The artwork is originally called Le paradis fantastique and the world-famous artist couple Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tingely premiered it in 1967 at the world exhibition in Montreal, on the roof of the French pavilion.

In 1971, they donated it to the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm, where de Saint Phalles' exhibition "She - a Cathedral" a few years earlier was a great success and was an important part of the museum's prominent international position in the 60s.

Outcry and controversy

But Paradise also caused outcry among people with a more conservative view of art, who successfully protested against the sculpture group's first location, right next to the bridge to Skeppsholmen

The city of Stockholm moved Paradiset to a more secluded place, closer to the museum where it has stood since 1986. A minor scandal, according to Birnbaum and the over 600 others who wrote on the call to move Paradiset back to the place of origin.

To Dagens Nyheter, Birnbaum says that Niki de Saint Phalle is an unbelievably large icon, and that every big city in the world would be proud to place these works in their most exposed place.

See the pictures from Niki de Saint Phalle's life and artistry in the clip.