BARING HER SOUL
According to the polar-fleeced nerds at Lonely Planet, the population of Smygehuk — the southernmost town in Sweden — is approximately 1,500. Now imagine if every one of them had seen your mum naked.
That was the case for a young Nena von Schlebrügge. It was her mother, Birgit Holmquist, who had posed for the starkers Axel Ebbe statue called The Embrace, which is located at the entrance to the harbour and was installed in 1930. Kind of like a proto-influencer. But classy.
Aside from proving once again that there is
