Woman strikes a Swedish neonazi with her handbag, 1985
Woman strikes a Swedish neonazi with her handbag, 1985


Woman strikes a Swedish neonazi with her handbag, 1985
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She got honoured with a monument in Alingsås for exactly this. There is also an Wikipedia article about this incidence.
The man hit by Danielsson was identified as Seppo Seluska, a militant from the Nordic Realm Party later convicted for the torture and murder of a gay Jew.
Of course he did.
The statue is awesome, but it fails to capture the hatred and aggression in the photo.
Yeah I was going to say, the statue didn't capture her facial expression.
“The Old Woman with the Handbag”
38-year-old woman
The statue is titled, "The Old Woman with the Handbag".
The woman in the picture was 38 when it was taken. The artist made her look older for some reason.
I think it's just time doing its thing. The artist probably saw her as old because she dressed like an old person dressed in 2015.
I don't think she was particularly youthful-looking in 1985 either tbh.
Probably not, no, but I can't see what else lead to the name. The artist must just have assumed due to clothing and style.
I'm happy to hear that the statu finally was put up. There was so much debate and arguments about it, mostly about it encouraging violence especially if taken out of context and also her still living family being unhappy with the portraition of her.
I remember the debates but I never actually heard how it ended.