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	Gefion fountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gefion fountain (Danish: Gefionspringvandet) is a large fountain on the harbour front in Copenhagen, Denmark.
		The fountain was donated to the city of Copenhagen by the Carlsberg Foundation.
		The fountain depicts the mythical story of the creation of the island of Zealand on which Copenhagen is located.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gefion_fountain (194 words)

	Fountain: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The fountain of youth is a legendary spring that reputedly renders anyone who drinks of its waters permanently young....
		The trevi fountain (in italian, fontana di trevi) is the largest and most ambitious of the baroque fountains of rome....
		The gefion fountain (gefionspringvandet) is a large fountain on the harbour front in copenhagen, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fo/fountain.htm (2030 words)

	Gefion
		Gefion ("giver") is an old-Scandinavian vegetation and fertility goddess, especially connected with the plough.
		She is married to King Skjold or Scyld ¹ a son of Odin, and lived in Leire, Denmark, where she had a sanctuary.
		Gefion could be another form of Frigg who is also known under that name.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/g/gefion.html (175 words)

	Copenhagen: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Gefion Fountain is in Churchillparken, at the end of Amaliegade.
		The huge, dynamic sculpture, revealed in 1908, was created by Anders Bundgård. The story behind the fountain originates from Norse mythology, by which the Swedish king Gylfe offered the goddess Gefion as much land in Sweden as she was able to plough during one day and one night.
		Gefion and the oxen did their job so well that they were able to acquire Zealand.
	www.getours.com /detail.html?detailID=48789 (204 words)

	Gefion's Home Page
		Gefion, we are told, was a virgin, and was thus served by women who died unmarried.
		Further complicating Gefion's story is the fact that "Gefn" is one of the many names given to Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and procreation.
		Copenhagen's largest monument is the Gefion fountain, located near the statue of H. Andersen's "Little Mermaid." The fountain's statues depict a woman guiding a plow being drawn by four great oxen, with water spurting forth on all sides.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/gefion.html (751 words)

	Fifty-third Generation
		She is married to King Skjold or Scyld, a son of Odin, and lived in Leire, Denmark, where she had a sanctuary.
		It is traditionally claimed that Gefion created the island of Zealand ("Sjaelland" in Danish) by ploughing the soil out of the central Swedish region with the help of her sons (four Swedish oxen), creating the great Swedish lakes in the process.
		"Then he sent Gefion across the sound to the north to discover new countries; and she came to King Gylve, who gave her a ploughgate of land.
	www.boydhouse.com /alice/Green/SalisburyFiftyThirdGeneration.htm (614 words)

	Welcome to Copenhagen - TOURISM - City Hall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Gefion Fountain is the largest monument in Copenhagen.
		King Gylfe told Gefion that she could plough up as much land as she could for one night and one day and it would all be hers to do with whatever she wanted.
		The big hole which Gefion left in the ground, when her ploughing was done, is now the lake Vänern, north of Gothenburg, in Sweden.
	www.copenhagen.com /tourism/landmarks/gifion.asp?Menu=Tourism (182 words)

	Sehenswuerdigkeiten
		The building was half finished in the year 1770 but their was no money left to finish the building, the building was finished over hundred years later in 1894.
		The fountain was builded from Anders Bundgaard in the years 1897 to 1908.
		The legend says that gefion builds seeland (the island where copenhagen is) from a part of sweden.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/4054/sehene.htm (768 words)

	North of Frederiksstad - Copenhagen Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Created in 1908, the Gefion Fountain marks the Southern boundary of Langelinje, the Northern (cruise) harbor.
		The Gefion Fountain depicts an ancient legend telling how Zealand (the isle on whose East coast Copenhagen lies) came into existence.
		It is told that the goddess Gefion was given permission by the Swedish King Gylfe to plow an area in Sweden, and the land she managed to plow within one day and one night, she could use in any way she wanted.
	www.copenhagenpictures.dk /gefion.html (326 words)

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		Most guidebooks and locals say the statue is over-rated but I think her petite size and lack of ornate additions add to her simple beauty.
		Gefion Fountain is a short walk from The Little Mermaid.
		A myth still told and portrayed in the fountain tells that Goddess Gefion was told she could have as much of Sweden as she could carve/plow.
	www.jimrogers.com /content/stories/story_19991008.html (956 words)

	Life at 56° North Latitude » Blog Archive » Aaah, Sunday afternoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Gefion Fountain from a distance, originally uploaded by KAP Cris.
		The Gefion Springvander is situated at the end of one of Copenhagen’s major axes.
		It also portrays a Nordic lengend in which the goddess Gefion turns her four sons into oxen in order to meet a challenge of plowing an impossibly large tract.
	arch.ced.berkeley.edu /kap2/php/Denmark/?p=9 (204 words)

	The city of Hans Christian Andersen
		In ancient legend, the Swedish King Gylfe promised the goddess Gefion that the land she can plow for a day and a night will be hers.
		At the top of the Gefion Fountain is a massive sculpture of the goddess Gefion with a raised arm lashing a whip on four heaving bulls.
		At first, the music is soft and caressing accompanied by lighted flickers of tiny water fountains.
	www.tu-harburg.de /~wwvos/Strawhat/Copenhagen-w3.htm (458 words)

	Copenhagen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		After the royal residence we visit the beautiful Gefion Fountain and the sculpture of The Little Mermaid, the figure form Hans Christian Andersen's fairy-tale, who is now guarding the entrance to the harbour of Copenhagen.
		We start by coach, passing the Tivoli Gardens and the New Carlsberg Glyptotek, continuing along the four large artificial lakes of Copenhagen that used to be part of the city's defence system.
		Then on to the Gefion Fountain, Kongens Nytorv and the old fish market where we change from coach to boat.
	www.global-ageing.dk /copenhagen.html (935 words)

	Gefion fountain: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Gefion fountain (Gefionspringvandet) is a large fountain (A structure from which an artificially produced jet of water arises)
		The fountain was designed by Danish artist Anders Bundgård, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
		The fountain was donated to the city of Copenhagen by the Carlsberg (Carlsberg a/s headquartered in valby, denmark, with its operating company, carlsberg breweries a/s, headquartered...)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/gefion_fountain (869 words)

	Porcelain Butter Pat B & G Denmark Fountain Plate - R0403-13
		This dish’s picture is of the Gefion Springvandet (Fountain) located in Copenhagen, Denmark.
		The goddess Gefion is also honored in statue form.
		The myth promised Gefion as much of Sweden as she could carve in a night and that she created the island of Sjaelland (one of the 2 major islands of Copenhagen).
	www.rubylane.com /shops/rarefinds/item/R0403-13 (206 words)

	Copenhagen
		There were many, many statues and fountains to see on our walking tour.
		The Gefion Fountain (Gefionspringvandet) is a large fountain on the harbor front, depicting a mythical story about a Norse goddess named Gefion.
		She was promised by the king she could have all the territory she could plow in a single night, so she turned her four sons into oxen.
	home.comcast.net /~sdsisters/Copenhagen.html (482 words)

	Fountains Posters - Page 8 of 14 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Neptune Fountain in Piazza Della Signoria, Florence, Italy
		Lion Fountain at Piazza Del Poppolo, Rome, Italy
		Fountain with Luxor Obelisk and Place De La Concorde in Background, Paris, France
	www.allaboutjazz.com /jazzposters/c2/7241~fountains~page8.html (122 words)

	Fountain Photography Print at AllPosters.com
		Maxmilian Fountain on Plaza, Hlavne Namestie, Bratislava, Slovakia
		Explosions in the Frozen River Nemunas, Causing Fountains of Ice, Prienu, Lithuania
		Sculpture of the Sea God Spearing an Octopus at the Centre of the Fountain of Neptune, Rome, Italy
	www.allposters.com /-st/_c58622_p4_.htm (130 words)

	European Cities - Copenhagen by Charles L. Mitchell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Gefion Fountain with a goddess driving four oxen is located in this same park.
		There is a magnificent fountain in the center of the square surrounded by this palace.
		From the fountain near the harbor, precede along Toldbodgade until reaching Nyhavn.
	www.casayego.com /europeancities/copenh/copenh.htm (1599 words)

	Life at 56° North Latitude » Blog Archive » The Gefion Fountain up close (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Gefion Fountain up close, originally uploaded by KAP Cris.
		The fountain stood in disrepair for a number of years and was being reconstructed during our summer visit last year.
		This Haefneresque shot was taken as the camera hung just above the mist and between two large.
	arch.ced.berkeley.edu /kap2/php/Denmark/wp-trackback.php?p=8 (95 words)

	THE THOMSON SCRAPBOOK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Another major tourist attraction is the great Gefion Fountain.
		Probably because the cost is so great and we tend to want to spend the people's money on the people rather than on public monuments, which the Gefion fountain is.
		After looking at the fountain from all angles we head toward our next point.
	www.wise-old-man.com /scrapbook/david/germany/book_2/page_9 (189 words)

	Langeliniepromenaden - Wikimedia Commons
		There are other sights - sometimes the Royal yacht Dannebrog can be seen in the harbour.
		The Gefion Fountain is a good starting point of a walk along the Langelinie Promenade.
		This page was last modified 12:05, 28 August 2005.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Langelinie (73 words)

	Stock Photography of The Gefion Fountain designed by the artist Anders Bundgard in Copenhagen, Denmark - Search Photos ...
		Stock Photography of The Gefion Fountain designed by the artist Anders Bundgard in Copenhagen, Denmark - Search Photos Pictures Images and Photo Clipart - wt9040 wt9040.jpg
		The Gefion Fountain designed by the artist Anders Bundgard in Copenhagen, Denmark
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	Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Other Famous Buildings - Gefion Fountain, Copenhagen
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		Description: The Gefion fountain was designed by Danish artist Anders Bundgård, and built in 1908.
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	TrekEarth \| Gefion's fountain Photo
		Fountain with scultpture by Anders Bundgaard,(1899-1908) of the goddess Gefion, from the scandinavian mytology, sendt by Odin down to Scandinavia to take land from the swedish king.
		And with the land she took, she created the island of Sealand, in which the city of Copenhagen is sited.
		You' ve cartured everything very well, the angle you chose makes this lovely fountain look great.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/photo105466.htm (111 words)

	Trivia Quiz 70
		The fountain was designed by Danish artist Anders Bundgard, and built in 1908.
		It isn`t the Tivoli Gardens, nor The Gefion Fountain.
		Blessed are the cracked: For it is they who let in the light.
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