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The Flying Trunk

The Flying Trunk

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The Flying Trunk

Name: The Flying Trunk
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Location: Odense, Southern Denmark, Denmark

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1. Odense Old Town – Odense city center loop from Promenadebyen

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2. Odense city center – Odense Old Town loop from Odense

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3. Odense Old Town – Odense city center loop from Skibhusene

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ravnsbak

February 19, 2022

H.C. Andersen's sculpture Den flyvende kuffert (The Flying Suitcase) was erected in 1991. The motif is inspired by H.C. Andersen's Fairy Tales.

Artist: Jens Flemming Sorensen (1903-1917).
Source: Visitodense

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JR56

August 2, 2025

The sculpture "The Flying Trunk" is located in Odense at Jernbanegade 8
and was unveiled in 1991. It was created by the sculptor Jens Flemming Sørensen
and is a homage to the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.

The sculpture depicts a trunk resting on three pyramid-like towers, symbolizing the mosques in "Turkish Land," as described in the fairy tale. It is made of bronze and granite and is intended to represent the trunk ascending into the sky.

Jens Flemming Sørensen (1933-2007) was an internationally acclaimed artist
who created many of his sculptures in bronze, granite, and marble, often using
spherical forms.

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The Flying Trunk

1. Odense Old Town – Odense city center loop from Promenadebyen

2. Odense city center – Odense Old Town loop from Odense

3. Odense Old Town – Odense city center loop from Skibhusene

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