Näckens polska, Bronze sculpture at Uppsala Central Station, Sweden

Näckens polska is a six-metre-high fountain sculpture by Bror Hjorth outside Uppsala Central Station. At its centre, the water spirit Näcken plays a violin, his face roughly hewn with large teeth; on the opposite side stands Huldra. A dancing couple crowns the group.

Bror Hjorth received the commission in 1951, and the work was installed outside Uppsala central station on 14 October 1967. The city of Uppsala required that Näcken's penis be altered because some found it erect, and the sculpture's design still provokes strong reactions.

The sculpture depicts Näcken, a water spirit from Nordic mythology known for playing music that enchants and draws people toward water. The dancing figures surrounding the central musician bring this legendary being to life in a way visitors can see and understand.

The sculpture stands by Uppsala central station, where it was placed on 14 October 1967. It is a fountain with a six-metre-high group in the centre, so visitors can walk around it and see Näcken playing the violin on one side and Huldran on the other.

The dancing couple at the top of the group could be seen for many years in smaller scale in the display window of Åhléns at Sergels torg in Stockholm. The sculpture's making was laborious from its 1951 commission, and Uppsala city demanded that Näcken's penis be altered because some found it erect.