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Both a planetarium and an
IMAX cinema, its screen is 25
times the size of a conventional
one. The Vega Monument was
erected in front of the museum
in 1930 to mark the 50th
anniversary of explorer Adolf
Erik Nordenskiöld’s return from
the first voyage through the
Northeast Passage in his ship
Vega. Designed by Ivar Johnsson,
it is an obelisk in granite topped
Running track at Stadion, built in 1912 with a copper ship.
o Stadion p Naturhistoriska
Riksmuseet a Hagaparken
Lidingövägen 1–3. Map 2 E2.
Tel 07-392 190 07.  Stadion. 5 km (3 miles) N of city centre 4 km (2.5 miles) N of city centre,
@ 4, 55, 72, 73. Open 7am–9pm along road 264. Tel 08-519 540 00. along E4. @ 515. Haga Parkmuseum:
Mon–Fri, 8am–8pm Sat & Sun. &  Universitetet. @ 50, 540. Tel 08-27 42 52. Open Oct–mid–May:
during events. 7 Open 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 10am–3pm Fri–Sun; mid-May–Sep:
11am–6pm Sat & Sun. 8 by 11am–5pm daily. Gustav III’s Paviljong:
A new main arena was built for appointment. 9 - 0 = 7 Tel 08-402 61 30. 8 every 30 mins
the 1912 Olympic Games in ∑ nrm.se mid-Jun–mid-Aug: noon–3:30pm
Stockholm, the towers of which daily. Fjärilshuset Haga Ocean: Tel
have become a familiar landmark Completed in 1916, the vast 08-730 39 81. Open 10am–4pm
on the capital’s skyline. The Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Mon–Fri, 10am–5pm Sat & Sun.
architect of Stadion, Torben (Swedish Museum of Natural Closed Midsummer’s Eve. & - 0
in Koppartälten and Fjärilshuset Haga
Grut (1871–1945), followed the History) was designed by Axel Ocean and Café Vasaslätten.
National Romantic influences of Anderberg and decorated by
the day. The complex is richly Carl Fagerberg. The museum is a King Gustav Vasa decided to
decorated. The clock tower has venerable institution, founded in create a royal park in the
two figures by Carl 1739 by Carl von Linné (see p134) popular Haga area in the mid-
Fagerberg, Ask and as part of Vetenskaps- 18th century. The king’s vision
Embla, the akademien (the was realized by the architect of
counter parts of Academy of the moment, Fredrik Magnus
Adam and Eve in Science). It is one Piper. The result was an English-
Nordic mythology. of the 10 largest style park with some very
There are also busts museums of its unusual buildings, including the
of Victor Balck, the kind in the world. Chinese Pagoda and the Roman
man behind the 1912 Over the centuries, battle tent, Koppartälten. A
Olympics, and P H the number of royal palace inspired by
Ling, the father exhibits has risen Versailles in France was also
of Swedish Polar bear, Naturhistoriska to 17 million. planned, but construction came
gymnastics. Riksmuseet During the 1990s to a halt after the king’s death
Four notable it was modernized and it remained unfinished.
sculptures were added in the and there are both permanent Gustav III’s Pavilion, a Gustavian
1930s. The painter and gymnast and temporary exhibitions on a masterpiece designed by Olof
Bruno Liljefors created Play at wide range of themes from Tempelman, with an interior by
the main entrance, Carl Eldh dinosaurs and sea creatures Louis Masreliéz, is the park’s
made The Runners, and Carl to the human body. The greatest architectural attraction,
Fagerberg provided Relay hugely popular Cosmonova while Fjärilshuset Haga Ocean
Runners and The Shot-Putter. opened at the same time. has colourful, exotic butterflies
Stadion is an important venue
for athletics events and can
hold up to 35,000 spectators.
The European Athletics
Champion ships were held here
in 1958, and an inter national
athletics gala is staged every
summer. In 1990 it hosted the
World Equestrian Championships.
The arena is also used as a
venue for concerts by inter-
nationally renowned bands. Hagaparken’s Roman battle tent, designed by Louis Jean Desprez (1790)
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp284–5 and pp294–5

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