Frans Michael Franzén (sculpture)

{{Short description|Sculpture located in the city centre in Oulu, Finland}}

{{Infobox sculpture

| image = File:Franzen Statue Oulu 20110617.JPG

| title = Frans Michael Franzén

| artist = Erland Stenberg

| year = 1879

| type = Bronze

| city = Oulu

| museum = Oulu Museum of Art

}}

Frans Michael Franzén is an outdoor sculpture located in the city centre in Oulu, Finland. It is the oldest public monument in Oulu.{{cite web|url=http://www.ouka.fi/taidemuseo/veistos/veistoshaku/lisatietoa/stenberg_e_lisa.html |title=Frans Michael Franzénin patsas, 1879 |language=fi |date=17 September 2011 |work=Oulun taidemuseo - julkiset ulkoveistokset |publisher=Oulu Museum of Art |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326030115/http://www.ouka.fi/taidemuseo/veistos/veistoshaku/lisatietoa/stenberg_e_lisa.html |archive-date=2012-03-26 |url-status=dead }}

The bronze bust of Oulu-born poet Frans Michael Franzén was made by Finnish sculptor Erland Stenberg, while he was working in Paris in 1878–1879. The unveiling of the sculpture in 1881 was a major social event in Oulu. The Church Square on which the bust was erected was later converted to a park and named Franzén Park.