At the top from Avenyn at Götaplatsen you will find him standing naked and with a small shy look looking down, Gothenburg’s Poseidon. When Poseidon was finished on Götaplatsen, the people thought it was a bit embarrassing that he was naked.
This naked bronze statue of Poseidon is considered to be the protector of sailors. He is typically portrayed as an old man with a beard holding a trident. However, in this version, he is young and holding a fish in one hand and a shell in the other. This image of the Greek Olympian deity, who is the God of the Sea, has become the iconic symbol of Gothenburg. Created by Carl Milles in 1931, the sculpture stands 22 feet in a water fountain in front of the Gothenburg Museum of Art.
