The Gefion fountain

The Gefion fountain (Danish: Gefionspringvandet) is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark. Image File history File links Copenhagen_gefion_fountain. ... Image File history File links Copenhagen_gefion_fountain. ... The Jet dEau fountain in Lake Geneva in Geneva A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons), fills a basin of some kind, and is drained away. ... Copenhagen ( (help· info) IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. ...

The fountain was designed by Danish artist Anders Bundgård, and built in 1908. The fountain was donated to the city of Copenhagen by the Carlsberg Foundation. It was supposed to be located in the main town square outside city hall, but was instead built near Kastellet ("The Citadel") on the harbour front. The fountain depicts the mythical story of the creation of the island of Zealand on which Copenhagen is located. Supposedly the Swedish king had promised Gefyon, a norse goddess, the territory she could plow in a night. She turned her four sons into oxen, and the territory they plowed out of the earth was then thrown into the sea between Sweden and the island of Fyn in Denmark. The story may come from the fact that the Swedish lake of Vänern corresponds roughly to the size and shape of Zealand. 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carlsberg A/S headquartered in Valby, Denmark is one of the largest breweries in the world, present in about 50 countries. ... Kastellet, located in Copenhagen, Denmark is one of the best preserved fortifications in Northern Europe. ... Zealand (Danish: Sjælland ) is the largest island of Denmark. ... In Norse mythology, Gefjun (giver; also Gefjon, Gefyon, Gefn) was a seeress and goddess, a member of both the Vanir and the Aesir. ... Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian religion, beliefs and legends of the Scandinavian people, including those who settled on Iceland, where the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Funen (Danish: Fyn) is the third largest island of Denmark. ... Map of Sweden; Vänern in the middle south. ...

The fountain underwent extensive renovations from 1999. It was re-inaugurated in September 2004.

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