Aviator Monument (Stockholm)

The Aviator Monument (Swedish: 'Flygarmonumentet') is a statue that stands at Karlaplan in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Inside the shallow monument there is an urn, which contains medals for each fallen Swedish pilot.

Based on his sympathy towards Hitler, some art historians think that the Aviator Monument is an expression of Carl Milles admiration for Nazism.

In the 1940s, young Swedish Nazis used the monument as a meeting point, and a place for gathering and commemoration.

The original purpose of this statue is to honour fallen pilots such as Salomon August Andrée, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel who died in the North Pole expedition in 1898.