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e Djurgårdsstaden
& Beckholmen
Map 6 A4. @ 44. v 7. 4
Djurgårdsfärja.
Behind Gröna Lund amuse-
ment park lies Djurgårds staden,
a tranquil oasis of wooden
houses, providing flats for about
200 people. The area was
originally developed from a The Karl Johan-style Rosendals Slott on Djurgården
town plan drawn up around the
Admiralty church yard in 1736, to 17th century, was used as a t Rosendals Slott
house workmen at the nearby warehouse for commercial & Trädgårdar
Johan Lampas shipyards. goods. It was also used to store
When the Djurgården tar and pitch. The fire hazard Rosendalsvägen. Map 6 C3. v 7.
shipyard took over this area in meant that such danger ous Palace Tel 08-402 61 30. Open for
1768, the carpenters were given items could not be stored any guided tours Jun–Aug: Tue–Sun;
1 Sep–27 Sep every hour (noon–3pm
the opportunity to buy their closer to the city centre. Sat & Sun). 8 every hour noon–3pm.
homes. The company then In 1848 the Wholesalers’ & 7 Gardens Open all year. - =
erected the majestic two-storey Society decided to build a summer. ∑ royalcourt.se
stone building at Lilla Allmänna shipping repair yard on the
Gränd 15–17 with offices, island, and two docks were What was considered else where
employees’ homes and a chapel. blasted out of the solid rock on as Empire style was named Karl
Other buildings on this street the southern side. They were Johan style in Sweden after King
also date from the 18th century later widened to accom modate Karl XIV Johan (1818–44). One of
such as Apoteks huset, the more wharves. In 1917 another the best examples is Rosendal
shipyard manager’s residence, large dock was opened, Palace, built as a summer
and Mjölnargärden, now named after King retreat for the king.
belonging to the amusement Gustaf V, and the Constructed in the
park. Several two-storey wooden two were used by 1820s and designed
houses were built on the the Navy and the by Fredrik Blom, a
churchyard, which had fallen Finnboda Door lintel, Rosendals Slott’s prolific architect of
into disuse, in the 19th century. shipbuilding firm. Gold Room the era, the palace
At the junction of Östra The fleet moved to was one of Sweden’s
Varvsgränd and Breda Gatan the island of Muskö in 1969, and first prefabricated homes. In 1913,
is the house of the ship’s car- Finnboda remained until 1982. it was opened to the public as
penter Sven Månsson. Enlarged The docks and houses form an a museum devoted to the life
in 1749, the building still looks unusual industrial setting. The and times of Karl XIV Johan
much as it did then, with 18th-century tar inspector’s and repre sents a pioneering
original tiled stoves and wood residence, the dock master’s work of historic restoration.
fires. It is now used by the 19th-century home, and The decor is magnificent, with
Djurgården Local Culture Society. workmen’s cottages from the Swedish-made furniture and
Lying just to the south of 1890s are well preserved. lavish textiles in wonderful
Djurgårdsstaden is the island of colours. The carpeting and
Beckholmen, which, during the r Skansen curtains are worth a visit in
themselves. The dining room
See pp100–101. is fitted out in heavily woven

An Immortal Troubadour
Carl Michael Bellman (1740–95) was a much-loved trouba dour.
Gustav III gave him a job as secretary of a
lottery, but he was best known around
Stock holm’s many taverns – particularly on
Djurgården. His works about the drunken
watchmaker Jean Fredman and his
contemporaries (Fredman’s Epistles and
Fredman’s Songs) have never lost their
popularity and form part of Sweden’s
musical heritage. A bust of Bellman was
unveiled on Djurgården in 1829 in the Bust of Bellman by
Well-preserved wooden homes presence of Queen Desideria. J N Byström (1829)
in Djurgårdsstaden

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