The Swedish Lion in Narva

The first version, a copy of one of the stone lions at the royal palace in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, was erected by an entrance to the city of Narva in 1936, it was however destroyed during World War II.

A new version, a copy of the "Medici lion" of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, was erected by the Narva river in 2000.

The statue was inaugurated October 18, 1936 by prince Gustaf Adolf at the site of the battle of Narva, west of the city (59°23′7″N 28°8′59″E / 59.38528°N 28.14972°E / 59.38528; 28.14972).

[1] A new monument was inaugurated by vice prime minister Lena Hjelm-Wallén on November 19, 2000 in connection with the 300 year anniversary of the battle of Narva.

The pedestal is inscribed with the Latin text SVECIA MEMOR ("Sweden remembers") and MDCC (1700, the year of the battle of Narva).