It was designed by Kai Nielsen in collaboration with Kaare Klint.
The memorial consists of a granite boulder which measures 340 x 390 x 190 cm.
Other entries in the competition were submitted by Carl Bonnesen, Elna Borch, Niels Hansen Jacobsen, and Holger Wederkinck.
The relief was carved at the site and the finished memorial was unveiled in 1911.
[1] A carved inscription on the rear side of the boulder consists mainly of a quote from Brønlund's diary.