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3 Handels-
högskolan
Sveavägen 65. Map 2 C2. Tel 08-736
90 00.  Råd mansgatan. @ 59.
When the architect Ivar Tengbom
(1878–1968) designed Handel-
shögskolan, Stockholm School
of Economics (SSE), in the early
1920s he was inspired mainly
by the Renaissance and Neo-
Classical styles. Tengbom himself
took charge of the construction, The Stadsbiblioteket, Stockholm’s main library
and the building was officially
opened in 1926 in the presence 4 Stadsbiblioteket and drinking fountains are by
of King Gustav V. The façade Sveavägen 73. Map 2 B2. Tel 08-508 Nils Sjögren. Hilding Linnqvist
has stone reliefs and a gilded 310 60.  Rådmans gatan. @ 4, 42, was responsible for the giant-
Mercury – the god of commerce – 46, 52, 53, 72. Open mid-Jun–mid- sized tapestry, and also for four
all by Ansgar Almquist, who also Aug: 9am–7pm Mon–Fri, noon–4pm mural paintings using ancient
contributed a stucco relief with Sat; mid-Aug–mid-Jun: 9am–9pm fresco techniques.
a lion gate based on the one in Mon–Thu, 9am–7pm Fri, noon–4pm The library lends more than a
ancient Mycenae in Greece. Sat & Sun. 7 - million books every year.
SSE is one of the leading busi-
ness schools in Northern Europe. Gunnar Asplund’s master work, 5 Gustav Vasa
For more than a century, the Stadsbiblioteket (City Library), is
school has educated men and one of the capital’s most architec- Kyrka
women for leading positions in turally important buildings (see Odenplan. Map 2 B2. Tel 08-508 886
the business and public sectors. pp38–9). Asplund, the champion 00.  Odenplan. @ 4, 40, 42, 46, 53,
of the Functionalist style 69, 72. Open 11am–6pm Mon–Thu,
prevalent in the 1930s, designed 10am–6pm Fri, 11am–3pm Sat & Sun;
a library dominated by the Jun–Aug: 11am–6pm daily. 5 noon
ideals of Nordic Classicism. Mon & Fri, 8:30am Wed, 6pm Thu, 11am
It was opened in 1928. Sun, in Swedish. 7 ∑ gustafvasa.nu
Internally, the furnishings and
many of the lightfittings were Sweden’s largest Baroque sculp-
designed by Asplund himself. ture forms the altar in Gustav
In the entrance hall are Ivar Vasa Kyrka, which was opened
Johnsson’s stucco reliefs with in 1906. The piece, by the court
themes from Homer’s Iliad. sculptor Burchardt Precht
The sparkling mural painting (1651–1738), was made for
in the children’s section, John Uppsala Cathedral, from where
Blund, is by Nils Dardel, and it was removed in the late
the depiction of the stars in 19th century. It was bought by
Entrance of Handelshögskolan, the heavens by Ulf Munthe. The the Gustav Vasa parish congre-
the Stockholm School of Economics door lintels, fine door handles gation, whose church immedi-
ately gained a notable attraction.
The architect Agi Lindegren
Gunnar Asplund
designed the central part of the
Gunnar Asplund (1885–1940) was the dominant figure among church in Italian Neo-Baroque
Swedish architects between the two world wars. His first major style with a 60-m (197-ft) high
commission was the chapel at the Skogskyrkogården Cemetery, dome. Lindegren himself
designed in National Romantic style. designed the marble pulpit and
His last work was Heliga Korsets the font was created by Sigrid
Kapell, the cemetery’s crematorium Blomberg. The baptismal chapel
(1935–40). Regarded as a master- there is a 15th-century painting
piece in the Functionalist style, by an unknown Dutch artist.
it has earned a place on the The paintings on the dome
UNESCO World Heritage list are by Vicke Andrén, who also
(see p135). Asplund also designed
Stadsbiblioteket (City Library, 1920– portrayed the four evangelists
28). He pioneered the Functionalist in the transepts. The organ
Stockholm Exhibition, by Gunnar style as chief architect for the was built with the help of the
Asplund, 1930 Stockholm Exhibition in 1930. composer Olle Olsson, the
church organist for 50 years.

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