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 museum ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, that holds 1,650 people. It was originally used as a

circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclist ...

(the old official name being ''Cirkusteatern''), but is today mostly used for concerts and musical shows. The French circusman

Didier Gautier __NOTOC__ Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman names Didius and Desiderius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it has ...

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

{{Coord, 59.324915, 18.099933, type:landmark, display=title Concert halls in Sweden Indoor arenas in Sweden Theatres in Stockholm Music venues completed in 1892 1892 establishments in Sweden Listed buildings in Stockholm