Iceland's Bell (sculpture) (original) (raw)

Iceland's Bell or The Iceland Clock (Icelandic: Íslandsklukkan) is an outdoor art piece by Kristin E. Hrafnsson at the University of Akureyri in northern Iceland. It was commissioned by the city of Akureyri and it references the "vigilance that characterizes good university people". The artwork was Hrafnsson's contribution to a competition held by the city of Akureyri in 2000 on to commemorate the millennium advent of Christianity in Iceland and Leif Erikson's first colonization of North America. Ownership of the piece was transferred to the university by the city in 2001 and has been incorporated into the university logo. On August 24, 2012, The bell was rung 150 times to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Akureyri's regaining of municipal status and the 25th anniversary of University o