Man by the Sea (Danish: Mennesket ved Havet) is a nine metre high sculptural group made of white concrete, created by sculptor, painter and graphic artist Svend Wiig Hansen.
The sculpture is located in Sædding Strand, northwest of Esbjerg city centre, near the Fisheries and Maritime Museum. The sculpture was commissioned in 1994 to mark Esbjerg's 100th anniversary as an independent rural municipality (sognekommune). It was unveiled to the public on 28 October 1995. It has since become a landmark of the town and can be seen from the sea ten kilometres away in good weather.
The size and posture of the sculpture group is modelled on that of Ramses in the temple of Abu Simbel. The Moais also served as inspiration.
In the original design by Svend Wiig Hansen from 1954, the sculpture was to be erected on the Grenen headland near Skagen.
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