The Maritime Memorial, was originally created by Svend Rathsack in close cooperation with Architect Ivar Bentsen, and was erected in 1928 to commerorate the 648 Danish Merchant Navy seamen who perished at sea during WW1. The monument was officially inaugurated on 9. May 1928 by His Majesty King Christian X.

The figure on top depicts “MINDET” (the memory), and the names of ships and men lost are inscribed at the base of the statue.