The Department of the Navy in Brasil have a replica of Copenhagen's statue of The Little Mermaid. An investigation as to how and when it got there was done by Eric Royer Stoner, and it seems it was donated to Brazil in 1960, and was placed just outside the Brasilian Navy Headquarters building. map
The mermaid statue appears to be a faithful replica of the original. There is a plaque on the base of the sculpture which has the outline of an anchor, with a number of emblems or symbols forming the arms of the anchor, and text which reads:
ANO MCMLX
“A Sereiazinha”
DOADO AO BRASIL PELOS AMIGOS NA DINAMARCA
EM ADMIRAÇÃO À INICIATIVA BRASÍLIA
RECORDANDO A TRADICIONAL CORTESIA DA MARINHA DE GUERRA DO BRASIL
PARA COM A SEREIAZINHA EM COPENHAGUE
SOB OS AUSPÍCIOS DO GOVERNO REAL DINAMARQUÊS
PELA SOCIEDADE DOS AMIGOS DO BRASIL NA DINAMARCA
DANSK-BRASILIANSK SELSKAB
COM A PARTICIPAÇÃO DOS SEGUINTES AMIGOS1960
"The Little Mermaid"
DONATED TO BRAZIL BY FRIENDS IN DENMARK
IN ADMIRATION OF THE BRASILIA INITIATIVE
RECALLING THE TRADITIONAL COURTESY OF THE BRAZILIAN NAVY
TO THE LITTLE MERMAID IN COPENHAGEN
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ROYAL DANISH GOVERNMENT
SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF BRAZIL IN DENMARK
DANISH-BRAZILIAN COMPANY
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE FOLLOWING FRIENDS
The emblems and symbols forming the arms of the anchor are hard to read, but form the list of friends.
This is one of the many copies of Edvard Eriksen's original mermaid statue placed in Copenhagen harbor in 1913.
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References:
● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(statue)
● The Mermaids of Earth coffee-table book: See page 155 in the book about this sculpture.
