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of 1:200 show the deve-
lopment of ships in
Scandinavia from the
Iron Age to the
pre sent day.
There are also full-
scale settings, which
give a good idea of life
on board the ships.
Among them are the
beautiful original cabin
and elegant stern from
the royal schooner
Amphion. The ship was
built at the Djur gården
shipyard and designed
by the leading
shipbuilder F H
Chapman. It was Gustav The galley Lodbrok, one of many maritime models at Sjöhistoriska museet
III’s flagship in the 1788–
90 war with Russia. Contrasting by researchers. The sq m (129,000 sq ft) of well-
with this is the cramped and photographic collection has stocked exhibition space plus a
damp-preserved forecastle from 300,000 pictures, while the library with 50,000 volumes
the schooner Hoppet, where library covers all aspects of and a large collection of
four crew members ate, slept seafaring and war at sea. There technical magazines. It is also
and spent their time off watch. is a special children’s section the home of Sweden’s first
The museum has some with a work shop that is Science Centre, Teknorama,
notable examples of ship open on Saturdays, with many “hands-on” expe-
decoration from the late 17th Sundays and during riments aimed particularly at
century. They include part of school holidays. During children and young people.
the national coat of arms the summer a The machinery hall is the
recovered by divers in the dinghy-sailing largest exhibition area with
1920s from the stern of the school is arranged many powered machines from
Riksäpplet, which sank at for children aged different eras. Among them is
Dalarö in 1676. When 8–14. The attractive the country’s oldest preserved
Carolus XI, an 82-cannon museum building was steam engine, built in 1832 and
ship, was launched one of the architect once used in a coal mine in
from the shipyard in Ragnar Östberg’s southern Sweden. The classic
Stockholm in 1678 last works and was T-Ford is there, too, as well as
the stern had a large opened in 1938. early Swedish cars from Volvo,
relief portrayal of Karl On the gable facing Scania and Saab.
XI on horseback. The Djurgårdsbrunns viken The museum also has
relief was possibly is The Sailor, a sections on the history of
removed some years Figurehead, about 1850 monument to the tele communications and
later, when the ship victims of naval war the computer, electric power,
was renamed Sverige, but it by Nils Sjögren. book-printing and the Swedish
was saved and is now in the forestry industry. The mining
museum. There are many fine and processing of iron and
figureheads in the collection, 8 Tekniska museet steel is also highlighted.
including one depicting Museivägen 7. Map 6 C2. Tel 08-450
Amphion, the son of Zeus, 56 00. @ 69. Open 10am–5pm Mon–
playing his lyre, which once Tue, Thu–Fri, 11am–8pm Wed,
adorned the schooner of the 11am–5pm Sat & Sun. 8 by
same name. appointment. & 7 = 0 -
Linked to the museum is the ∑ tekniskamuseet.se
Swedish Marine Archaeology
Archive, which contains a mass Anyone planning to visit the
of information, including a Museum of Science and
complete listing of shipwrecks Technology should allow
with 10,000 entries from 1720 plenty of time. Throughout the
to the present day. The ship- 20th century it accumulated a
design archive has documents wealth of exhibits connected
covering most eras of maritime with Sweden’s technical and Ericsson telephone made in 1903 for
history and is used extensively industrial history. It has 12,000 Czar Nicholas II

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