Erection of fountains and ponds began in a larger scale when many parks and public gardens were built around the turn of the century in the early 1900s.
The city's oldest functioning fountain is Molins fontän erected in Kungsträdgården during 1873.
[1] An early fountain sculpture is Tors fiske built in 1903 at the current Mariatorget.
The sculpture shows the moment when the Norse god Tor has captured the Midgard worm and raises his hammer Mjölner to destroy the snake.
[2] Other early fountain sculptures include Fontändamm at Aspudden (1912) by Albin Brag (1878–1937), Vesslan at Kungsholmstorg (1912) by Otto Valdemar Strandman(1871–1960) and Triton på delfin at Centralbadsparken (1923) by Greta Klemming (1893–1961).