Statue of Hans Christian Heg

Statue of Hans Christian Heg
The statue in 2013
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ArtistPaul Fjelde
Completion date17 October 1926 (1926-10-17) (erected)
Medium
SubjectHans Christian Heg
Dimensions290 cm × 91 cm × 91 cm (9 ft 6 in × 3 ft × 3 ft)
ConditionRestored and reinstated after removal by rioters
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Coordinates43°04′28.8″N 89°22′56.9″W / 43.074667°N 89.382472°W / 43.074667; -89.382472

Hans Christian Heg is a statue by Paul Fjelde that was cast in 1925 and installed at the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin, United States in 1926. The bronze statue depicting the Union soldier and abolitionist Hans Christian Heg was torn down by rioters, decapitated and thrown into a lake in June 2020. The Wisconsin state government restored and reinstalled the original statue in September 2021.

Two further casts of the statue were made in 1925: one stands in Heg Memorial Park, in Racine County, Wisconsin, near the Heg family home, and the other in Haugestad, near the family's home town in Norway.


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