Edvard Eriksen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edvard Eriksen

Danish sculptor

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1876

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1959

Profession: artist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Edvard Eriksen (10 March 1876 – 12 January 1959) was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor.
He is best known as the creator of The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen 1909–1913, and used his wife, Eline Eriksen, as the model for the statue's body, and actress Ellen Price as the model for the mermaid's head.