Per Brahe Statue

The Per Brahe statue (Finnish: Pietari Brahen patsas, Swedish: Per Brahes staty) is a monument of Per Brahe the Younger, 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.[1][2]

Pietari Brahen patsas
Per Brahes staty
ArtistWalter Runeberg
Year1888
TypeBronze
LocationTurku, Finland

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 before for the base built for Brahenpuisto, but the base was too small, so this earlier statue was sold to Raahe, where it was placed in the Pekkatori square in the city centre. Runeberg sculpted the one seen in Turku later the same year.[2][3][4][5]

Other statues of 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.[6]

  • The statue faces the Turku Cathedral
  • Slightly larger version of the same Per Brahe statue in Raahe


References
  1. "Walter Runeberg: Pietari Brahen muistomerkki". Turku. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. "Nostalginen Turku: Kreivin aikaan Turussa". Aamuset. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. Kesti, Maarit (4 December 2019). "Pietari Brahe edisti Suomea monin tavoin". Raahen Seutu. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. "Pekkatori square". Visit Raahe. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. fi:Pietari Brahen patsaat

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