Eline Eriksen (1881 – 1963), born Eline Vilhelmine Møller, was the wife (since 1900) of

Edvard Eriksen Edvard Eriksen (10 March 1876 – 12 January 1959) was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor. Biography He apprenticed as a wood carver, after which he trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1894 and 1899. Eriksen's most famous work i ...

and the

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for the body of the ''Little Mermaid'' statue in

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, Denmark. The face of that statue was modeled after ballerina

Ellen Price Ellen Juliette Collin Price de Plane (21 June 1878, Snekkersten - 4 March 1968, Brøndby Municipality), better known as Ellen Price, was a Danish ballerina and actress, and a model for the statue ''The Little Mermaid'' in Copenhagen. Price was b ...

. Before this Eriksen had stood model for several of her husband's statues, such as ''The First Grief'' and ''The Sufferer''. She is buried along with her husband at Copenhagen's

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