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Klarabergsgatan 2008
Klarabergsgatan is a main street in the district of Norrmalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. The street runs from Sergels Torg in the east to Klarabergsviadukten in the west, with a length of 350 metres and a width of 36 metres. Most of the houses along the street were built during the redevelopment of Norrmalm. From 2016 to 2018 the street was renovated into a pedestrian zone, with a car lane for public transport and taxis. In 2018 Spårväg City was extended to T-Centralen. History Klarabergsgatan got its current name in 1857, but it has had many different names throughout its history. The oldest known name from 1645 was ''Berggathon'', in 1664 the name was ''S.ta Claræ Bergzgatun'' and in 1728 ''S:t Clarä Bergs Gränd''. On a 1885 map of Stockholm the street is finally named ''Klarabergs gatan''. The street might be named after the hill located to the west of the Klara Church. Part of this hill remains under the Kirsteinska huset (later named Hotel Continental). Another part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klarabergsgatan Nov 2011b
Klarabergsgatan is a main street in the district of Norrmalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. The street runs from Sergels Torg in the east to Klarabergsviadukten in the west, with a length of 350 metres and a width of 36 metres. Most of the houses along the street were built during the redevelopment of Norrmalm. From 2016 to 2018 the street was renovated into a pedestrian zone, with a car lane for public transport and taxis. In 2018 Spårväg City was extended to T-Centralen. History Klarabergsgatan got its current name in 1857, but it has had many different names throughout its history. The oldest known name from 1645 was ''Berggathon'', in 1664 the name was ''S.ta Claræ Bergzgatun'' and in 1728 ''S:t Clarä Bergs Gränd''. On a 1885 map of Stockholm the street is finally named ''Klarabergs gatan''. The street might be named after the hill located to the west of the Klara Church. Part of this hill remains under the Kirsteinska huset (later named Hotel Continental). Another part ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klarabergsleden
Klarabergsleden was a planned east–west main traffic route through southwestern Norrmalm and eastern Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The plans to build this route were put on hold in 1974. There was discussion about ''Klarabergsleden'', an east–west traffic connection between the central parts of Stockholm, already in 1928. The route was first designed in a zoning plan in 1932. The width of the route was planned as .Dufwa, Arne (ed.): ''Trafik, broar, tunnelbanor, gator.'' Stockholmia, Stockholms tekniska historia 1. Stockholm: Liber. LIBRISbr>513275 To accommodate the increased car traffic after World War II the traffic planning department of the city of Stockholm designed a 31-metre-wide ''Klarabergsleden'' as an east–west main traffic route that would consist of a widened Norr Mälarstrand, Klarabergsviadukten, Klarabergsgatan and a widened Hamngatan. In the western part of Norr Mälarstrand the route would continue to Rålambshovsleden and in the eastern part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm Commuter Rail
Stockholm commuter rail ( sv, Stockholms pendeltåg) is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are state-owned and administered by the Swedish Transport Administration, while the operation of the Stockholm commuter rail services itself has been contracted to MTR Nordic since December 2016. History Local trains have been operated on the mainline railways around Stockholm since the late nineteenth century. At the beginning, local rail services were part of the Swedish State Railways, but in the late-1960s, the responsibility for these services was transferred to Stockholm County, which incorporated it with the ticketing system of Stockholm Transport. New trains were bought, stations were modernised, and the Stockholm commuter rail network was developed with an aim of making it more metro-like. Originally the system was branded as ''SL f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjalmar Klemming
Hjalmar () and Ingeborg () were a legendary Swedish duo. The male protagonist Hjalmar and his duel for Ingeborg figures in the '' Hervarar saga'' and in '' Orvar-Odd's saga'', as well as in ''Gesta Danorum'', ''Lay of Hyndla'' and a number of Faroese ballads. Hjalmar never lost a battle until meeting a berserker wielding the cursed sword Tyrfing. A tale of two heroes Hjalmar was one of the mythical Swedish king Yngvi's housecarls at Uppsala. He and princess Ingeborg were in love, but the king said no to his requests for marriage, since he hoped for a suitor with a better pedigree. Hjalmar's reputation as a courageous and valiant warrior was great and it reached the most remote parts of Norway, where the Norwegian hero Orvar-Odd felt a desire to test his fighting skills with Hjalmar. Thus Orvar-Odd sailed to Sweden with five ships and met Hjalmar who had fifteen ships. Hjalmar could not accept such an uneven balance of strength and sent away ten of his own ships so that the force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl-Axel Acking
Carl-Axel Acking (March 8, 1910 – June 12, 2001) was a Swedish architect, author and furniture designer, winner of the Lunning Prize in 1952. Notable works *1950 Siris kapell in Torsby *1955 in Stockholm *1956 "Quality Hotel" Östersund *1965 och Kreditbanken på Södergatan i Malmö *1970 Telefonstation Bellevuegården in Malmö *1972 in Skön Medelpad ( or ) is a historical Provinces of Sweden, province or ''landskap'' in the north of Sweden. It borders Hälsingland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Ångermanland and the Gulf of Bothnia. The province is a part of Norrland and as such conside ... References External link 1910 births 2001 deaths People from Helsingborg Swedish architects Swedish furniture designers Konstfack alumni KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni {{Sweden-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Continental (Stockholm)
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre (with computers, printers, and other office equipment), childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered (or named in some smaller hotels and B&Bs) to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm City Museum
The Stockholm City Museum ( sv, Stadsmuseet i Stockholm) is a museum documenting, preserving and exhibiting the history of Stockholm. The museum is housed in Södra Stadshuset at Slussen on Södermalm. The building was completed in 1685. In the 1930s the museum moved in and opened to the public in 1942. The museum is the largest municipal museum in Sweden, and houses collections which include 300,000 items of historical interest; 20,000 works of art and 3 million photographs. The City Museum closed for renovation January 12, 2015 and reopened on April 27, 2019. The museum is governed by the Cultural Affairs and Sports Division of the City of Stockholm. The city museum, the Museum of Medieval Stockholm and Stockholmia Förlag (which publishes books on Stockholm and Stockholm's history) operate as one department within the division. All political decisions are made by the specialist committee for Cultural Affairs. One of the museum's units – Cultural Heritage Department – "Kult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Berg (architect)
Andrew Berg (Anders Berg; October 16, 1869 — March 1, 1939) was an immigrant to the District of Alaska who was a prominent fisher, hunter, and trapper. He became the first licensed big game guide in Alaska. Early life and emigration Andrew Berg was born Anders Berg on October 16, 1869, in Nykarleby, Finland, then part of the Russian Empire. His father Johan and mother Lovisa owned a small farm. The family also hunted and fished. Because of extreme poverty, Andrew left Finland in 1887 at the age of 16. Along with two other boys from his town, Berg sailed to Hull in England, before travelling to Liverpool by train. He was one of 500 emigrants that were to sail to New York City aboard the ''St. Andreas''. Because of a cholera outbreak, the ship instead sailed to Quebec. The boys travelled to Chicago, then to Michigan City, Indiana, where they obtained work at a sawmill.Cassidy, pg. 2 After working at the mill for a short time, Berg travelled to his uncle Erik's home in San Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Engkvist
Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: *Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992 *Per-Olov Brasar (born 1950), retired professional ice hockey forward *Olov Englund (born 1983), Swedish bandy player * Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020), one of Sweden's internationally best known authors *Olle Hagnell (1924–2011), Swedish psychiatrist *Karl Olov Hedberg (1923–2007), botanist, taxonomist, author, professor at Uppsala University * Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director *Per Olov Jansson (1920–2019), Finnish photographer * Olof Johansson (born 1937), Swedish politician *Per-Olov Kindgren (born 1956), Swedish musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher *Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206 *Sven-Olov Lawesson (1926–1988), Swedish chemist known for his popularization of Lawesson's reagent within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backström & Reinius Arkitekter AB
Bäckström and Backström are Swedish surnames, etymologically distinct from one another, and sometimes anglicized to Beckstrom or Backstrom. Bäckström means "creak stream". Backström means "downhill stream". Notable people with the name include: * Anders Bäckström (born 1960), Swedish ice hockey defenceman * Daffin Backstrom (1916–1993), American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach * Fia Backström (born 1970), Swedish artist * Gustav Backström (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey defenceman * Henry Backstrom (1897–1987), American politician * Ina Bäckström (born 1987), Swedish video game developer * Ingrid Backstrom (born 1978), American skier * Joakim Bäckström (born 1978), Swedish golfer * Lars Bäckström (born 1953), Swedish Left Party politician * Nicklas Bäckström (born 1987), Swedish ice hockey center * Niklas Bäckström (born 1978), Finnish ice hockey goaltender * Niklas Bäckström (fighter) (born 1989), Swedish mixed martial arts fighter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
