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Every Danish sailor who ever stood on a deck knows
that the Øresund used to be full of Mermaids.
The legend tells us that the home of all Mermaids
was the Mermaid Banks in Øresund. The banks
are no more there, but Copenhagen's own Little Mermaid
is.
The Carlsberg brewer Carl Jacobsen was inspired
to donate money to a sculpture after having seen
a ballet "The little Mermaid" based on a fairytale
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The sculptor Edward Eriksen sculptured the mermaid in bronze, using his wife Eline as a model for the body. The head was modelled after a primaballerina Ellen Price.
The Little Mermaid attracts almost one million
tourists every year.
Read more about the little statue under Landmarks. |
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