Denmark
Central Jutland
Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality

Survival of the Fattest

Survival of the Fattest is a sculpture of a small, starved boy carrying a fat woman. The sculpture was made by Jens Galschiøt and Lars Calmar in 2002, as a symbol of the imbalanced distribution of the world's resources.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: 2002 sculpture by Jens Galschiøt
  • Also known as: “Survival of the fattest”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Torvet and Ringkøbing Museum.

Square
Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
is a square, which is situated 290 metres northeast of Survival of the Fattest.

Museum
Photo: Snoopy1964, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 390 metres east of Survival of the Fattest.

Church
Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
is situated 350 metres northeast of Survival of the Fattest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ringkøbing and No.

Photo: Elgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an old town of 10,000 people in on the Fjord. It has quant small streets and a central square.

Village
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village located in , in . Church built in 1877 is located in the village. is situated 5 km northeast of Survival of the Fattest.

Village
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is a small town in the western part of with a population of 599. is located between the , Stadil Fjord and . is situated 6 km northwest of Survival of the Fattest.

Survival of the Fattest

Latitude
56.08833° or 56° 5′ 18″ north
Longitude
8.24101° or 8° 14′ 28″ east
Inception
2002
Height
3.5 metres (11 feet)
Open location code
9F8C36QR+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4029595556
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q3502628
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Polish—“Survival of the Fattest” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Survival of the Fattest”
  • Dutch: “Survival of the Fattest”
  • Esperanto: “Survival of the Fattest”
  • Ganda: “Survival of the Fattest(okunyigiriza Kwa Nagwano)”
  • Ganda: “Survival of the Fattest”
  • German: “Das Überleben der Dicksten”
  • German: “Survival of the Fattest”
  • Polish: “Survival of the Fattest”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gamle Havn and Atelier Lone Bjerregaard.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Survival of the Fattest”. Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.