Statue of Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold, Copenhagen

The statue of Peter Wessel Tordenskiold, created by

The statue was created in 1864–68. and was a gift from merchant Rudolph Puggaard and Justitsråd S.A. Eibeschütz og Hustrus Legat til Stadens Forskiønnelse . It was sculpted by Herman Wilhelm Bissen and cast at Lauritz Rasmussen's bronze foundry. The intention was originally to place it outside the Royal Danish Nautical charts archive which was then located between the Church of Holmen and the site where Bank of Denmark stands today.^[1]

The statue in Trondheim

Another bronze casting of Bissen's statue was erected in the Norwegian city of Trondheim, Tordenskiold's birthplace, in 1876.

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• Source Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine