Sibelius Monument

The Sibelius Monument is a public art memorial to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, who died in 1957. Situated in Sibelius Park within the district of , the monument is by the Finnish sculptor Eila Hiltunen, whose design—Passio Musicae —won a contentious, and therefore protracted, competition that the Sibelius Society of Finland held from 1961 to 1962.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: sculpture and memorial in Helsinki, created 1967 by Eila Hiltunen
  • Also known as: “Sibelius monument”, “Sibelius Sculpture”, “Sibelius-monumentti”, and “Sibeliusmonumentet”
  • Address: Helsinki
  • Inscription: “Memorial of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Finnish national composer. Sculpture by Eila Hiltunen,1967.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Linnanmäki and Olympic Stadium.

Photo: Jyri Moisio, CC BY 3.0.
is an amusement park in , . It is the largest and most famous amusement park in Finland, and one of the most-visited in Europe.

Stadium
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The Helsinki , located in the district about 2.3 kilometres from the centre of the capital , is the largest in the country. is situated 1 km northeast of Sibelius Monument.

Library
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is situated 270 metres northeast of Sibelius Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taka-Töölö and Töölö.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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Western Helsinki comprises the parts that are west of the railway, northwest of Baana and all the way past Munkkiniemi and Munkkivuori shopping mall up to the Haaga roundabout.

Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Western Helsinki comprises the parts that are west of the railway, northwest of Baana and all the way past Munkkiniemi and Munkkivuori shopping mall up to the Haaga roundabout.

Sibelius Monument

Latitude
60.18203° or 60° 10′ 55″ north
Longitude
24.91342° or 24° 54′ 48″ east
Inception
1967
Open location code
9GG65WJ7+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25290864
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q2584017
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Sibelius Monument” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Monumentet e Sibeliusit”
  • Arabic: “نصب سيبيليوس”
  • Belarusian: “Помнік Сібеліусу”
  • Catalan: “Monument a Sibelius”
  • Catalan: “Monument Sibelius”
  • Chinese: “西貝柳斯紀念碑”
  • Chinese: “西貝流士紀念碑”
  • Chinese: “西貝流士雕像”
  • Chinese: “西贝柳斯纪念碑”
  • Czech: “Sibeliův památník”
  • Dutch: “Sibelius Monument”
  • Dutch: “Sibeliusmonument”
  • Estonian: “Sibeliuse monument”
  • Finnish: “Passio Musicae”
  • Finnish: “Sibelius monumentti”
  • Finnish: “Sibelius-monumentti”
  • Finnish: “Sibeliusmonumentet”
  • Finnish: “Sibeliusmonumentti”
  • French: “monument Sibelius”
  • French: “Monument Sibelius”
  • German: “Sibelius-Denkmal”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Sibelius”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Jean Sibelius”
  • Italian: “Monumento a Sibelius”
  • Italian: “Passio musicae”
  • Italian: “Passio Musicae”
  • Italian: “Sibelius-monumentti”
  • Japanese: “シベリウス・モニュメント”
  • Japanese: “シベリウスのモニュメント”
  • Japanese: “シベリウス像”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sibeliusmonumentet”
  • Norwegian: “Sibeliusmonumentet”
  • Persian: “بنای یادبود سیبلیوس (هلسینکی)”
  • Persian: “بنای یادبود سیبلیوس”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Sibeliusa w Helsinkach”
  • Russian: “Памятник Сибелиусу”
  • Slovenian: “Sibeliusov spomenik”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Sibelius”
  • Swedish: “Sibelius-monumentti”
  • Swedish: “Sibeliusmonumentet”
  • Turkish: “Sibelius Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Sibelius Monument”
  • Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Сібеліусу”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sibeliuspuiston lampi and Sibeliuksenpuiston koira-aitaus.

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