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travellers and scientists from the
18th century to the present day.
All are arranged in imaginative
displays designed to provide a
better understanding of the
unknown or unfamiliar from
around the world.
Another aspect of the
museum’s work is to reflect
the multicultural influences
on Sweden brought about
by the large-scale immigration
into the country during the
late 20th century.
The explorer Sven Hedin
(1865–1952), who was the
Hornsgatan (1902) by Eugène Jansson, in Thielska Galleriet last Swede to be ennobled
(in 1902), contributed many
The same architect was called in There are paintings by all the exhibits to the museum,
later to design the gallery, which major Swedish artists who including Buddha figures and
was finished in 1913. This now formed an artists’ colony at Chinese costumes, as well
includes parts of the collection Grèz-sur-Loing, south of Paris, as Mongolian temple tents
of some 2,000 works, as well as including Carl Larsson, Bruno donated by leaders of the
the Prince’s own paintings. Liljefors, Karl Nordström and Kalmuck people in western
The guest apartments remain August Strindberg. China to King Gustav V.
largely unchanged, and the two In additon, the gallery features Another section of interest
upper floors with the Prince’s works by Eugène Jansson, shows masks and totem
studio at the top are used for Anders Zorn and Prince Eugen, poles from western Canada.
temporary exhibitions. The as well as wooden figures by A Japanese tea house was
buildings are surrounded by Axel Petersson and sculptures opened in 1990, which is a work
beautiful gardens. by Christian Eriksson. Thiel also of art in itself. Here, visitors to
acquired pieces by foreign the museum can take part in
artists, not least his good friend traditional tea ceremonies
w Thielska Galleriet Edvard Munch. during the summer.
The museum runs an
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@ 69. Open noon–5pm Tue–Sun (to e Etnografiska educational programme
8pm Thu). & 8 by appointment. museet with lectures, courses and
- ∑ thielska-galleriet.se workshops. In addition to the
permanent exhibitions, the
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When the magnificent 456 12 00. @ 69. Open 11am–5pm museum also displays themed
apartments of the banker Tue–Sun. 8 - 0 = 7 temporary exhibits.
Ernest Thiel (1860–1947) on ∑ etnografiska.se The MatMekka restaurant,
Strandvägen started to over- located in the museum, offers
flow with his comprehensive The National Museum of a menu of Swedish and
collection of Nordic art from Ethnography is a showcase for international dishes made
the late 19th and early 20th the collections brought home with organic and locally
centuries, he commissioned to Sweden by enterprising produced ingredients.
the architect Ferdinand Boberg
to design a dignified villa
on Djurgården. An Immortal Troubadour
However, during World War I Carl Michael Bellman (1740–95) was a
Thiel lost most of his fortune. much-loved troubadour. Gustav III gave
His collection was bought by him a job as secretary of a lottery, but
the State, which opened Thielska he was best known around Stockholm’s
Galleriet in his villa in 1926. many taverns – particularly on
Thiel was regarded as Djurgården. His works about the
something of a rebel in the drunken watchmaker Jean Fredman
banking world. He was parti- and his contemporaries (Fredman’s
cularly fond of works by painters Epistles and Fredman’s Songs) have never
belonging to the Artists’ Union, lost their popularity and form part of
which had been formed in 1886 Sweden’s musical heritage. A bust of
to counter the influence of the Bellman was unveiled on Djurgården in Bust of Bellman by J N
traditionalist Konstakadamien 1829 in the presence of Queen Desideria. Byström (1829)
(Royal Academy of the Arts).

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