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Stora teatern (The Grand Theatre in
Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
) is an event venue in
Linköping Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. It was initially built as a theatre venue and inaugurated on December 18, 1903. The building was designed in
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
style by
Axel Anderberg Axel Johan Anderberg (November 27, 1860 РMarch 27, 1937) was a Sweden, Swedish architect. He was active from the 1880s to the early 1930s. Biography Anderberg was born in Kristianstad in Sk̴ne County, Sweden. Anderberg received his ed ...
. Stora teatern is run and managed by
Östgöta Theatre The Östgöta Theatre () is Sweden's largest regional theatre. The repertoire includes Swedish and foreign drama, new plays, musicals, and classical theatre. Since 2010, the theatre has staged the European premiere of ''The Addams Family'' and ...
which has another venue in
Norrköping Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...
. During the 1980s, the theater building was renovated both inside and out. At that time, the audience foyer on the first row was completely rebuilt and is now a bright, open room with parquet floors and beautiful Art Nouveau windows on the arched wall facing the park outside. Stora teatern has seating capacity for 388 guests.


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