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Norrtull & Ekoparken

Large parts of the Royal National City Park (Ekoparken) are
spread around the Brunnsviken inlet, only a few kilometres
north of the city centre. The English-style park, Hagaparken,
with its 18th-century buildings, extolled by the poet Carl
Bellman (see p98), is located in this oasis. To the north lies the
majestic Baroque Ulriksdals Slott. In stark contrast, to the south,
visitors come abruptly to the inner city’s built-up area at the old
Norrtull gateway. The area has several museums, including
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Sweden’s largest museum building.

Key
Part of Royal National
City Park (Ekoparken)
Motorway
Major road The Wenner-Gren Center’s main building,
UPPSALAVÄGEN E4
BERGSHAMRAV E1 8 Minor road called Pylonen
ENKÖPINGSVÄGEN E18 2 Bellevueparken
South of Brunnsviken lake,
Ekoparken 11346. @ 2, 40, 53.
Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum
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Bellevue Park is part of the
Royal National City Park
Sights at a Glance (Ekoparken). Built by architect
1 Wenner-Gren Center Fredrik Magnus Piper, who
2 Bellevueparken also planned Haga Park (see
3 Haga Parkmuseum pp124–5), Bellevue offers
4 Hagaparken (see pp124–5) VALHALLAV winding paths, groves, tree-
5 Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet lined avenues and open green
6 Bergianska trädgården SVEAVÄGEN areas. The park also boasts
7 Ulriksdals Slott S:T ERIKSG 200-year-old lime trees and
rare medicinal plants. The name
“Bellevue”, French for “beautiful
1 Wenner-Gren whose 24-storey headquarters, view”, was given to the park
Center Pylonen, stands like an excla- by Baron Carl Sparre who
mation mark at the northern purchased a villa here on
Sveavägen 166. Map 2 B1. @ 2, 40, end of Sveavägen. Bellevue Hill in 1782. The villa
52, 69. It was opened in 1962, but was built in 1757 by court
Wenner-Gren lived only long painter John Pasch and today
The industrialist Axel Wenner- enough after that to see the is used as a conference centre.
Gren (1881–1961) had an topping-out ceremony in 1961. On Bellevue Hill is the
almost religious faith in the In the semi-circular Helicon Lögbodavägen viewpoint.
potential of science. “Let us use building are 155 apartments for The site is not easy to locate,
science to solve mankind’s the use, at subsidized rents, of but those who do find it are
problems” is an expression foreign scientists undertaking richly rewarded. The point
attributed to him. During the long-term research in Sweden. looks out over the Brunnsviken
1920s he launched products The Wenner-Gren Founda tion inlet and is close to the
including vacuum clean ers and was set up to encourage monument The Young
refrigerators through his scientific ex changes between Strindberg in the Archipelago
company, Electrolux, which he Sweden and other countries. by Carl Eldh (1873–1954).
founded in 1919. His name is About 250 scientists take part The sculptor’s studio, now
preserved in three foundations every year, and interna tional preserved as the Carl Eldhs
and in the Wenner-Gren Center, symposiums are arranged. Ateljémuseum, is only a few
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