Carl Millés

The four sculptures on the façade of the Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) represent 4 ages of economic exchange.

The Aviators' monument was commissioned by the Swedish Aeronautical Society to honour the memory of Swedish aviators who died in the early years of aviation and on polar explorations. The monument was completed in 1931 in Karlaplan. The monument became the rallying point for the youg Swedish Nazis in the 1940s. Because of this sculpture, Milles has been considered to be in admiration for nazism. However, Milles moved to the US in 1931 and only came back to Sweden twenty years after. On the side of the monument are steles in the memory of Icare (see picture below) and balloonist and Swedish aviators.

"God father on the rainbow" was originally commissioned for the UN Headquarter in New York. However, the project experienced multiple delays and funding difficulties. The project was cancelled in 1954, one year before Milles death. The statue was finally completed in 1995 in Nackastrand. The arch is 18 metres high.

Above and below, are sculptures on the base of the Folke Filbyter statue evocating the battle of Visby, against the hanseatic league, by Waldemar Atterdag, the king of Denmark, which resulted in the victory of the Dans.

The Sun Singer was commissioned to Milles by the Swedish Academy of Art to honour the memory of Esaias Tegnér, a Swedish poet and writer. It required ten years to complete the monument. Milles choose to illustrate Tegnér poem An address to the sun . The statue on Strömparterren is facing east and sings to the rising sun. A torso version of the statue is displayed as well in Millesgården.

There are several pieces of Carl Milles in the campus of the Tekniska Högskola. The bronze fountain, over a granit base representing the various professions. Close to it are two of the very few ceramics pieces by Carl Milles and one granit sculpture of Cerberus.

The Delaware monument was unveiled in 1938 in Willmington, Delaware, in memory of the first Swedish settlements in America. A copy of the monument wxas erected in 1958 in Göteborg, at the place where the Swedish migrants embarked for the journey to Delaware.