Steen Krarup Jensen
Steen Krarup Jensen (born April 12, 1950) is a Danish sculptor, poet, songwriter and social critic. He is educated in sculpture at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts during the period from 1971 to 1978. In 1977 he received Viggo Jarls Legacy.
Steen Krarup Jensen
- Born
- 1950 · Nørrebro.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- sculptor · poet
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Teachers
- Gottfred Eickhoff · Erling Frederiksen
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Steen Krarup Jensen (born April 12, 1950) is a Danish sculptor, poet, songwriter and social critic. He is educated in sculpture at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts during the period from 1971 to 1978. In 1977 he received Viggo Jarls Legacy.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Steen Krarup Jensen. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q4993276 · wikipedia · Steen Krarup Jensen
In this article
Biography
Biography
Jensen has worked with marble and granite and been experimenting with a lot of other materials in mobiles and assemblages. He is also one of the two inventors of the asphaltophone (see musical road). The founder of Danske Billedkunstneres Fagforening, a union of Danish sculptors. In connection to that, he became famous in 1981 when he blew up a sculpture with dynamite as a protest against the living conditions of Danish sculptors. In 2007, Steen Krarup Jensen and composer Jakob Freud-Magnus won a Danish contest by writing a suggestion for a new national anthem. The father of jazz musician Simon Jensen and poet Anna Krarup Jensen.
Key facts
Key facts
• Years Active — 1971–present • Notable Works — Skovbakketrolden, Et lille land og lige midt i verden • Website — official website
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Steen Krarup Jensen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4993276: Steen Krarup Jensen
General reference · Wikidata
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Sculpture
6,174 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Stanisław JackowskiArtist
- Stanisław Roman LewandowskiArtist
- Stanislovas KuzmaArtist
- Stanley LewisArtist
- Stef Kamil CarlensArtist
- Stefan RamniceanuArtist
- Stefan RinckArtist
- Stefano MadernoArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Steen Krarup Jensen?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.