by Susan | Apr 21, 2025 | Monuments
The Woman with the Handbag (Swedish: Kvinnan med handväskan) is a photograph taken in Växjö, Sweden on 13 April 1985 by photojournalist Hans Runesson. It shows a woman hitting a Neo-Nazi with her handbag. The photograph was taken during a small demonstration of the...
by Susan | Aug 12, 2024 | Monuments
The Goddess of Peace (Fredsgudinnan) – Nuclear Disarmament monument is made of a 200-year-old anchor, which roughly corresponds to the time Sweden has been at peace. The Swedish–Norwegian War in the summer of 1814 was the last time Sweden participated in an...
by Susan | Jul 26, 2021 | Monuments
Located in the city of Lund in southern Sweden, this piece by Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida is in the main square, in front of the city hall. Completed in 1972, it is known as Rymdfält av fred in Swedish, and was commissioned by the city council to represent peace....
by Susan | Nov 11, 2019 | Monuments
In 1910 the Nordic Peace Congress in Stockholm decided that a peace monument should be raised on the border between Sweden and Norway to celebrate 100 year of peace between the countries. The building of the peace monument was finished in 1914. The design reflects a...
by Susan | Oct 16, 2017 | Monuments
In front of Rådhuset is this bronze monument, called Fredsmonumentet (the monument of peace). It was created in 1955 by the artist Ivar Johnsson, to commemorate a celebration of the peaceful dissolution of the union of Sweden and Norway in 1905, which was...
