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Crown Princess Märtha
File:Princess Märtha of Sweden.jpg
ArtistKirsten Kokkin
Year2005
TypeBronze
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°55′28″N 77°04′00″W / 38.924552°N 77.066624°W / 38.924552; -77.066624
OwnerGovernment of Norway

Crown Princess Märtha is a bronze statue of Princess Märtha of Sweden, by Kirsten Kokkin.

It is located at the Norwegian residence, located at Massachusetts Avenue and 34th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.[1] It was unveiled 18 September 2005.[2] A copy at Palace Park Oslo, was unveiled by King Harald V of Norway on 21 February 2007, on his 70th birthday.[3] A third example was unveiled in Stockholm on 30 October 2008.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.norway.org/ARCHIVE/News/archive/2005/marthastatue/
  2. ^ "A New Princess in Town". norway.org.
  3. ^ http://www.kongehuset.no/c28586/artikkel/vis.html?tid=29640
  4. ^ http://www.kokkinsculpture.com/events.html