- CountryDenmark
- Town:Copenhagen
-
Year of creation:1954
- Rider(s):Christian X
(1888-1955) King of Denmark and Iceland. Christian was a popular king, who took a daily ride on horseback through Copenhagen during the German occupation.
- Sculptor(s):Utzon-Frank, Einar
(1888 –1955) was a Danish sculptor.
Apart from this statue of Christian X (unveiled in 1954) he was commissioned at the end of the 1930s to recast in bronze the equestrian statue of Christian V — originally erected between 1687 and 1688 on Kongens Nytorv and made from gilded lead by Abraham-César Lamoureux —, which he did between 1939 and 1942.
Special are the flowers the king is holding in his right hand.
