Cirkus ( sv, Cirkus Arena och Restaurang AB) is an arena 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 museu ...
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Stockholm, that holds 1,650 people. It was originally used as a
circus (the old official name being ''Cirkusteatern''), but is today mostly used for concerts and musical shows.
The French circusman
Didier Gautier became a Swedish citizen in 1830, and was granted permission to build a permanent circus building on Djurgården in Stockholm. In 1869 Didi Gautier sold his circus Didier Gautiers menagerie to Adèle Houcke. The building took fire later, and was rebuilt in 1892 as present Djurgårdscircus.
Koehl D. Didier Gautiers menagerie in Sweden
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External links
Cirkus.se
(official site)
References
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Concert halls in Sweden
Indoor arenas in Sweden
Theatres in Stockholm
Music venues completed in 1892
1892 establishments in Sweden
Listed buildings in Stockholm