H.C. Ørsted
H.C. Ørsted stands in Ørstedsparken, Copenhagen, on the raised ground of the former Hahn’s Bastion. Jens Adolph Jerichau’s sculpture shows Hans Christian Ørsted surrounded by three Norns from Norse mythology. The physicist discovered electromagnetism, linking electricity with magnetism and shaping later science and technology.
A public fundraising campaign brought the monument here in 1876, as Ørstedsparken took shape across Copenhagen’s former ramparts. H.A. Flindt designed the park, where part of the old moat became a lake crossed by Frederik the Seventh’s Bridge. The surrounding paths lead among monuments to Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Nathalie Zahle and Bertel Thorvaldsen, alongside classical casts including the Belvedere Apollo. One striking detail remains above the greenery: Ørsted appears with the Norns, placing scientific achievement beside Norse ideas of fate.
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