Niels R. Finsen was a Danish physician from Feroese Islands. He observed that light - and rays - have a beneficient effects on organisms and was the first to use this knowledge in medical therapy. He was really popular in his time and when he died, at the age of 43 'the people followed him to the grave'. Finsen is now rather unknown, although he received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1903.
Rudolph Tegner is the creator of the monument in the honour of Finsen - a what a monument. Tegnér liked to produce in a monumental style. With him you are never in doubt what he is talking about. It seems that this 3-some is enjoyed the rays of light, which unfortunately were absent when I took the photo.
The statue is at the intersection of Blegdamsvej and Tagensvej in Copenhagen, close to the National Hospital (Rigshospital).
Rudolph Tegner is the creator of the monument in the honour of Finsen - a what a monument. Tegnér liked to produce in a monumental style. With him you are never in doubt what he is talking about. It seems that this 3-some is enjoyed the rays of light, which unfortunately were absent when I took the photo.
The statue is at the intersection of Blegdamsvej and Tagensvej in Copenhagen, close to the National Hospital (Rigshospital).
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| Tegner had a propensity for anatomical details |
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