Morianbron, Sculpture-footbridge in Ulriksdal Palace Park, Solna, Sweden.
Morianbron is a low wooden footbridge over the Igelbäcken stream in Ulriksdal Palace Park, flanked by two black-painted bronze sculptures of men in striped loincloths pulling a fishing net. Each figure stands on a 5 cm cast-iron plate on a granite base; the north figure wears a blue-and-white striped loincloth, the south a red-and-white one.
The figures were made by Pehr Henrik Lundgren (1824–1855) and cast at the Ludwigsberg workshop, whose founder Jacques Lamm is named with the date 1845 on the pedestals. They first stood as pylons of a cast-iron suspension bridge designed in 1845 by architect Georg Theodor Chiewitz, leading to Drottningens holme in Hagaparken. After Brunnsviken's water level dropped in 1863, the bridge and figures were moved to Ulriksdal Palace Park by the Igelbäcken stream.
The two figures are painted in different colours: the northern one wears a blue-and-white striped loincloth, the southern one a red-and-white striped loincloth. Their bases carry the inscription "P:Lundgren", the date 1845 and "I:Lamm", for Jacques Lamm, founder of the Ludwigsberg workshop where they were cast. The paint was renewed in May 2015.
The bridge connects two sections of the palace gardens and allows visitors to view the detailed bronze figures from close range. Access is straightforward, and the location is easy to find within the park grounds.
A local legend tells of a woman who jumped into the stream because she could not decide between the two bridge figures. This tale has become part of the folklore surrounding the artwork.
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