Thomas Dambo

Thomas Dambo is a Danish sculpture artist. He is known for his installations of giant wooden sculptures made out of recycled materials called trolls.

Personal life Dambo was born in 1979 or 1980 to his mother, a theater costume seamstress, and his father, a blacksmith. He grew up in Denmark, where he was frequently exposed to troll legends. As a child, he enjoyed spending time in nature.

Dambo is based in Copenhagen. He is married and has twin sons.

He is also a musician and songwriter, and had a decade-long musical career in Denmark.

Trail of a Thousand Trolls In the early 2010s, Dambo began the "Trail of a Thousand Trolls" project, which aims to build a thousand trolls from recycled materials. His first troll, "Hector the Protector", was installed in Culebra, Puerto Rico in 2014. Five trolls at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Five trolls at Dix Park, Raleigh, North Carolina Rita the Rock Planter, Victor, Colorado Six trolls as part of Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King A troll at Hainesport Township, New Jersey Three trolls at Bernheim Forest in Clermont, Kentucky Twelve at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, North Carolina, as part of "Trolls: A Field Study" "Lulu the Troll", California Nature Art Museum, Solvang "Isak Heartstone", Breckenridge, Colorado "Mama Rosa", Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Six trolls at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, New York, as part of the “TROLLS: Save the Humans” touring exhibition, formerly at Filoli in Redwood City, California Rose Wonders was featured at Burning Man - Black Rock City 2025 - as indicated in a video on the official burning man website - 2025 Black Rock City Art Tour, video by Jamen Percy Rose Wonders now resides in Filoli Gardens, California, according to Thomas Dambo's official website

Other countries

Six trolls as the Giants of Mandurah, five in Mandurah, Western Australia and one in Subiaco Ulla, a giant female troll. Parque de la Familia, Santiago, Chile The Giant of the Sperrins. Gortin Glen forest park, Tyrone. Northern Ireland Børkop, Denmark "Mamma Wok", Seoul, South Korea Magical troll forest, De Schorre, Boom Hugging Olga. Kása Forest, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary

Online Resources An official "Troll Map" is available online and provides geo locations of troll sculpture installations.