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The clock tower has i Engelbrektskyrkan
two figures by Carl & Lärkstaden
Fagerberg, Ask
and Embla, the Östermalmsgatan 20. Map 3 D2.
counterparts of Adam  Tekniska högskolan. @ 1.
and Eve in Nordic Engelbrektskyrkan. Tel 08-406 98 00.
Open 11am–3pm Tue–Sun. 5 11am
mytho logy. There are Sun, 11:30am Thu. 7 =
also busts of Victor
Balck, the man behind One of Sweden’s leading
the 1912 Olympics; Jugendstil architects, Lars Israel
P H Ling, the father of Wahlman, designed the
Swedish gymnastics; Engelbrekt Church as a result
and Edwin Wide, of winning an architectural
the “flying teacher”, Bruno Liljefors’s statue Play outside Stadion competition in 1906. The church
who was a leading was opened on 25 January 1914
opponent of the Finnish master- Haninge and Kista, and outside in the presence of King Gustaf V.
athlete Paavo Nurmi in long- Stockholm in Södertälje, Gävle Engelbrektskyrkan gives the
distance races during the 1920s. and Visby. appearance of thrusting out
Four notable sculptures were The main building on from the rocks, and it dominates
added in the 1930s. The artist and Valhallavägen was designed by the surrounding area with its
gymnast Bruno Liljefors (best Erik Lallerstedt, and its opening, slender brick tower. In the
known for his wildlife paintings) in October 1917 was a chancel, the monumental
created Play at the main entrance, milestone in Sweden’s paintings are by Olle Hjortzberg
Carl Eldh made The Runners, and technological development. (1872–1959). The sculptor
Carl Fagerberg provided Relay The architect commissioned Tore Strindberg (1882–1968)
Runners and The Shot-Putter. several contemporary artists to was commissio ned for the
decorate the austere technical stucco reliefs both in the
u Tekniska environment, so it has become chancel and above the main
entrance. Filip Månsson
something of an artistic treasure
Högskolan trove. The sculptors and painters executed the frescoes in the
whose works adorn the west portico and elsewhere.
Valhallavägen 79. Map 3 D1.
 Tekniska högskolan. @ 4, 72, 73. buildings included Einar The nave is the highest in
Forseth, Olle Hjortzberg, Georg Scandinavia, and the arches
The renowned higher educa tion Pauli, Ivar Johnsson, Axel inside the church are support ed
establishment, Tekniska Törneman, Hilding Linnqvist by eight granite pillars.
Högskolan, accounts for one- and Carl Milles. The latter artist Engelbrektskyrkan is located
third of Sweden’s technical was also responsible for the in Lärkstaden, a quarter that was
research and engineering fountain sculpture, The Industrial developed around 1910 and is
education at university level. Monument, which rests on a characterized by dark red
It has 15,000 students, 1,000 marble base in the courtyard façades and tiled roofs that blend
active research students and a facing Valhallavägen. in well with the church. The area
staff of 2,500. It was founded in Early in the 20th century the has winding streets and natural
1827, and since 1917 its campus main building underwent a differences in level – inspired
has been housed in heritage painstaking renovation. The partly by Austrian patterns.
buildings on Valhallavägen, surrounding park was also
as well as in the suburbs of restored to its original state.
Arena for Records
No other athletics arena can compete with Stockholm’s Stadion
when it comes to world records. The 1912 Olympics gave the
statistics a flying start with 11 of them. The
gold medallist Ted Meredith’s time of 1
min 51.9 sec in the 800-m event can be
compared with Wilson Kipketer’s 1997
time of 1 min 41.73 sec over the same
distance – the last world record set at
Stadion. It has recorded a total of 83 world
records. London is second with 68, and
Los Angeles is third with 66. The top
Swed ish runner of the 1940s, Gunder
Hägg, set seven world records and the
Running track at Stadion Finn, Paavo Nurmi, had six.
Engelbrektskyrkan, dominating the
surrounding area of Lärkstaden

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