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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST w Raoul
Wallenbergs Torg
Practical Information
Södra Blasieholmshamnen.  Östermalmstorg.
Map 5 D2. @ 2, 55, 62, 65, 76.
Tel 08-519 543 00.
∑ nationalmuseum.se This square is dedicated to
Closed Currently closed due to Raoul Wallenberg (1912–
restoration work. Due to reopen unknown), who during World
in autumn 2018. War II worked as a diplomat
8 English: tours twice a week
The Upper Staircase at the Swedish Embassy in
At the back is Carl Larsson’s during summer. 7 9 Budapest. By using Swedish
monumental mural The Entry of 0 = “protective passports” he helped
King Gustav Vasa of Sweden in Transport a large number of Hungarian
Stockholm 1523. On the opposite  Kungsträdgården. @ 65; or 2, Jews to escape deportation to
wall is his Midwinter Sacrifice. 53, 55, 76 to nearby Karl XII:s Torg. the Nazi concentration camps.
In 1945, when Budapest was
liberated, he was impris oned
by the Soviets and, according
to Soviet sources, he died in
Moscow’s Lubianka prison in
1947. His fate, however, has
never really been satisfactorily
explained.
The small square adjoins
Berzelii Park and Nybroplan and
faces the Nybrokajen waterfront.
The definitive design of the
square has been hotly debated
La Chasse aux Lions (1855) because it is set in a sensitive
The quintessential Romantic painter, architectural environment, but
Eugène Delacroix uses terse, rapid great efforts have been made to
brushstrokes and primary colours to ensure that it remains a worthy
depict the turmoil of this scene. memorial to Raoul Wallenberg.

Amor and e Musikaliska
Psyche (1787)
Johan Tobias Sergel Nybrokajen 11. Map 4 C1. Tel 08-545
was the foremost 703 00.  Kungsträd gården,
sculptor of the Östermalmstorg. v 7. @ 2, 52, 62,
Gustavian era. Inspired 69, 76, 97. 4 Djurgårdsfärja.
by Greek mythology, Open for concerts (phone for
Level 1 this piece shows a scene details). 7 ∑ musikaliska.com
from the story of Amor
and Psyche. Constructed in the 1870s,
this building facing the waters
of Nybroviken once housed the
Musical Academy. Its con cert
hall, opened in 1878, was the
first in the country, and was
Entrance used for the first presentations
level of the Nobel Prize in 1901.
Designed in Neo-Renaissance
style with cast-iron pillars,
the hall has a royal box and
galleries, and can seat up to
600 people.
Key to Floorplan After extensive restoration, it
Painting and sculpture is now run by the state musical
La Grenouillère (1869) organization Rikskonserter,
Applied art and design
Auguste Renoir’s scene is an Impressionist which has provided a much-
Temporary exhibitions reaction to classical art. Light becomes the needed con cert stage for
Non-exhibition space subject; the artist has left the details sketch- chamber, choral, jazz and folk
No admission like to convey a fleeting moment. music (see p177).

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