The Danish Museum of Art in Public Spaces (MAPS) has discovered that there is a significant imbalance between female and male statues in Denmark. Not only that, but the male statues are usually famous figures, while the female statues are voluptuous and nude.

Author and feminist Maren Uthaug picked up on the data and made it public. She called for more statues of historical female figures who are honored for their achievements.

Her call to clothe the naked women—by knitting or other means—was met with great enthusiasm by Danish women, who dressed the freezing ladies made of bronze and marble and shared pictures of them online. And in the end, they achieved their goal: Danish Minister of Culture Jakob Engel-Schmidt described the inequality as “absurd” and announced that he would set up a commission to develop proposals for more statues of historical women.

This is a wonderful example of how creative artivism is perfectly capable of achieving something through peaceful, and in this case even fluffy, means.

https://www.tv2nord.dk/aalborg/vi-vil-bare-repraesenteres-af-andet-end-en-tissekone-8684c
https://www.nordiskpost.com/2026/02/20/gender-gap-in-public-monuments-across-nordics/

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