Mulina Fountain

The Johan Peter Mulin Fountain in Kungstradgorden Park, originally made in plaster, was a central part of the exhibition of Scandinavian art and industry in 1866. Although the main pavilion of the exhibition, stretching 200 meters through the park and topped by a 30-meter dome, was crowded with objects, the fountain could not be overlooked. It was decided to cast it in bronze, and it was subsequently opened in 1873 on the same spot. Among the mythological characters inhabiting the fountain are the ocean god Egir, his wife Ran and their nine daughters listening to Water play on the harp. The composition symbolically hints at the geographical location of Stockholm, lying between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. By the opening of the fountain in the park were planted willows. This particular hybrid species is Peking Willow (Salix babylonica), in Swedish called fontä npil (fountain willows), in recognition of the work of art.