Biologiska museet is a museum located in
Djurgården
Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...
in
Stockholm. It exhibits a collection of stuffed European birds and mammals in dioramas. Some of the
diorama backgrounds were created by artist
Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Andreas Liljefors (; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wil ...
, known for his dramatic paintings of
Scandinavia
Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swe ...
n wildlife. The museum was built in 1893
after a design by architect
Agi Lindegren
August "Agi" Lindegren (December 29, 1858 – 16 November 1927) was a Swedish architect and illustrator.
Biography
Lindegren was born at Hudiksvall in Gävleborg County, Sweden. He studied at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm ...
who was inspired by medieval Norwegian
stave churches.
Gallery, building
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Gallery, interior
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See also
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Museums in Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
References
External links
Official homepage (Swedish and English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biological Museum (Stockholm)
Museums in Stockholm
Natural history museums in Sweden