Art walk by Lake Mälaren: From the Fisherwoman in Strängnäs to Gripsholm Bay
Both Strängnäs and Mariefred feature public art placed right where walking paths meet Lake Mälaren. At Västerviken marina in Strängnäs stands Lena Lervik’s bronze sculpture The Fisherwoman from 1992, on the exact spot where the fish market was once held near the old steamer pier.
Walking up through Ugglans Park, visitors encounter both the water sculpture Fountain by Åke Jönsson and Nicolaeul C. (1955) and the wooden owl sculpture by Gunnarryd that gave the park its popular name.
The sculpture walk around Gripsholm Bay in Mariefred
In Mariefred, the art walk continues along the water from Rådhustorget and the steamer pier towards Gripsholm Castle. Along the shoreline stands Reclining Woman in bronze with the castle’s brick towers as a backdrop, and in the outer courtyard visitors meet the ancient bronze bear by the cannons and Griffin Head by Eva Lange.
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