The Woman with the Handbag

The photograph was taken during a small demonstration of the Nordic Realm Party supporters on 13 April 1985. As approved by the authorities, the rally had been planned to be held shortly after the end of a public speech delivered by the Left Party-Communists leader Lars Werner in the centre of Växjö, and skirmishes between left-wing supporters and Neo-Nazis began even before the start of the far-right demonstration. The picture was selected as the Swedish Picture of the Year () 1985 and later as the Picture of the Century by the magazine Vi and the Photographic Historical Society of Sweden. The photograph was produced using gelatin silver process and editioned by gallerist Pelle Unger. Twelve copies, three AP and three PP have been produced in the size and price ranges between €2,000 and €3,800 . ==People in the photo==

The woman in the photo, Danuta Danielsson (née Seń), She had three siblings. Her mother had survived a German concentration camp Majdanek in Poland. She met Björn "Beson" Danielsson at a jazz festival in Poland in 1981. They married in November of the same year in Gorzów, and the couple moved to Sweden in October 1982. ==Statues==

A local artist, Susanna Arwin, expressed desire to raise a life-sized statue of Danielsson in Växjö, but it was decided against in February 2015 for two reasons: council members were concerned such a statue could be interpreted as promoting violence, and Danielsson's surviving family reported that they would be unhappy with Danielsson being memorialized in such a manner. To protest the decision, people across Sweden began adding handbags to statues. In September 2015, Swedish hotel entrepreneur Lasse Diding announced he had bought the statue and intended to donate it to Varberg municipality. The statue was later unveiled at Varberg Fortress, but the Varberg board of culture voted in April 2016 not to accept the donation. The statue is now in the garden of Diding's Villa Wäring in Varberg and a second statue has been unveiled in the town of Alingsås. ==References==