Rådmansgatan is an underground station on the Green line of the Stockholm metro. It lies below

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between its junctions with Rådmansgatan and in the district of Vasastaden and borough of Norrmalm in central Stockholm. The station has a single

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, some below street level, and is accessed via a pair of ticket halls at each end of the station. The ticket halls are accessed via staircases and lifts from the street above. The station was opened on 26 October 1952 as a part of the Green line section between

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and

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. The station is decorated with yellow

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s. As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, the southern entrance to the station, close to the Strindberg Museum, has enamel works dedicated to the life of

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. These were executed by Sture Valentin Nilsson and date from 1983.

Gallery

File:Rådmansgatan (31176703268).jpg, One of the entrances, 2018 File:Stockholm - Tunnelbana - Rådmansgatan (11123197116).jpg, Another entrance, 2013 File:Stockholm - Tunnelbana - Rådmansgatan (11123267363).jpg, Ticket barriers, 2013 File:Stockholm - Tunnelbana - Rådmansgatan (11123065616).jpg, On the platform, 2013

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Image of Rådmansgatan
Green line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations opened in 1952 Stockholm metro stations located underground {{Stockholm-metro-stub