Reveal.World | Malmö’s Knotted Gun

This bronze sculpture of an oversized revolver Python 357 Magnum with a knotted barrel was created by Swedish sculptor and painter Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, who said that his grief at the murder of John Lennon inspired him to create this artwork.

Since 1993, the sculpture has been the symbol of The Non-Violence Project, a nonprofit organization that promotes social change through violence-prevention education programs.

There are 31 copies of the sculpture around the world, the most famous and visited one - at the UN Headquarters. Allegedly, this one in Malmö along with the New York one are the originals. There are several non-official copies as well, some of them showing a different type of a gun but all of them united by the knotted barrel theme.

Photo: Francois Polito