travel europe denmark copenhagen gefyon (gefjon) fountain
The Gefion fountain is the largest fountain in Denmark. It was designed by Anders Bundgard a Danish artist who built it in 1908.
The fountain shows the Norse goddess Gefion (Gefyon) and four oxen.
The legend is that Gefion asked the Swedish King for land, he said she could have whatever land she could plough in a night.
Therefore she turned her four sons into oxen and ploughed throughout the night.
The earth that Gefion had now ploughed was thrown into the sea and became the island of Zealand.
It is said that the land she ploughed from Sweden is where Lake Vanern lies now.
LINK TO WIKIPEDIA'S WEB PAGE ON GEFJON
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Gefyon Fountain, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009.
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Gefyon Fountain, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009.
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Gefyon Fountain, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009.
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