Havis Amanda

Havis Amanda is a fountain and a statue in Helsinki, Finland by the sculptor Ville Vallgren (1855–1940).

The work was modelled in 1906 in Paris, and erected at its present location at the Market Square in Kaartinkaupunki in 1908.

[4] Vallgren himself simply called the work Merenneito (English: The Mermaid),[5] but it quickly started to get additional nicknames.

Not all groups objected to the nudity per se, but putting it on a pedestal was thought to subjugate women by sexually objectifying them and making them appear weak.

Some women's rights groups criticised the look of the figure as plain or "a common French whore", lacking innocence.