Three blacksmiths

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Three blacksmiths in front of the Stockmann department store
In the background the house of the donor Julius Tallberg

The statue Drei Schmiede stands in the city center of Helsinki on Kolmen sepän aukio (German three-forge square) on Mannerheimintie at the Aleksanterinkatu junction (Swedish: Alexandersgatan, often simply: Aleksi) opposite the Stockmann department store . It was built in 1932 by Felix Nylund .

The upper part of the bronze statue stands on a granite base and shows three naked men at an anvil. This round base bears the Latin text

“Monumentum - curavit - legatum - j. tallbergianum - pro helsingfors ad mcmxxxii ”

"This statue was erected with the help of J. Tallberg from Pro Helsingfors in 1932"

The Pro Helsingfors Foundation had received the statue of the merchant Julius Tallberg , whose department store was at the northern end of the square, as a donation.

During the Continuation War , the statue was damaged by bomb fragments in 1944, which can still be seen today. Today the statue is a popular meeting place, the square is free of ice for a long time, even in winter, because there is a heating system below the Aleksanterinkatu that keeps the street free of snow and ice even at temperatures of down to −10 ° C. The heat comes from the district heating water draining off the surrounding buildings. So you can sit at this statue outdoors even in winter.

A plaster model of the statue is in the academy library. During the Christmas season, the statues are often decorated with Christmas hats.

Web links

Commons : Statue Three Blacksmiths  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Janne Metso: Katulämmitys katkeaa kovilla pakkasilla. In: Uutiset. Helsingin Sanomat , December 16, 2010, archived from the original on January 5, 2011 ; Retrieved April 7, 2019 (Finnish).
  2. ↑ akatemia.org ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.akatemia.org
  3. ↑ metro.fi


Coordinates: 60 ° 10 ′ 7.2 ″  N , 24 ° 56 ′ 27.4 ″  E