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Stockholm Guide for Tourist

editor — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:43:00 +0000

The leading Swedish sculptor of this century is Carl Milles (1875-1955). Others include Carl Johan Eld (1873-1954) and Johannes Collin (1873-1951). The most recent generation frequently breaks through the boundary between sculpture and painting. Stephan Sinding (1846-1922) and Gustaf Vige-land (1869-1943; sculpture in Frogner Park, Oslo), both trained in France. Norwegian painters also have impressive achievements to their credit; among them the 19th c. Romantic painter Johan Christian Dahl (1788-1857) and his pupil Thomas Fearnley (1802-42). J. F. Eckersberg and Hans Gude (1825-1903) were associated with the Dusseldorf Sculpture by Carl Milles in the MillesgSrd, Stockholm school; Gerhard Munthe (1849-1929),

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Sightseeing in Stockholm

editor — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:46:00 +0000

HELGEANDSHOLMEN, one of the three islands on which the first settlement developed, is reached by way of the Norrbro. The E end of the island is occupied by a small park, Strdmparterren, with a summer cafe. To the W is the old Parliament Building (1898-1 904), in High Renaissance style, with the Riks-bank (Swedish National Bank) beyond it. The Norrbro leads on to the island of STADEN; the main part of the old town (Gamla Staden) is here. Straight ahead is the Royal Palace, a Renaissance-style building designed by Tessin the Younger (d. 1728) and completed by his son, K.

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Travel to Stockholm Sights and Attractions in Stockholm

editor — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:16:00 +0000

SIGHTS Old Town (Gamla Stan): Stortorget, Kopmansgatan; Osterlanggatan; Royal Warship Vasa (Wasavarvet); Skansen Open-Air Museum; Royal Palace (KungUga Slottet) Changing of the Guard; Apartments Royal Armoury Treasury Museum; Great Church (Storkyrkan); Riddarholmen Church (Riddarholmskyrkan); Town Hall (Stadshuset); Djurgarden Waldemarsudde House; Rosendal Palace; Thiel Gallery; Grona Lunds Tivoli; Kaknas TV Tower (Kaknas Tomet); Gustav Adolf Square (Gustav Adolfs Torg); Kings Gardens (Kungstradgarden); Riddarhouse (Riddarhuset); German Church (Tyska Kyrkan); Fjallgatan; Sergeis Torg; Hotorget. Outskirts: Drottningholm Palace (Drottningholms Slott, 12 km from the dty); Apartments Garden, Court, Theater, Chinese, Pavilion. Tours by boat (in summer). Under the Bridges Archipelago (Vaxholm, Moja, Sand-hamn, Uto);

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