strev. Som historien forteller, pløyer de så dypt at hun kan terkke landet ut og plassere det i sundet utenfor. Der ligger det den dag i dag og vi kaller det nå Sjælland.

Gefionfontenen kunne første gang beundres av tilskuere den 14. juli 1908. Selve skulpturen er tegnet av kunstneren Anders Bundgaard og hele fontenen ble gitt i gave til København by av Carlsbergfondet i forbindelse med Carlsberg Bryggeris 50-års jubileum.



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27 October 2013

Majestic visit to Copenhagen

In September this year Majestic Mærsk, one of the world's largest vessels, visited her home port Copenhagen. For a week the ship was open for the public to visit and get a first hand impression of the vessel and its size. An estimated 250.000 stopped by to get a view of the big vessel during her visit.


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01 January 2013

Happy New Year!


It is the beginning of a new year, a new year filled with new photo opportunities. 
Let us make the most of it!