JAS-minnet is a sculpture located on Långholmen in central Stockholm. It was commissioned in 1994 to commemorate the crash of a JAS 39 Gripen during the Vattenfestivalen on August 8, 1993. The plane was one of the first delivered to the military and crashed on Långholmen near Västerbron. The pilot, Lars Rådeström, lost control of the plane, ejected with a rocket seat, and survived unharmed. While the plane was destroyed by fire, one person on the ground suffered burns.
JAS-minnet stands on the crash site, just below the southern landfast of Västerbron. The work was created by artist Thomas Qvarsebo and is made of stainless steel. The sculpture depicts a paper crane with its beak in the ground. On the base, an inscription reads: “Här störtade JAS 39-Gripen under en flyguppvisning den 8 augusti 1993”.
For many years, a tree next to the crash site bore marks of the fire and heat from the accident. That tree was taken down in 2011. The sculpture was funded by a hotel on Långholmen.
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Written by Nik Frost
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