Built in 1898, a bronze statue situated in Stockholm's Gamla Stan stands as a tribute to Olaus Petri, a church dean who was active in Storkyrkan. The statue, crafted by artist Theodor Lundberg, depicts an image believed to represent Olaus Petri. The statue was originally planned for 1893 but was not completed until 1897, eventually being unveiled on January 6, 1898.
The marble pedestal was designed by Fredrik Lilljekvist and bears inscriptions from Olaus Petri's 1531 work "Then Swenska Messan". These inscriptions include his reasoning for holding the mass in Swedish rather than Latin.
Behind the statue, a Latin inscription depicts the fate of the church until the year 1743. Because there are no known contemporary portraits of Olaus Petri, this statue is often how he is pictured in the public consciousness.
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