Ivar Huitfeldt Column

Ferdinand Edvard Ring was responsible for the statue of the Roman goddess of victory, Victoria, and for the reliefs, while Carl Brummer undertook the monument's architectural design.

On 4 October 1710, the ship of the line HDMS Dannebroge, which Huitfeldt commanded, was set on fire during an encounter with the Swedes.

The monument consists of a marble column placed on a tall granite base and topped by a statue of Victoria.

Four bronze reliefs on the base of the monument, one on each side, feature Huitfeldt's portrait, his coat of arms, his ship and a short text.

The initial plans for a Huitfeldt memorial called for a much smaller monument, a sort of cairn, but after the intervention of Carlsberg brewer Carl Jacobsen who had already sponsored several monuments in Copenhagen, including a statue of Admiral Niels Juel next to the National Bank, it was decided to launch a design competition.