Overview

City of Nanjing gifts bronze statue of Bernhard Arp Sindberg to Denmark

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•DenmarkDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•DenmarkSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Aug 31, 2019

Start (actual): Aug 31, 2019

End (actual): Aug 31, 2019

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Nanjing Municipal Government

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Denmark

Loan description

City of Nanjing gifts bronze statue of Bernhard Arp Sindberg to Denmark

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 31, 2019, a 10-foot tall bronze statue of Bernhard Arp Sindberg, a gift to Denmark from the city of Nanjing, was unveiled in a park in Aarhus. The statue was designed by Danish and Chinese artists. The unveiling ceremony was attended by the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II, the Chinese Ambassador to Denmark at the time, Feng Tie, and other notables. The unveiling ceremony was also meant to represent the beginning of joint cooperation between Aarhus and Nanjing in the cultural, economic, trade, and peacekeeping fields. Bernhard Arp Sindberg harbored Chinese refugees during the Nanking Massacre, saving an estimated 6,000-20,000 people.