Anders Årfelt
Illustration — Årfelt, before 1968 Per Anders Årfelt (born 8 March 1934) is a Swedish sculptor. He is based on Gotland, Sweden's largest island, and often works in concrete. He produced a concrete sculpture of a ram, which appears on the coat of arms of Gotland, for Österport in Visby in 1992.
Anders Årfelt

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- sculptor · painter · draftsperson
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Illustration — Årfelt, before 1968 Per Anders Årfelt (born 8 March 1934) is a Swedish sculptor. He is based on Gotland, Sweden's largest island, and often works in concrete. He produced a concrete sculpture of a ram, which appears on the coat of arms of Gotland, for Österport in Visby in 1992.
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This was a development of an earlier lamb sculpture he made for the Melonen district of the town. The ram proved popular and he was commissioned to create copies for other municipalities on the island. Årfelt was commissioned to sculpt lions in the style of the rams for Stockholm; lions feature as supporters on the coat of arms of Sweden. A total of 38 lions in male and female forms were placed in the street of Drottninggatan. The lions weighed 900 kg each. The truck driven by the terrorist in the 7 April 2017 vehicle ramming attack on Drottninggatan struck several of the lion sculptures and came to a halt next to one that it overturned. The lions potentially slowed the truck and saved lives, though five people were killed in the attack. The overturned lion became the site of tributes to the dead and there were calls for it to be recreated in bronze. After the attack Årfelt said that the lions symbolise power and strength. In the aftermath of the attack the city of Stockholm commissioned further lion sculptures from Årfelt to help protect the city. These were larger, measuring 1 m in height and 3 tonnes in weight, than the originals and so more likely to stop larger vehicles. Two were originally ordered as prototypes but by March 2019 four were installed on Drottninggatan and a further 16 were in production. The new lion sculptures were manufactured at a Skanska factory on Gotland. In February 2017 a series of 20 Säfstaholm apple sculptures commissioned from Årfelt were installed in Sweden.
• Illustration — Ram sculpture • Illustration — One of the original lion sculptures • Illustration — An upturned lion adjacent to the truck used in the 2017 attack • Illustration — Tributes placed on one of the lions the week after the attack
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- 1.Lexikonett amanda. Anders Årfelt.
- 2.Kurelid, Johan. Anders lejon kan ha räddat flera liv. helagotland.se. 13 April 2017.
- 3.Nya större lejon ska göra Stockholms gator säkrare. SVT Nyheter. 27 February 2018.
- 4.Utomhuskonst i Gotlands kommun. Gotland Museum. 25 May 2012.
- 5.Konstnären: "Lejonen borde förankras i marken". Dagens Nyheter. 12 April 2017.
- 6.Därför borde betonglejonet som räddade Stockholm bli en staty – Metro Mode. metromode.se. 12 April 2017.
- 7.Nya större betonglejon placerades ut på Drottninggatan Stockholms stad. via.tt.se. 22 March 2018.
- 8.Nu vaktar nya betonglejon Drottninggatan. Svenska Dagbladet. 22 March 2018.
- 9.Bäck, Klas-Göran. Äppleskulpturer placeras nu ut. kkuriren.se. 8 February 2017.
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