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===Monuments and sculptures=== * [[Statue of Hans Christian Andersen, Rosenborg Castle Gardens|Seated bronze]] (1880) by sculptor [[August Saabye]] (1823–1916) can be seen in the [[Rosenborg Castle Gardens]], Copenhagen, Denmark.<ref name="Bredsdorff 1975"/> * [[Lincoln Park#Public art|Seated bronze]] (1896) with a swan beside, a statue by the Danish sculptor [[Johannes Gelert]] (1852–1923), at [[Lincoln Park]], Stockton Drive near Webster Avenue, Chicago, United States.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 1896 |title=The Hans Christian Andersen Statue |work=[[Skandinaven]] |url=http://flps.newberry.org/article/5410780_2_1350 |url-status=dead |access-date=29 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904232503/http://flps.newberry.org/article/5410780_2_1350 |archive-date=4 September 2014}}</ref> * [[Public art in Central Park#List of public art in Central Park|Seated bronze]] (1956), a statue by sculptor [[Georg J. Lober]] (1891–1961) and designer Otto Frederick Langman, at [[Central Park Lake]] in New York City, opposite East [[74th Street (Manhattan)|74th Street]] (GPS {{coord|40.7744306|-73.9677972}}). The seated bronze of Andersen upon a granite bench was erected on the author's 150th birthday.<ref name=CP>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Andersen |url=https://www.centralpark.com/things-to-do/attractions/hans-christian-andersen/ |website=CentralPark.com |date=19 July 2023 |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> It includes a bronze duck representing the book ''[[The Ugly Duckling]]''.<ref name=CP /><ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Andersen |url=https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/hans-christian-andersen |website=Central Park Conservancy |access-date=6 February 2024 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206132216/https://www.centralparknyc.org/locations/hans-christian-andersen |url-status=live }}</ref> * Seated bronze (1965) was erected in Copenhagen City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen), facing H. C. Andersens Boulevard, Copenhagen, Denmark, made by [[Henry Luckow-Nielsen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The statue of H. C. Andersen at the City Hall Square |url=https://www.visitcopenhagen.com/copenhagen/planning/statue-h-c-andersen-city-hall-square-gdk825755 |website=VisitCopenhagen |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * Bronze bust (2004), a replica of the 1865 bust by [[Herman Wilhelm Bissen]] (1798–1868), at Observatory Hill, [[Millers Point, New South Wales|Millers Point]], Sydney, Australia,<ref>{{cite web |title=Foreigners: Hans Christian Andersen |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/foreigners/display/23193-hans-christian-andersen/photo/2 |website=Monument Australia |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> was officially unveiled by HRH Crown Prince [[Frederik X|Frederik]] and HRH Crown Princess [[Queen Mary of Denmark|Mary]] of Denmark in March 2005, on Andersen's bicentenary.<ref name=CoS /> It was to replace the 1955 bust erected in Phillip Park, Sydney; although found missing by 1984.<ref name=CoS>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Andersen |url=https://www.cityartsydney.com.au/artwork/hans-christian-andersen/ |website=City of Sydney |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref> * [[:es:Estatua de Hans Christian Andersen|Seated bronze]] (2005), in the Plaza de la Marina in [[Málaga]], Spain, by José María Córdoba. * Standing bronze (2005) was erected in [[Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava)|Hviezdoslavovo námestie]], [[Bratislava]], Slovakia, and was designed by Tibor Bártfay to mark the bicentennial.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Andersen Statue |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hans-christian-andersen-statue |website=Atlas Obscura |access-date=6 February 2024 |date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=6 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206132216/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hans-christian-andersen-statue |url-status=live }}</ref> {{Gallery |width=150 |align=center |File:NYC Hans C Andersen.jpg|Statue in [[Central Park]], New York commemorating Andersen and ''The Ugly Duckling'' |File:Sculpture Hans Christian Andersen in odense Harbor 3.jpg|Statue in [[Odense]] being led out to the harbour during a public exhibition |File:Hans Andersen Solvang.jpg|Statue in [[Solvang, California]], a city built by Danish immigrants |File:Statue of Hans Christian Andersen in Bratislava, Slovakia 01.jpg|Statue in [[Bratislava, Slovakia]] |File:Bust of Hans Christian Andersen in Sydney.jpg|Portrait bust in [[Sydney]] unveiled by the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark in 2005 }}
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