Hagaparken ("Haga Park"), or simply Haga in
Solna Municipality
Solna Municipality ( sv, Solna kommun or , ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is one of the ...
just north of
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
,
Sweden
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, is a vast and popular nature area, with large lawns, woods and gardens.
Description
Hagaparken is located along the western shoreline of
Brunnsviken
Brunnsviken (literally ''The Bay of Wells'') is a by brackish lake in Sweden located on the boundary between Solna Municipality and Stockholm Municipality, connecting to Lilla Värtan through Ålkistan. It has a perimeter of . Around Brunnsvike ...
and is a part of the
Royal National City Park.
Within the park are
Haga Palace, King
Gustav III's Pavilion
Gustav III's Pavilion ( sv, Gustav III:s paviljong) is a royal pavilion at the Haga Park, 2 km north of Stockholm. As a highlight in Swedish art history, the Pavilion is a fine example of the European neoclassicism of the late 18th century ...
, the Chinese Pavilion, the
Haga Echo Temple, the Turkish Kiosk, an older castle ruin (which is not really a ruin as it is the remains of a castle never finished) and several other interesting buildings on the grounds (such as the peculiar Copper Tents and also the Butterfly House). Included in the Haga Park is also the
Royal Burial Ground of the Swedish Royal family (since 1922), where several members and ancestors of the present Swedish royal Bernadotte family rest.
(
Swedish: ''Ulriksdals slott'') is a royal palace situated in Hagaparken.
History
The master plan for development was originally designed by architect
Fredrik Magnus Piper
Fredrik Magnus Piper (1746–1824) was a Swedish landscape architect and architect. He introduced the theory and practice of the English landscape garden to Sweden. Among his tangible contributions are the creation of the general plan for the royal ...
(1746–1824).
Hagaparken has historically been favoured by Swedish royalty, especially Gustav III who founded it and developed it 1780-1797, and by the famous troubadour
Carl Michael Bellman
Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ...
, a contemporary of Gustav III, who is much associated with Haga due to the lyrics of his compositions, poems and his writings. The song ''
Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga
Fjäril'n vingad syns på Haga (The butterfly wingèd's seen in Haga) is one of Carl Michael Bellman's collection of songs called ''Fredmans sånger'', published in 1791, where it is No. 64. The song describes Haga Park, the attractive natural s ...
'' (The wingéd butterfly is seen in Haga), one of the best-known of Bellman's ''
Fredman's Songs'', is entirely dedicated to the park.
In 1935, Hagaparken became a state building monument and has been part of Sweden's first national city park, the
Royal National City Park, since 1994. Today it is managed by the State Property Agency (''Statens fastighetsverk'') and the Royal Djurgården Administration (''Kungliga Djurgårdens Förvaltning'').
Gallery
File:Oevre Haga.JPG, The Orangery
File:Koppartälten, Hagaparken 3.jpg, Copper Tents
File:Ekotemplet, Hagaparken.jpg, Haga Echo Temple
File:Turkiska Kiosken 1.jpg, Turkish Kiosk
File:Kinesiska paviljongen, Hagaparken.jpg, Chinese Pavilion
See also
*
Painshill
Painshill (also referred to as "Pains Hill" in some 19th-century texts), near Cobham, Surrey, England, is one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th-century English landscape park. It was designed and created between 1738 and 1773 by Char ...
– Turkish Tent, Temple of Bacchus, Gothic Temple
References
External links
Sveriges kungahusStatens fastighetsverk
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Parks in Stockholm
Metropolitan Stockholm