Statue of Torkel Knutsson
Statue of Torkel Knutsson
Statue of Torkel Knutsson
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Minch
St. Petersburg, Russia8 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
The monument is very beautiful and completely in its place. As far as I know, the monument was made anew according to old sketches. Correct me if I am wrong. It’s nice that in Vyborg they have taken up monuments - statues were installed in the park near the station and a park was made, a monument to the father of Russian brewing, Abraham Kron, was erected in the Kiiskil estate, in the park named after. Lenin (formerly Esplanade Park) - a monument to the knights and the sad lady.
Written 26 August 2023
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Tomi Wickman
Helsinki, Finland2,918 contributions
Aug 2019 • Friends
Nice townhall square. Statue is mr Torkkel Knutsson who has founded the city of Vyborg. Great place to photographe the fortress / castle too.
Written 19 August 2019
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Kirillfm
86 contributions
Sept 2016 • Family
Some how managed throw soviet time, this statue, and whole small square around look so non-Russian, that for a moment you may imagine being in Europe. There is a nice cafe on the square, take a coffee and look to the Torkel
Written 24 February 2017
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Saskia
Door County, WI15 contributions
Feb 2021
The square, the monument are an attraction. In our opinion, too European-esque. No local resemblance.
Written 19 February 2021
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Tisco031
Gothenburg, Sweden148 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
A statue of the swede who founded the town 1293 (but there's been settlements there since the 900s).
The statue was put away during the soviet era but now it's up again.
Nothing special really, but the square is beautiful and there's a couple of places there if you want to grab something to eat or drink.
The statue was put away during the soviet era but now it's up again.
Nothing special really, but the square is beautiful and there's a couple of places there if you want to grab something to eat or drink.
Written 15 August 2018
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MichaelDolgy
Gold Coast, Australia324 contributions
May 2022
Old beautiful down town with Sweeden monument, the King and Founder of the city, surrounded by Europian architecture Great feelings why you walking arround..
Written 16 June 2022
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Takarasina
2,122 contributions
Sept 2020
First it was the last Russian emperor Nicolas II who showed moral courage to bless a statue of a Swede on Russian soil. It strongly resembles a monument to Birger Jarl aka Birger Magnusson, a prominent Swedish statesman and warrior, on Riddarholmen island in Stockholm. It's not a co-incidence - in 1884 Finnish architect Johan Jacob Ahrenberg who initiated the project specifically asked Carl Wilhelm Vallgren, a Finnish sculptor (both were subjects of Russian empire 'coz Finland was then part of it) that Torkel Knutsson looked somewhat like his famous compatriot.
When a plaster version was ready and the gentlemen turned to Russian authorities for approval local governor strongly opposed the very idea of it but in the end of the day in 1908 founder of Vyborg took his place in the center of the city.
It stood there till 1948 but then Soviet communists decided that enough was enough and toppled it - at night, like villains always do. They put a rope around his body and pulled it down - only his feet kept standing on the plinth. By incredible play of Doom the statue has not been destroyed but dragged into some barn and forgotten there. It was found quite by chance in 1975 but returned to its present place only in 1993, after the fall of those obscurantists.
This time, hopefully, for good.
Gorgeous.
When a plaster version was ready and the gentlemen turned to Russian authorities for approval local governor strongly opposed the very idea of it but in the end of the day in 1908 founder of Vyborg took his place in the center of the city.
It stood there till 1948 but then Soviet communists decided that enough was enough and toppled it - at night, like villains always do. They put a rope around his body and pulled it down - only his feet kept standing on the plinth. By incredible play of Doom the statue has not been destroyed but dragged into some barn and forgotten there. It was found quite by chance in 1975 but returned to its present place only in 1993, after the fall of those obscurantists.
This time, hopefully, for good.
Gorgeous.
Written 22 September 2020
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Eva J
Moscow, Russia2,670 contributions
Apr 2019 • Friends
This is a statue of the guy who is given credit as the official founder of the city, though people lived here at least 300 years earlier. He stands in front of city hall.
Written 14 April 2019
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Greg
Cambridge, UK5,217 contributions
Mar 2018 • Friends
Symbolic monument of the founder of Vyborg found just a little way away from the Castle and Clock Tower. It’s okay - possibly not as grand as it could be for the town’s hero.
Written 2 March 2018
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Matias L
Western Finland, Finland98 contributions
Aug 2017 • Couples
Well how exiting can it be ? But it was a well made beatiful statue near old town. Well worth a visit.
Written 7 August 2017
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