Education
He lived in Rome between 1881 and 1887 where he studied at the Art Academy.
He lived in Rome between 1881 and 1887 where he studied at the Art Academy.
After completing his stonemason"s apprenticeship, he set out as a journeyman in 1878 to travel Europe. Back in Denmark, Pedersen-Dans created a number of well-known sculptures. These include the Little Horn-Blower at City Hall Square in Copenhagen (bronze, 1899), the four granite elephants of the Elephant Gate at the Ny Carlsberg brewery in Valby (1901) and a statue of Ogier the Dane for the romantic gardens at Marienlyst House (bronze 1907).
The latter was later re-cast in artificial stone at placed in the dungeons underneath Kronborg Castle.
He also designed a monument to Danish volunteers in World War I in Rueil-Malmaison in France and the four statues of queens of the Queens Gate at the new Christiansborg Palace. Pedersen-Dan was married to Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934) who was an actress before she also turned to sculpturing, in 1888, training under Stephan Sinding.