Frans Michael Franzén is an outdoor sculpture located in the city centre in

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

, Finland. It is the oldest public monument in Oulu. The bronze bust of Oulu-born poet Frans Michael Franzén was made by Finnish sculptor Erland Stenberg, while he was working in Paris in 1878–1879. The unveiling of the sculpture in 1881 was a major social event in Oulu. The Church Square on which the bust was erected was later converted to a park and named Franzén Park.

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1879 sculptures Statues and sculptures in Oulu Bronze sculptures in Finland Pokkinen Monuments and memorials in Finland 1879 establishments in Finland Busts in Finland Sculptures of men Outdoor sculptures in Finland {{sculpture-stub