The choice of Pallas Athena was obviously deliberate: the daughter of Zeus, and him alone, being created from his head, she is above all the goddess of the city. Athens is her particular city, and the olive, which she herself created, her tree. The Swedish artist Erik Lindberg’s portrait is an original representation of this goddess often depicted in warrior guise. She is bareheaded, curls cascading down around a distant face surrounded by olive branches. The three crowns of the Swedish monarchy decorate the inset.