About this page If you want any extended information about Stockholm, you are welcome to visit, Stockholm Visitors board. This summer, 2004, as far as I know, it's physical placement is at the Kulturhuset, at Sergels torg. But usually, it is placed at the Sverigehuset near Kungsträdgården. This about that. If a picture doesn't show up, rightclick at the picture, and if you are in Windows, you can then click at show picture. If that doesn't help, well get a faster connection, or go to work, with the connection on. Then maybe the pictures are loaded until you get back! Well, that was a joke!

Stockholm, and the Royal Palace. Stockholm was founded, in the 13th century, around the tower "Tre Kronor". The Castle was ready, in about 1280, but in the year of 1697, it was struck by fire. The building of the new palace, was started at once afterwards, around a newer part, that they were able to save. The new palace was ready, in the middle of the 17-18'th centuries, in it's present form. But as many similar projects, the building was stopped, by the departure, of a king, or arcitect. The main arcitects of the new palace, was Tessin, and Hårleman. But Hårleman was mainly working, after Tessins sketches, and plans. The new Palace, was ready to use in about 1750, in it's present form.

The Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholms Royal Dramatic theatre, is since 1908 situated at Nybroplan. The theatre is considered as one of Stockholms most beautiful jugendbuildings, is the first, to be built especially for the Royal dramatic theatre. The white marblebuildings arcitect was Fredrik Liljekvist, who also drew the furniture and lightning. For the artistic decorations, Swedens best artists and sculpturers was hired. Among the painters was Carl Larsson, and the sculpturers, Carl Milles. The beautiful auditorium, is in blue and gold. The opening, was on the 18th feburary, with the play Mäster Olof, by August Strindberg.

The National museum In the 19th century, the thoughts of a National art museum were beginning to gain ground. The first drawings was made by F.W Scholander. But they were criticised by the Berlin consultant A,F Stuler, and he was then hired to build the museum. The National museum, was opened in 1866. It is the main Swedish art museum, together with the modern museum, at an island near to the National museum. The new modern museum, at Skeppsholmen, and the National museum, both in Stockholm, is the main Swedish art museums.

The Royal Opera in Stockholm The plans for a new Operahouse in Stockholm, was made by Axel Anderberg in 1891. The new operahouse was opened on the 19 september 1898. As a salute, to the past, and the old building, at the opening three main numbers was presented, by Swedish composers. In the old operahouse, the Swedish king Gustav III Vasa was assasinated, during an operamasquerade on the 16 mars 1792, by a captain J.J Anckarström. The king died at the 29 mars 1792.

The Swedish House of Parliament. The Swedish House of Parliament, at the Helgeandsholmen, in Stockholm, was built between 1897-1905. The decision to build a combined Parliament, and National bank building, was made in 1888. The project was and the plans were made by Helgo Zettervall, whom already, in 1883, had made drawings and scetches, of the placing and the planning of the buildings. The project was transfered to Aron Johansson, in 1892, an associate of Helgo Zettervall. His heavy and big granitearcitecture, was criticised, in an era of new ideals. After a temporary moving of the Swedish government, to the Stockholm Cultural House, in 1971, at the Sergels Torg, the old buildings was again taken into use, in 1983. They then used mainly, the old National Banks quarters. The plans and project, to rebuild, and expand the old buildings, was made by AOS Arkitekter AB.

Radisson Hôtel Strand Radisson Hôtel Strand, is one of Stockholms exclusive hotels. It is placed at Nybrokajen, with a beautiful view of Nybroviken, from the hotel. It is also one of the more traditional. It's location near the National museum, and other cultural meetingplaces, as theatres, and nightlife, is one of the effects of the placing, in the middle of Stockholm City.

About Katarina Kyrka On this cemetary, Cornelius Vreeswijk is buried, a famous Swedish composer and musician, now dead since some years. He became famous during the 1960's, for his melancoly balads and songs. The church itself burned down to the ground, during the end of the 1980's, and was rebuilt as soon as possible afterwards. There is an old saying, that the church was cursed, and that it after a similar burndown in older times, the saying is, that it had to burn down again, with some 100 years in between. I do not know, who else is buried here, but I will get back to that as soon as possible. I took this picture, a day, just before lunch, as I was at Fountain House in Stockholm, it just was a short walk from there to the Katarina kyrka. Another famous Swede, that is burried here, is Anna Lindh, the quite young Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, stabbed down at the NK-departement store, in 2003 in September.

Lasse Johansson "Lucidor" This was a Swedish poet and musician. He lived during the 17'th century. He was called "the sad, or the unhappy", whatever fits best, as a translation from Swedish. This is his small stone, at the Maria Magdalena kyrkogård.

Evert and Astrid Taubes grave This is almost more Swedish than most Swedes. This is Swedens most famous poet and musician in modern times, at least one, whos memory will outlive most other musicians and poets. This is his and his wifes small monument, at the Maria Magdalena kyrkogård

Monteliusvägen wintertime Well, birds migrate from Sweden wintertime, at least some of them. Does this make you think Sweden has an unhostile climate during winter? We do have an unfriendly climate, at least from time to time wintertime.

The Stockholm City Hall during winter. Well, this was around 12 in the middle of the day. Sometimes it doesn't get any lighter than this, even in Stockholm during wintertime. Maybe the Sun is on a vacation to the Southern hemisphere?

View from the Solstugan Café and Restaurant On the other side of the bridge Tranebergsbron, starts parts of the "Västerort", where I was raised. But it is about a 8-12 subwaystations left to travel, if you want to see Vällingby, where I grew up.

The Taxscraper from a distance Well, Stockholm is a small town compared to international standards. If you want to see what we here call skyscrapers, you could go down Götgatan. But be carefull, you could miss it. (But where is the dog?)

Kafé Lasse i Parken This is a classical summeropen Stockholm Cafe. It is placed, on the street you walk, if you are coming by subway from Stockholm City, and you are going of, at the Hornstull Station in the direction out from town. Then you go towards Västerbron, and you go down, on a during summer street with a park on one of it's sides. But there are two bridges not far from each other. Västerbron is the longest.

Ur "Kungen av Södermalm 2, Sång, I vår lilla kör, på vår lilla ö. Ej publicerat Det var en torsdags eftermiddag, jag satt på buss 66. Ja det var en torsdags eftermiddag, jag satt på buss nummer 66. Jag skulle till Long Island, här norr om Södermalm, för att se om jag kunde hitta, någon första vårens lök. Ja jag skulle till Long Island, för att leta efter lök, eller efter någon liten sippa, i skogen där på ön. Ja för här på vår lilla ö, här har vi det så himla bra. Ja här på vår lilla ö, vi har vår lilla kör, Här tar vi det med ro, på vår lilla ö. Ja här på vår lilla ö, här har vi vår lilla kör, vår Sing Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long Långholms Long Islands kör. Ja för här på vår ö, här badar vi om sommaren, ja vi har vår lilla kör. Ja på vår lilla ö, vi har vår lilla kör, vår Sing-Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long Långholms, långa holmens, Long Islands kör. Ja vi tar det med ro, vi går över bron, vi sneddar runt båtklubben, och vi går till det gamla Kronhäktet. Ja vi går över bron, vi sneddar runt båtklubben, och vi går till Sveriges gamla Kronhäkte. Ja vi går den lilla biten, till gamla Kronhäktet. Ja för här på vår lilla ö, här har vi det så himla bra. Ja för här på vår lilla ö, vi tar det med ro. Ja här på vår lilla ö, ja här på vår lilla ö, ja här på vår lilla ö, vi har vår Sing Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long Långholms Long Islands kör. Ja här har vi vår Sing Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long, Sing-Sing sing-a-long Långholmens, långa holmens, Long Islands kör. Det var en torsdags eftermiddag, jag satt på buss 66. Ja det var en torsdag några timmar efter lunch. Jag satt på buss nummer 66, jag skulle till långa holmen, här norr om Södermalm, för att se om jag kunde hitta, någon vårens första lök. Ja jag skulle till Long Island, för att leta efter lök, eller efter någon sippa, i skogen där på ön. Nej jag hittade ingen lök, inte heller någon första vårens sippa. Jag kanske letade slarvigt, eller så fanns det ingen där. Men visst älskar vi vår Long Island, ja visst gillar vi Long Island, ja vi älskar vår Långa holme. Vi visst älskar vår Långholmen, ja visst gillar vi vår långa holme. Det var en torsdags eftermiddag, jag satt på buss 66. Ja det var en torsdags eftermiddag, och jag satt på buss nummer 66. Jag skulle till Long Island, här norr om Södermalm, för att se om jag kunde hitta, någon vårens första lök. Ja jag skulle till Long Island, för att leta efter lök, eller efter någon sippa, i skogen där på ön. SLUT

Långholmen, and the former prison Långholmen, if you translate it to English, is approximately Long Island. The former prison, at the during summer, very green and among Stockholmers, popular Långholmen, has in the last years been turned into a, as I have heard, a quite good hostel, or a youth hostel, if you want to use that term

The Långholmen beach Well, they used to say, that you can take a swim in the middle of Stockholm. They do put in Salmons in the spring, to make them come back. But I think it is to dirty anyway, at least in the Strömmen. But that I think, is mainly from what we here call "daywater".

About the Royal Djurgården In older times, Djurgården was a forbidden place, for usual people. It was a Royal park and huntingground, with an extended wildlife, with deers and other animals. But in the modern times, the Djurgården, has been opened for usual people, and it is now the place where Stockholms small wildlifepark Skansen is placed. It is also the place for the amusementpark Gröna Lund, where you on summerevenings if you are lucky, can both hear and see popular artists from al over the world. It is also the Island, where the Wasa museum is placed. There you can see and admire the ship, that sunk in the 16th century, on it's first trip our from it's buildingdocks. It was recovered during the 1960's, and were placed in the old, now abandoned Wasamuseum. Now you can see the ship, as it is today, in the Wasa museum, near to the entrancebridge to Djurgården

About Kista and Norra Järva In about 1976 they begun to build what we Stockholmers call Norra Järva. It is quite a usuall suburb in Sweden, for being from that time, during the 1970's. For an example, did they build the greater parts of Husby, a suburb after Kista, if you come by subway. In Husby, they built the apartmentbuildings with prefabricated buildingblocks. In Husby, where I lived for 7 years as an adult, they built nearly the whole suburb out of these buildingblocks, which they put on top of one another, so that the houses after construction, ended up being 5-7 stories high. During the winters the houses were far to cold, even for us Swedes, and during the summers, they were far to warm. How this paradox came to be, I do not know, maybe bad ventilation. But I liked it quite well in Husby anyway, and I worked for all of the time I lived there, on Ericsson Components, in Kista. Kista being just one subwaystation away, or a 20 minutes quick walk, was, and is the centre for this part of Stockholm. If you want to see Kista, if you come to Stockholm, you could go by subway, on the blue subwayline, going from Kungsträdgården, or T-Centralen. Kista also have, I think, the largest Mall, or shoppingcentre in Sweden, for being in a suburb. If you go by subway, the only thing you have to think about, is that you have to go, in the direction of Akalla, traveling on the line 11. Kista by itself, is known as the electronics industies centre in Sweden, or Swedens silicone valey if you put it that way, with both companys, and an electronics university facility, for becoming a civil enginer. With companys as IBM and Ericsson as inhabitants, Kista is the place where 1000's of Stockholmers work. I do not know, how many that work in Kista of today, but if you want a small, or bigger place, for an electronics industry, or something like that, in Scandinavia, this is the place for you to settle. It is however far from the size of US industrial centres, or places in the more central parts of Europe. But it is only 30-40 minutes to Arlanda airport, by car, and it isn't more than a 15-20 minutes subwayride from the more central parts of Stockholm city. This was this about that.