It represents one of the so-called Skovser Women who, wearing their traditional garments, used to dominate the market trade.

[1] Copenhagen's principal fish market was for centuries situated at Gammel Strand.

The newspaper Berlingske Tidende brought an incidental poem by Viggo Barfoed [da]), published under his pseudonym Ærbødigst (lit.

"Yours sincerely"), entitled “There’s Nothing Like Change”:[2] Art must be brought/ to the people./ This is a programme/ that is interpreted so/ that lots of /statues are raised/ on all greenswards /and open spaces./ A fishwife/ of six thousand kilos,/ that’s to say no real/ Venus de Milo/ can be admired/by later generations/ on the Fish Market/ at Gammel Strand./ She has cost a great deal/ in purely monetary terms/ but on the other hand women are/immortal.

People die, fish die,/ but the fishwife lives,/ she can easily last/ a hundred years./ And although she’s really/ not bad/ the sight of her/ makes one think:/ One could avoid/ paying for the very costly/material,/ and it would perhaps/ please many/ if statues/ were made of snow./The city would lose nothing./ A little variety/ would be created,/ and the artists/ would have more to do, which of course/ can also be important./In winter,/ when all nature sleeps,/ we would have art/ to delight in./ In summer we have/ the green trees/ and then we have no need/ of works of art here.The statue was removed in 2011 in conjunction with the construction of the Gammel Strand metro station.