The Little Mermaid (statue)
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The Little Mermaid (Dens: København Den lille havfrue) a bronze statue bi Edvard Eriksen, shawin a mermaid turnin intae a human. The sculpture is set on a rock bi the watterside at the Langelinie promenade in Colpenhaven, Denmark.
Based on the 1837 fairy tale o the same name bi the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, the smaw an unassuming statue is an icon o Copenhagen an haes been a kenspeckelt tourist attraction sin its kythn in 1913. In recent decades it haes become a target fur defacement bi vandals an political activists.