Facts about Carlsberg and Elephants:

The elephants at the Elephant Gate at are neither Indian nor African. The ears are quite known proportions as the Indian elephant, but the size and conformation is more reminiscent of an African elephant. The elephants were made by the artist Nilaus Fristrup, who had never seen a real life elephant and had experienced them primarily through drawings.

The inspiration for the Elephant Gate originates from Bernini’s obelisk-carrying elephant at the Minerva Square in Rome.

An elephant has housed the Carlsberg’s stables. It was an elephant from Switzerland who had come to Copenhagen for breeding.