Monument to King Gustav III of Sweden (Stockholm) | statue

Sweden / Stockholm / Stockholm
 statue, monument
The bronze statue of Gustav III on its tall porphyry base standing by the quay, is from 1808 and designed by Johan Tobias Sergel and erected by his friend, the inventor and colonel-mecanicus Jonas Lidströmer, who also designed the postament with the functional stairs around the statue, and thus matching the surrounding quays, for which he was responsible. Inspired by Apollo Belvedere and commissioned by the king himself, it depicts the monarch dressed in a naval uniform and a mantle, handing over an olive twig to the Swedish people, as he is heroically landing on the quay following the Russian war 1788-1790.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III_of_Sweden
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Coordinates:   59°19'36"N   18°4'29"E
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