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Hans Christian Anderson wrote The Little Mermaid in 1836. The sculpture was unveiled in 1913 in Copenhagen Harbor and quickly became the iconic and much loved symbol of Copenhagen. Since about 1960 the sculpture has been suject to an escalating number of acts of vandalism ranging from being dressed to having its head cut off (twice). It was vandalized 3 times in 2007 and the city authorities have decided it is necessary to move the sculpture further out into the harbor removing it from the feeling of intimacy that legitmate visitors have enjoyed thus far.
So what is happening? Are Danes such cultural philistines that they cannot be trusted with a beautiful piece of bronze? Or is the statue itself provocative and causing feelings of hatred? What is it about Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid?
