Universitetet ("the University") is a
Metro station in the
Frescati area, close to
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 ...
''(Stockholms universitet)'', and the
Museum of Natural History. It was opened on 12 January 1975 as the northern terminus of the extension from
Tekniska högskolan. On 29 January 1978, the line was extended north to
Mörby centrum.
Since the 1990s, the art on the station consists of tiles featuring
Carl von Linné and the
UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a UN committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, i ...
. This artwork is by Belgian and Parisian artist
Françoise Schein
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the Italian Francesca) and may refer to:
* Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress
* Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress
* Françoise Adn ...
. The station includes 12 large tiles panels all dedicated to the travels of Linné around the Baltic.
Carl von Linné or the Art of Looking
Françoise Schein The artist used the travels as the starting point to develop the theme of nature and the ecological problems we are all living now in the world. The work was created in Lisbon on azulejos tiles, then brought to Stockholm. It represents in its conception and its production a real European work of art.
Not far from the station is the Universitetet railway station and several bus lines.
References
External links
Images of Universitetet station
www.inscrire.com
Red line (Stockholm metro) stations
Railway stations opened in 1975
Stockholm University
Railway stations at university and college campuses
Stockholm metro stations located underground
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