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The Ministry of Culture wants more statues of women in the public space

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They are ready to spend up to 50 million DKK to commission new statues of women who made an impact on Danish society. The ministry will establish a committee to decide which women will be honored. 

  • There are 321 human statues in public space, of which only 31 honor a woman. 
  • In a poll made by DR, the most mentioned names of women that should be honored with a statue were: seismologist Inge Lehmann (discovered the Earth’s inner core); author Karen Blixen (writer of the “African Farm” book); sculptor Anne Marie Carl Nilsen (initiator of the Society of Women Artists); former Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt (Denmark’s first female Prime Minister); former lord mayor of Copenhagen Ritt Bjerregaard; former Minister Nina Bang (Denmark’s first female Minister); Queen Margrethe II; Countess Danner (her house is today Dannerhuset – a women’s crisis centre); former Minister Bodil Koch (created the movement Folkevirke, which aimed to educate and mobilize Danish women to participate in political life); and zoologist Marie Hammer (discovered 1,000 new species and 150 new genera). 
Narcis George Matache
Narcis George Matachehttp://www.narcis.dk
Executive Editor and Founder of "Last Week in Denmark".

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