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Iron Boy

Järnpojke or Iron Boy is a sculpture in Gamla stan of , by Liss Eriksson, which is only 15 centimetres high and therefore is the smallest public monument of Stockholm.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: small sculpture in Bollhustäppan, Gamla stan, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Järnpojke” and “Pojke som tittar på månen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nobel Prize Museum and Tessin Palace.

Museum
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The is located in the former Stock Exchange Building on the north side of the square in , the old town in central , .

Castle
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The is a baroque town house located in Gamla stan, the old town in central . Located next to the , it is facing , the major approach to the Stockholm Palace, and flanked by two alleys, Finska Kyrkogränd and Bollhusgränd.

Church
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, also called Stockholms domkyrka and Sankt Nikolai kyrka, is the oldest church in . lies in the centre of Stockholm in Gamla stan, between and , the old main square of Stockholm. is situated 120 metres west of Iron Boy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockholm and Gamla stan.

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is 's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within . The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.

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pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in , containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.

Locality
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is a peninsula in central , Sweden. It is located east of . Originally a small island, named Käpplingen, it became a peninsula, connected to , during the 17th century.

Iron Boy

Latitude
59.32552° or 59° 19′ 32″ north
Longitude
18.07235° or 18° 4′ 21″ east
Inception
1967
Open location code
9FFW83GC+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5263468910
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q500533
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Iron Boy” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Լուսնին նայող տղան”
  • Belarusian: “Хлопчык, які глядзіць на Месяц”
  • Catalan: “Järnpojke”
  • Dutch: “Järnpojke”
  • French: “Järnpojke”
  • German: “Iron Boy”
  • German: “Järnpojke”
  • Russian: “Мальчик, глядящий на Луну”
  • Russian: “Мальчик, смотрящий на Луну”
  • Spanish: “Järnpojke”
  • Swedish: “Järnpojke”
  • Swedish: “Pojken som tittar på månen”
  • Swedish: “Stockholms minsta offentliga monument”
  • Thai: “ยาร์นพอจเก”
  • Turkish: “Järnpojke”
  • Uzbek: “Oyga qarab turgan bola”
  • Western Armenian: “Լուսինին Նայող Տղան”

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Highlights include Bollhustäppan and Finnish Church.

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