Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan

Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan (1 August 1859 – 21 April 1939) was a Danish sculptor.

After completing his stonemason's apprenticeship, he set out as a journeyman in 1878 to travel Europe.

He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen where he was awarded a gold medal in 1898.

These include the Little Horn-Blower at City Hall Square in Copenhagen (bronze, 1899), the four granite elephants of the Elephant Gate at the Ny Carlsberg brewery in Valby (1901) and a statue of Ogier the Dane for the romantic gardens at Marienlyst House (bronze 1907).

[2] The latter was later re-cast in artificial stone at placed in the dungeons underneath Kronborg Castle.