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Grön eld (Fire in Green) is a glass sculpture by Vicke Lindstrand at Järnvägstorget, which is located in front of Umeå Central Station, in Umeå, Sweden. It was, at nine meters, the tallest glass sculpture in the world at the time of its inauguration in 1970.[1]

Grön eld
Grön eld photographed from east.
Artist	Vicke Lindstrand
Year	1970
Type	Public work of art
Medium	Glass
Dimensions	900 cm (350 in)
Location	Järnvägstorget, Umeå, Sweden
Coordinates	63°49′46″N 20°15′59″E
Owner	Umeå Municipality

History

Sven Wallander, the head of HSB, commissioned the sculpture after he had seen the glass sculpture Prisma by Vicke Lindstrand in Norrköping. HSB donated Grön eld to Umeå Municipality, which paid for the foundation.[1]

Lennart Johansson, who assembled the sculpture in 1970, told the press in December 2013 that he had hidden an image of Mao Zedong in one of the glass flames of the sculpture.[2][3]

The sculpture

Grön eld consists of three twisted glass pillars that grow thinner at the top. The glass pillars are constructed of three thousand, nine millimeter thin, plates of glass made by Emmaboda glasverk in Sweden. The glass pieces are glued together with epoxy glue in order to cope with the harsh climate. The nine meter high sculpture weighs 45 tons and is standing on a heavy concrete pedestal with a piled foundation.[1]

References

На других языках

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[de] Grön eld

Grön eld (grünes Feuer) ist eine Glasskulptur von Vicke Lindstrand auf Järnvägstorget, gelegen an der Vorderseite des Hauptbahnhofs von Umeå in der Provinz Västerbotten in Schweden. Die neun Meter hohe Glasskulptur war zur Zeit ihrer Enthüllung im Jahr 1970 die größte ihrer Art in der Welt.[1]

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- [en] Grön eld

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[ru] Зелёный огонь (скульптура)

Зеленый огонь (швед. Grön eld) — стеклянная скульптура авторства шведского скульптора Вике Линдстранда на площади Ернвегсторгет перед железнодорожным вокзалом в городе Умео, Швеция. На момент своего открытия в 1970 году эта скульптура была самой высокой стеклянной скульптурой в мире[1]. Её высота составляет 9 м.

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