Per Brahe statue
| Pietari Brahen patsas Per Brahes staty | |
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| Artist | Walter Runeberg |
| Year | 1888 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Location | Turku, Finland |
The Per Brahe statue (Finnish: Pietari Brahen patsas, Swedish: Per Brahes staty) is a monument of the Governor-General of Finland and first chancellor of the Academy of Turku, located in Brahenpuisto in Turku, Finland. It was designed by Walter Runeberg and revealed in 1888.
The statue is made of bronze and stands 2.95 metres high. The base is made of red granite, standing 4 metres high. The base has the Swedish text Iagh war med landett och landett med mig wääl tillfreds ("I was satisfied with my country and my country satisfied with me").
Runeberg had made one statue for the base built for Brahenpuisto, but it was too small, so this was sold to Raahe, which was placed in Pekkatori in the city centre. Runeberg sculpted the one seen in Turku the same year.[1]
Other statues
Other statues of Per Brahe are located in Raahe (slightly larger copy of the work by Walter Runeberg also from 1888), Lieksa (1953), and Kajaani (1954) in Finland; in Gränna (1916), Sweden.[2]
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