Experimentalfältet ("the field for experiments") was an area in Frescati in northern

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 was used by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry from the early 19th century until the 1960s. In the 1960s its mission was changed, when the new campus of

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

was installed on the fields. The former

Roslagsbanan Roslagsbanan is a narrow gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot () gauge. The Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL) classifies ...

railway station Universitetet used to be called Experimentalfältet but changed its name when the university had been established there. The activities of the Academy of Agriculture and Forestry have been transferred to an area in Ultuna outside Uppsala.

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Stockholm University: description of premises

Stockholmskallan: archive photo

KSLA: history of Experimentalfältet

Swedish National Heritage Board: listing

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