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Denmark Expedition Memorial

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The memorial consists of a granite boulder which measures 340 x 390 x 190 cm. Its surface was smoothened but its natural shape retained. The front side features a relief featuring three men pushing a dog sledge.
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The monument was the result of a competition launched by a committee in February 1911. The competition was won by
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A carved inscription on the rear side of the boulder consists mainly of a quote from Brønlund's diary.
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to North-East Greenland in 1907. The memorial was unveiled in 1912. It was designed by
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The granite boulder was retrieved from Flinterenden in the
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Langelinie
Copenhagen
Denmark
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen
Niels Peter Høeg Hagen
Jørgen Brønlund
Denmark Expedition
Kai Nielsen
Kaare Klint

Niels Hansen Jacobsen
Danish National Gallery
Kai Nielsen
Carl Bonnesen
Elna Borch
Niels Hansen Jacobsen
Holger Wederkinck

Øresund
Front side
Inscription on the rear side.
"Mindesten for Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872-1907), Niels Peter Høeg Hagen (1877-1907) og Jørgen Brønlund (1877-1907"
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Public art in
Copenhagen
Denmark
Christian V

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