The Little Mermaid (statue)

File:Ellen Price as the Little Mermaid, Royal Danish Ballet, 1909.jpg as the Little Mermaid, Royal Danish Ballet, 1909]]

File:Assembly of the Little Mermaid statue (Copenhagen, Langeline, 1913).jpg

The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, who had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale in Copenhagen's Royal Theatre and asked the ballerina, Ellen Price, to model for the statue. The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the bronze statue, which was unveiled on August 23, 1913. The statue's head was modelled after Price, but as the ballerina did not agree to model in the nude, the sculptor's wife, Eline Eriksen, was used for the body.{{cite web|url=http://www.copenhagenpictures.dk/mermaid.html|title=The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen Harbor|access-date=August 17, 2008|work=Copenhagen Pictures|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991128173940/http://copenhagenpictures.dk/mermaid.html|archive-date=November 28, 1999|df=mdy-all}}

The Copenhagen City Council arranged to move the statue to Shanghai at the Danish Pavilion for the duration of the Expo 2010 (May to October), the first time it had been moved officially from its perch since it was installed almost a century earlier.{{cite news|title=Travelling Little Mermaid to resurface in Copenhagen by video|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/travelling-little-mermaid-to-resurface-in-copenhagen-by-video-1959207.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/travelling-little-mermaid-to-resurface-in-copenhagen-by-video-1959207.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=December 30, 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=April 30, 2010|agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{cite news|title=Maid in China|url=http://jyllands-posten.dk/uknews/article1434938.ece|access-date=December 31, 2012|newspaper=Jyllands-Posten|date=September 11, 2008|agency=The Copenhagen Post|archive-date=October 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015022356/http://jyllands-posten.dk/uknews/article1434938.ece|url-status=live}} While the statue was away in Shanghai an authorised copy was displayed on a rock in the lake in Copenhagen's nearby Tivoli Gardens.{{cite web|title=The Little Mermaid statue in Tivoli Gardens in 2010|url=http://mermaidsofearth.com/the-little-mermaid-statue-in-tivoli-gardens-denmark/benny-hansen-l/|publisher=Mermaids of Earth|access-date=May 25, 2014|date=November 27, 2012|archive-date=May 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200356/http://mermaidsofearth.com/the-little-mermaid-statue-in-tivoli-gardens-denmark/benny-hansen-l/|url-status=live}} Copenhagen officials have considered moving the statue several meters out into the harbour to discourage vandalism and to prevent tourists from climbing onto it,{{cite web|title=Denmark may move Little Mermaid|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4860562.stm|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 31, 2012|date=March 30, 2006|archive-date=March 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330192322/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4860562.stm|url-status=live}} but as of September 2022 the statue remains on dry land at the water side at Langelinie.

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The statue has been damaged and defaced many times since the mid-1960s for various reasons, but has been restored each time.

On April 24, 1964, the statue's head was sawn off and stolen by politically oriented artists of the Situationist movement, amongst them Jørgen Nash. The head was never recovered and a new head was produced and placed on the statue. On July 22, 1984, the right arm was sawn off and returned two days later by two young men.[http://jp.dk/indland/kbh/article1027279.ece Den Lille Havfrue reddet fra gramsende turister] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320023443/http://jp.dk/indland/kbh/article1027279.ece |date=March 20, 2012 }} (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Published August 1, 2007. Retrieved February 1, 2012. In 1990, an attempt to sever the statue's head left an {{Convert|18|cm|in|0|sp=us}} deep cut in the neck.

On January 6, 1998, the statue was decapitated again;{{cite news |date=1998-01-08 |title=Feminists claim responsibility for statue attack |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/45721.stm |url-status=live |access-date=May 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306062206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/45721.stm |archive-date=March 6, 2016}} the culprits were never found, but the head was returned anonymously to a nearby television station, and reattached on February 4. On the night of September 10, 2003, the statue was knocked off its base with explosives and later found in the harbour's waters. Holes had been blasted in the mermaid's wrist and knee.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3103906.stm Little Mermaid's unexpected swim] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142312/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3103906.stm |date=February 22, 2014 }}, BBC News, September 12, 2003

Paint has been poured on the statue several times, including one episode in 1963 and two in March and May 2007.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070712160742/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20070515/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_denmark_little_mermaid Little Mermaid statue vandalized.] - Yahoo! News. Archived copy from July 12, 2007. Retrieved March 30, 2012. On March 8, 2006, a dildo was attached to the statue's hand, green paint was dumped over it, and the date March 8 was written on it. It is suspected that this vandalism was connected with International Women's Day, which is on March 8.{{cite news|title=Kopenhagens Nixe: Alter schützt Meerjungfrau nicht vor Rabauken|trans-title=Copenhagen Mermaid: Age does not protect Mermaid against vandals|url=http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/kopenhagens-nixe-alter-schuetzt-meerjungfrau-nicht-vor-rabauken-a-572601.html|access-date=December 31, 2012|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=August 17, 2008|agency=JOL/Deutsche Presse-Agentur|language=de|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104132632/http://www.spiegel.de/reise/europa/kopenhagens-nixe-alter-schuetzt-meerjungfrau-nicht-vor-rabauken-a-572601.html|url-status=live}}[http://mg.co.za/article/2006-03-09-little-mermaid-defaced-with-paint-dildo "Little Mermaid defaced with paint, dildo"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125044250/http://mg.co.za/article/2006-03-09-little-mermaid-defaced-with-paint-dildo |date=November 25, 2016 }} Mail & Guardian March 9, 2006. The statue was found drenched in red paint on May 30, 2017 with the message "Danmark{{sic}} defend the whales of the Faroe Islands", a reference to whaling in the Faroe Islands (an autonomous country in the Kingdom of Denmark), written on the ground in front of the statue.{{Cite web |url=https://time.com/4797917/little-mermaid-statue-paint-vandalism-copenhagen-denmark/ |title=Little Mermaid Statue in Copenhagen Drenched in Red Paint |last=Jenkins |first=Aric |date=2017-05-30 |publisher=Time |access-date=May 30, 2017 |archive-date=May 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531030643/http://time.com/4797917/little-mermaid-statue-paint-vandalism-copenhagen-denmark/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-s-poor-little-mermaid-vandalized-again-n766171 |title=Denmark's Poor 'Little Mermaid' Vandalized Again |date=2017-05-30 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213718/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/denmark-s-poor-little-mermaid-vandalized-again-n766171 |url-status=live }} About two weeks later, on June 14, the statue was drenched in blue and white paint. "Befri Abdulle" (Free Abdulle) was written in front of the statue, but it was unclear what this referred to at the time. Later, police said the writing was likely referring to Abdulle Ahmed, a Somalian refugee who has been detained in a high security unit in Denmark since 2001 due to a custody sentence.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thelocal.dk/20170614/denmarks-little-mermaid-turns-blue-and-white-after-latest-vandalism |title=Denmark's Little Mermaid turns blue and white after latest vandalism |date=2017-06-14 |publisher=The Local |access-date=June 14, 2017 |archive-date=June 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614101403/https://www.thelocal.dk/20170614/denmarks-little-mermaid-turns-blue-and-white-after-latest-vandalism |url-status=live }}{{cite news | author=Wisbech, S. | date=15 June 2017 | title=Abdulles pårørende: Vi tager afstand fra hærværket på Den Lille Havfrue | url=https://politiken.dk/indland/art5996925/Vi-tager-afstand-fra-hærværket-på-Den-Lille-Havfrue | publisher=Politiken | access-date=13 January 2020 | language=da | archive-date=June 18, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618060442/http://politiken.dk/indland/art5996925/Vi-tager-afstand-fra-h%C3%A6rv%C3%A6rket-p%C3%A5-Den-Lille-Havfrue | url-status=live }} On 13 January 2020, "Free Hong Kong" was painted on the stone the statue is mounted on by supporters of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.{{cite news | author=Batchelor, O. | date=13 January 2020 | title=Den Lille Havfrue udsat for graffiti-hærværk | url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/den-lille-havfrue-udsat-graffiti-haervaerk | publisher=DR News | access-date=13 January 2020 | language=da | archive-date=January 13, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113100502/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/den-lille-havfrue-udsat-graffiti-haervaerk | url-status=live }} On 3 June 2020, in the wake of the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter movement, the statue was vandalized with the words "racist fish" scrawled on its stone base,{{Cite news|date=2020-07-03|title=Copenhagen's Little Mermaid labelled "racist fish"|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-denmark-statue-idUSKBN24416R|access-date=2020-07-04|archive-date=July 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706232611/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-denmark-statue-idUSKBN24416R|url-status=live}} which left observers and specialists puzzled, as nothing related to the statue, H.C. Andersen or his fairy tale could be construed as racist.{{cite news | author=Ritzau | date=3 July 2020 | title=Forsker efter hærværk: Jeg har svært ved at se, der skulle være noget specielt racistisk ved Den Lille Havfrue | url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/art7849481/Jeg-har-svært-ved-at-se-der-skulle-være-noget-specielt-racistisk-ved-Den-Lille-Havfrue | publisher=Politiken | access-date=20 July 2020 | archive-date=June 22, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622085844/https://politiken.dk/kultur/art7849481/Jeg-har-sv%C3%A6rt-ved-at-se-der-skulle-v%C3%A6re-noget-specielt-racistisk-ved-Den-Lille-Havfrue | url-status=live }} In March 2022, "Z = svastika" was written on the stone base of the statue, which was thought to be opposition to Russia and their invasion of Ukraine, where Russian forces widely used "Z" as their symbol.{{cite news | title=Hagekors og en formodet reference til krigen: Den Lille Havfrue udsat for hærværk | url=https://www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/hagekors-og-en-formodet-reference-til-krigen-den-lille-havfrue-udsat-for-haervaerk | date=13 March 2022 | publisher=TV2 | access-date=2 March 2023 }} Almost exactly a year later, a Russian flag was painted on the stone, which was thought to be a show of support for Russia.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Little Mermaid statue defaced with Russian flag |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/vandalism-russia-flag-denmark-little-mermaid-statue/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}

Although not regarded as vandalism since no damage is done to the statue, people have also repeatedly dressed it, either for fun or to make more serious statements. In 2004, the statue was draped in a burqa in a protest against Turkey's application to join the European Union.{{cite news|last=Darin|first=Johan|title="Den lilla sjöjungfrun" kläddes i burka|url=http://www.expressen.se/kvp/den-lilla-sjojungfrun-kladdes-i-burka/|access-date=December 31, 2012|newspaper=Kvällsposten|date=May 20, 2007|language=sv|archive-date=October 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013055601/http://www.expressen.se/kvp/den-lilla-sjojungfrun-kladdes-i-burka/|url-status=live}} In May 2007, it was again found draped in Muslim dress and a head scarf.[http://www.nysun.com/foreign/danish-mermaid-statue-given-a-headscarf/54847/ Danish Mermaid Statue Given a Headscarf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416210345/http://www.nysun.com/foreign/danish-mermaid-statue-given-a-headscarf/54847/ |date=April 16, 2014 }}, Associated Press, May 21, 2007 Other examples are times where a Christmas hat has been put on the head, or it has been dressed in the jerseys of the Norwegian or Swedish national football teams (especially the Danish and Swedish teams have a highly competitive rivalry).

Aside from the statue on display, which is a replica of the original, more than thirteen undamaged copies of the statue are located around the world, listed by Mermaids of Earth,{{cite web|title=Public Art Mermaid Statues & Sculptures around the World|url=http://mermaidsofearth.com/mermaid-statues-mermaid-sculptures/public/|publisher=Mermaids of Earth|access-date=August 26, 2013|year=2012|archive-date=September 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906195600/http://mermaidsofearth.com/mermaid-statues-mermaid-sculptures/public/|url-status=live}} including Solvang, California; Kimballton, Iowa;{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124865622123982685#mod=rss_whats_news_us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728042509/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124865622123982685.html|archive-date=July 28, 2009|title=In a Mermaid Statue, DanTimothy|date=July 27, 2009|work=The Wall Street Journal|publisher=Dow Jones & Company|access-date=July 27, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Piatra Neamţ, Romania; Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), Spain; Seoul, South Korea;{{cite web|title=Little Mermaid's replica statue unveiled in Seoul|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161031000768|publisher=Korea Herald|access-date=February 9, 2017|year=2016|archive-date=February 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208181540/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161031000768|url-status=live}} and a half-sized copy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.[http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Recreation/Pages/Public-Art/Downtown-Public-Art-Circuit-tour.aspx#mermaid The Little Mermaid] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410074105/http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Recreation/Pages/Public-Art/Downtown-Public-Art-Circuit-tour.aspx |date=April 10, 2012 }} - Downtown Public Art Circuit tour - The City of Calgary. Retrieved February 11, 2012. The grave of Danish-American entertainer Victor Borge includes a copy as well. The Copenhagen Airport also has a replica of the mermaid along with a statue of Andersen.

Some statues similar to The Little Mermaid are in Sicily. The first it placed in 1962 on the seafront in Giardini Naxos, and measures about four meters high over a fountain.{{cite web |title=Monumenti: La Sirenetta |url=http://www.strgiardini.it/_/index.php/la-citta/monumenti-e-sculture.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314070624/http://www.strgiardini.it/_/index.php/la-citta/monumenti-e-sculture.html |archive-date=14 March 2017}}

A second always portraying a mermaid Post on a depth of sea about 18 meters. Inside the Marine Protected Area of Plemmiro of Siracusa.{{cite web|url=http://www.ragusanews.com/articolo/22874/visita-dei-sommozzatori-iblei-alla-statua-di-una-sirena|title=Visita dei sommozzatori iblei alla statua di una sirena|last=RagusaNews|date=August 18, 2011|website=ragusanews.com|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324132017/https://www.ragusanews.com/articolo/22874/visita-dei-sommozzatori-iblei-alla-statua-di-una-sirena|url-status=live}}

A statue of 'The Little Mermaid' looks out over Larvotto beach in Monaco. She was created, in 2000, with layers and layers of metal by Kristian Dahlgard, in homage to the Danes who live in Monaco and for the late Prince Rainier III to mark the 50th year of his reign.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

A copy of the statue forms the Danish contribution to the International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City. The half-size replica was stolen on February 26, 2010, but was recovered on April 7 abandoned in the park.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100409151949/http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top%20stories/story/Little-Mermaid-statue-found-in-International/jG5ynvUxh02sxFWPtX_dsw.cspx Little Mermaid statue found in International Peace Gardens] - ABC4 Salt Lake City (abc4.com). Retrieved January 29, 2012.

Pania of the reef in Napier, New Zealand.

A replica of the statue was presented by Denmark to Brazil in 1960, in honor of the construction of Brasília, the country's new capital that was inaugurated in the year. It was installed just 5 years later in front of the main building of the Brazilian Navy Command, in Brasília, Federal District, where it remains today.{{cite web |url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/cidades-df/2021/02/4907652-presente-da-dinamarca-para-brasilia-pequena-sereia-esta-abandonada.html |title=Presente da Dinamarca para Brasília, Pequena Sereia está abandonada |author=Ana Maria da Silva |language=portuguese |date=February 20, 2021 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |publisher=Correio Braziliense |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306020619/https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/cidades-df/2021/02/4907652-presente-da-dinamarca-para-brasilia-pequena-sereia-esta-abandonada.html |url-status=live }}

File:Girl in a Wetsuit.jpg by Elek Imredy (1972), a statue similar to The Little Mermaid, in Vancouver]]

The statue is under copyright until 1 January 2030, seventy years after the death of the creator. {{As of|2019}}, replicas can be purchased, authorized for sale by the Eriksen family.{{cite web|title=Products and prices|url=http://www.mermaidsculpture.dk/productsandprices.php|work=The Little Mermaid|publisher=The Partnership of Sculptor Edvard Eriksen's Heirs|access-date=August 25, 2019|archive-date=February 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208181113/http://www.mermaidsculpture.dk/productsandprices.php|url-status=live}} The Danish newspaper Berlingske was sued in 2020 for publishing cartoons that parodied the statue as part of an article about Danish debate culture and right-wing ideas.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Helen |title=Berlingske fined for "demonising" The Little Mermaid |url=https://cphpost.dk/?p=120729 |access-date=27 June 2022 |publisher=The Copenhagen Post |date=24 November 2020}} The newspaper was accused of demonizing The Little Mermaid and the court ordered it to pay 285,000 kroner. The newspaper lost its appeal in February 2022.{{cite news |last1=Delmelle |first1=Armelle |title=Supreme Court upholds newspaper fine for using Little Mermaid image |url=https://cphpost.dk/?p=131140 |access-date=27 June 2022 |publisher=The Copenhagen Post |date=11 February 2022}} However, the Danish Supreme Court ruled on May 17, 2023 that "neither the caricature drawing nor the photograph of The Little Mermaid with a mask on, which was brought to Berlingske in connection with newspaper articles, infringed the copyright of the heirs to the sculpture The Little Mermaid,"{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/denmark-little-mermaid-copyright-ce2ed85c43aa0ab910bf1c80295b821c |title=Danish Supreme Court says newspaper did not violate copyright of Little Mermaid statue |date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=October 4, 2023 |work=Associated Press}} citing the parody principle enshrined in the copyright law of Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://domstol.dk/hoejesteret/decided-cases-eu-law/2023/5/cartoon-and-photo-of-the-little-mermaid-did-not-infringe-copyright/ |title=Cartoon and photo of the Little Mermaid did not infringe copyright |date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=October 4, 2023 |website=Højesteret}}

A replica was installed in Greenville, Michigan in 1994 to celebrate the town's Danish heritage, at a cost of $10,000 ({{Inflation|index=USD|value=10000|start_year=1994|fmt=eq}}). In 2009, the Artists Rights Society asked the town for a $3,800 licensing fee, claiming the work violated Eriksen's copyright. At about {{convert|30|in|cm|order=flip|abbr=on}} in height, the replica in Greenville is half the size of the original, and has a different face and larger breasts as well as other distinguishing factors. The copyright claim was later reported to have been dropped.{{cite news | author=The Grand Rapids Press | date=4 April 2009 | title=Artists Rights Society drops fight against Greenville's 'Little Mermaid' statue | url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2009/08/artists_rights_society_drops_f.html | publisher=MLive | access-date=21 July 2020 | archive-date=July 21, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721144755/https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2009/08/artists_rights_society_drops_f.html | url-status=live }}

There are similarities between The Little Mermaid statue and the Pania of the Reef statue on the beachfront at Napier in New Zealand, and some similarities in the little mermaid and Pania tales. The 1972 statue of a female diver (titled Girl in a Wetsuit by Elek Imredy) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada was commissioned when, unable to obtain permission to reproduce the Copenhagen statue, Vancouver authorities selected a modern version.

In 2016, a similar statue was installed at the harbor in Asaa, Denmark, where it is also mounted on the top of a rock.{{cite news |last1=Abend |first1=Lisa |title=Denmark Now Has Two Little Mermaids. The Famous One Is Suing. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/arts/design/little-mermaid-denmark-dispute.html |access-date=22 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 2021 |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822215136/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/arts/design/little-mermaid-denmark-dispute.html |url-status=live }} The heirs of the sculptor are suing, claiming that the Asaa statue bears too close a resemblance to the famous one, and they are demanding damages and the destruction of the Asaa statue.

The sculpture is seen in the following films:{{cite web|url=https://www.danskefilm.dk/lokation.php?id=123|title=Søllerød Den Lille Havfrue|language=da|website=danskefilm.dk|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-date=March 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317145002/https://www.danskefilm.dk/lokation.php?id=123|url-status=live}}

• Sun Over Denmark (1936)
• Wienerbarnet (1941)
• Bundfald (1957)
• Forelsket i København (1960)
• Reptilicus (1961)
• Løgn og løvebrøl (1961)
• Pigen og millionæren (1965)
• En ven i bolignøden (1965)
• Slap af, Frede (1966)
• Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975)
• Hopla på sengekanten (1976)
• Olsen-banden går i krig (1978)
• Walter og Carlo i Amerika (1989)
• Krummerne (1991)
• Copenhagen (2014)

The statue is used as the image for Copenhagen in the 1988 video game Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?

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• {{Official website}}
• [http://mermaidsofearth.com/mermaid-statues-mermaid-sculptures/public/mermaid-of-the-north/ Mermaid of North]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070909035947/http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/skulptur_den_lille_havfrue.htm The Little Mermaid. Photo gallery from Denmark. Hans Christian Andersen Information]
• [http://www.panoramas.dk/the-little-mermaid/the_little_mermaid.html The Little Mermaid] – 360 degree QuickTime VR panorama from Copenhagen
• [http://www.mediamanint.com/articles/human_statue29.html The Little Mermaid human statue recreated in Sydney, Australia]

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