The bronze statue of Nils Ericson

The statue of Nils Ericson stands at Centralplan outside the main entrance of the central station. It depicts the engineer and railway builder Nils Ericson, who was a central figure in the creation of the railways. The statue was created by the sculptor John Börjeson and was unveiled on September 8, 1893.

Nils Ericson worked throughout his life on infrastructure projects, including the Trollhätte locks, new locks at Slussen in Stockholm, and the Saima canal in Finland. He was also the initiator of the route for the Sammanbindningsbanan, which caused great discussions at the time, and the location of the central station. The statue is cast in bronze on Otto Meyer's art, metal, and zinc foundry. It stands on a granite column adorned with Ericson's coat of arms, crowned with a free baron's crown, and with garlands of rye. Around the base, depictions of different means of communication that Ericson was involved in creating can be seen.

Ericson is dressed in a suit and rests his right hand against a pedestal. On the pedestal lies a map showing the railways, as well as the route of the Sammanbindningsbanan through Stockholm. Since 1993, there has been a lower ring in granite around the statue containing a fountain. The statue originally stood in the middle of Järnvägsparken, south of the central station, but was moved to its current location in 1993.

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