Overview

• The Danish Agency for Palaces and Culture has confirmed it will remove the sculpture from Fort Dragør.
• Officials refused Peter Bech’s offer to donate the work, citing space constraints and misalignment with the historic setting.
• Tårnby councilman Paw Karslund has proposed relocating the mermaid pending approval from ten council legislators.
• Peter Bech, who created the four-meter, 14-ton statue in 2006, defends its proportions as appropriate for its scale.
• The piece was first installed at Copenhagen’s Langelinie pier and removed in 2018 after critics labeled it vulgar, reviving debate over public art in heritage spaces.