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98  ST OCKHOLM AREA B Y AREA

an intriguing collection of
everyday tools. At the other
end of the scale, Skogaholm
Manor (see p26), a Carolean
manor from 1680, shows how
the wealthy lived. The shingle-
roofed Seglora Church (1729)
is popular for weddings.
Nordic animals such as
elk and wolves can be seen
in the zoo, and exotic snakes
in the aquarium.
Hornborgastugan, a 19th-century timber cottage at Skansen
q Waldemarsudde
9 Gröna Lund considered to be one of the
highest and longest of its kind Prins Eugens Väg 6. Tel 08-545 837 00.
Lilla Allmänna Gränd 9. Tel 010-708 91 v 7. Open 11am–5pm Tue–Sun (to
00. @ 67. v 7. 4 Djurgårdsfärja. in the world. 8pm Thu). & 8 - 0 = 7
Open late Apr–mid-Sep: opening The park also has restaurants ∑ waldemarsudde.se
hours vary. & - 0 = 7 and cafés, two stages, a cabaret
∑ gronalund.com restaurant, a theatre and Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde,
beautiful gardens. which passed into State
A tavern called Gröna Lund Nearby is Liljevalchs Konsthall, ownership after his death in 1947,
(Green Grove) existed on this a gallery featuring collections of is one of Sweden’s most visited
site in the 18th century, and it Swedish, Nordic and inter national art galleries. The prince was
was one of the haunts of the art. It also holds temporary trained as a military officer, but
renowned troubadour Carl exhibitions, including the became a successful artist and
Michael Bellman (see p99). annual Spring Salon. was one of the leading landscape
Jakob Schultheis used the painters of his generation. He
tavern’s name for the modest- produced monumental paintings
sized funfair which he opened 0 Skansen for several of the city’s important
here in 1883 with a two-level Djurgårdsslätten 49. Tel 08-442 80 00. buildings, including Kungliga
horse-drawn roundabout as the @ 44. v 7. 4 Djurgårdsfärja. Operan and Stadshuset. Among
main attraction. Today Gröna Open Oct–Mar: 10am–3pm Mon–Fri his own works hanging in
Lund is Sweden’s oldest (to 4pm Sat & Sun); Apr: 10am–3pm Waldemarsudde, his former
amusement park. daily; May–late Jun & Sep: 10am–6pm palace, are three of his most
The 130-day season, starting daily; late-Jun–Aug: 10am–8pm daily. prized paintings: Spring (1891),
around the end of April, is short Closed 24 Dec. & 8 Jun–Aug. - The Old Castle (1893) and The
but hectic. Gröna Lund draws 0 = 7 Seglora Kyrka 5 call for Cloud (1896).
up to 18,000 visitors a day to its details. ∑ skansen.se Together with works by his
attractions, which include a contemporaries, the gallery
thrilling roller-coaster and The world’s first open-air holds an impressive collection
haunted house. Popular museum, Skansen was of early 20th-century Swedish
attraction “Insane”, is a vertical established in 1891 to show art. Oscar Björck, Carl Fredrik
roller-coaster that can reach an increasingly industrialized Hill, Richard Bergh, Nils Kreuger,
speeds of 60 km per hour society how people once lived. Eugène Jansson, Bruno Liljefors
(47 miles per hour), and it is It comprises around 150 houses and Anders Zorn are all featured.
and farm buildings from all over Prince Eugen was a generous
Sweden. But it is not just a patron to the next generation –
museum, Skansen also plays an the group known as “The Young
important role in nurturing the Ones” – so works by younger
country’s folklore and traditions. artists, including Isaac
Sweden’s National Day, Walpurgis Grünewald, Einar Jolin, Sigrid
Night, Midsummer, Christmas Hjertén and Leander Engström
and New Year’s Eve celebrations are also in the collection.
take place here (see pp32–5). Sculptors of the same era are
In the Town Quarter, well represented, particularly
complete with 19th-century Per Hasselberg, whose works
wooden town houses, glass- can be seen in both the gallery
blowers, bookbinders and other and the park.
craftspeople demonstrate their Prince Eugen and his
skills. The 300-year-old Älvros architect, Ferdinand Boberg,
Gröna Lund funfair seen from farmhouse, from the Härjedalen drew up the sketches for the
Kastellholmen region, represents rural life with palace, completed in 1905.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp284–5 and pp294–5

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