Smygehuk Art Installation
photo by Håkan Dahlström1 338
Smygehamn is the southernmost locality situated in Trelleborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,278 inhabitants in 2010.
1887–1957 Smygehamn had the southernmost railway station (called Östratorp after the parish) of Sweden.
Sweden's southernmost point, Smygehuk, is situated about 1 km to the south-west.
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Smygehuk is a harbour and fishing village near Trelleborg in Skåne, Sweden. It's most known for being the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian Peninsula (55° 20' N). To the west of the harbour is Smygehuk Lighthouse and Smygehuk Hostel.
A statue of a nude woman stands in the harbour. It was made by artist Axel Ebbe and installed in 1930. It is named Famntaget (the embrace). The model for the statue was Birgit Holmquist, mother of the model Nena von Schlebrügge and grandmother of actress Uma Thurman.
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