Strömkarlen

Artist: Carl Eldh
Placed: 1911, Strömkarlsbron bridge
Part of The Sculpture Tour

Strömkarlen, a granite head on the Vattenfall regulating dam. Also called "Näcken" because it is connected to this figure who in Trollhättan was considered to be friendly and punished those who came to cause trouble. Strömkarlen was made by Carl Eldh after a drawing by architect Erik Josephson.

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