Henrik Steffens Monument
The Henrik Steffens Monument is a memorial in the Norwegian city of Stavanger . It was built for the German-Norwegian poet and philosopher Henrich Steffens .
It is located on Løvdalssvingen, west of the town's harbor.
The monument was created in 1995 by the artist Hugo Frank Wathne and donated by Arild Haaland. It consists of a bust depicting Heinrich Steffens, which is enthroned on a stone pillar.
On the front of the pillar is the Norwegian inscription:
HENRIK STEFFENS
FØDT 2 MAY 1773 I STAVANGER
VITENSKAPSMANN OG FORFATTER
SENTRAL KULTURFORMIDLER
I NORDISK OG TYSK ROMMANTIKK
DØD 13 FEBR. 1845 I BERLIN
NORGES BORTBLÆSTE LAURBLAD
MODELLERT AV HUGO F. WATHNE
GITT AV ARILD HAALAND 1995
(German: Heinrich Steffens; born on May 2, 1773 in Stavanger; scientist and author of Norwegian and German Romanticism; died on February 13, 1845 in Berlin; designed by Hugo F. Wathne; donated by Arild Haaland 1995 )
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Coordinates: 58 ° 58 ′ 13.4 " N , 5 ° 43 ′ 42.3" E