Danish artist’s recycled wood trolls put Clinton on the map

By: Dave Thompson|June 16, 2026

|8 min read

Thomas Dambo-created troll sculpture named Helmut on display near The Saw Mill Museum in Clinton, Iowa. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

Pam Bierce recently visited this community, did some shopping and visited some whimsical sculpture creatures called the trolls.

The California woman was in Clinton on June 2 as part of her mission to see the troll sculptures created by Thomas Dambo, a world-renowned Danish recycling artist and activist best known for his monumental, larger-than-life wooden trolls. His sculptures…

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Danish artist’s recycled wood trolls put Clinton on the map

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