Explore the History of this artwork, Hans Christian Ørsted Monument.
The idea for the monument was conceived in early 1860 by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann as mentioned by Hans Christian Andersen in Mit livs eventyr.
A committee was set up but it would take 16 years before the monument was inaugurated. The committee consisted of the politician Frederik Ferdinand Tillisch, professor Johan Georg Forchhammer, Ole Berendt Suhr and Hans Christian Andersen. The committee had its first meeting on 2 October 1981.  Jens Adolf Jerichau was given the task of designing the monument. Forchhammer died in 1865 and was replaced by J. C. Jacobsen in 1867. In 1873, they began to raise money for the bronze figures. They were cast in C. F. Holm's foundry at Gammel Mønt.The monument was erected on the former Holck's Bastion, when work on the park just started. The statue was finally inaugurated on 25 September 1876.
Frederik Ferdinand Tillisch Gammel Mønt Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann Jens Adolf Jerichau J. C. Jacobsen Hans Christian Andersen