Carl Nielsen Monument

The Carl Nielsen Monument, located at the corner of Grønningen and Store Kongensgade in central Copenhagen, Denmark, is a monument to Danish composer Carl Nielsen created by his wife Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen.

The naked young man with pan-pipes represents Pan, god of music in Greek mythology.

Carl-Nielsen has commented on the design that "What I wanted to show in my figure is the forward movement, the sense of life, the fact that nothing stands still.

She wrote: "I wanted to take the winged horse, eternal symbol of poetry, and place a musician on its back.

Dispute about her design and a shortfall in funding meant that the monument was delayed and that Anne Marie herself ended up subsidising it.

The monument with Grønningen in the background
The artist places her left hand on the neck of the model of a horse whose head is above hers
Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and Pegasus – first model of her Carl Nielsen monument in her studio in Civiletatens Materialgård