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LYT TIL KUNSTEN: Statue af H. C. Ørsted
Discoverer of electromagnetism in 1820.
H. C. Oeersted born in Rudkoebing 1777 - dead 1851. Inscription: Set up in 1920 - the centenary of H. C. Oeersteds discovery of the impact of electricity on a magnetic needle.