🟌️ Fishwife (statue)

Denmark · Europe · 55.68°N, 12.58°E

Fishwife is a 1940 granite statue of a fishwife situated at Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, Denmark, commemorating the fact that the city's principal fish market was then located at the site. It represents one of the so-called Skovser Women who, wearing their traditional garments, used to dominate the market trade. The fish market closed in 1958.

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Country	Denmark
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	55.68°N, 12.58°E · view on map

Fishwife (statue) is located in Denmark, in Europe.

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