The Nordic Museum at Djurgarden
by RicardMN Photography
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The Nordic Museum at Djurgarden
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RicardMN Photography
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Djurgarden or, more officially, Kungliga Djurgarden (Swedish: "The (Royal) Game Park") is an island in central Stockholm. Djurgarden is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Grona Lund, the open-air museum Skansen, the small residential area Djurgardsstaden, yacht harbours, and extensive stretches of forest and meadows. It is one of the Stockholmers' favorite recreation areas and tourist destinations alike, attracting over 10 million visitors per year, of which some 5 million come to visit the museums and amusement park. The island belongs to the National City park founded in 1995. Since the 15th century the Swedish monarch has owned or held the right of disposition of Royal Djurgarden. Today, this right is exercised by the Royal Djurgarden Administration which is a part of the Royal Court of Sweden.
A larger area of the city, separated from Djurgarden proper by Djurgardsbrunnsviken is Norra Djurgarden (Northern Djurgarden), including Gardet.
The present name, Djurgarden, stems from the game park of King John III, which he declared the intention to realize in February 1579 to keep deer, reindeer, and elk. In the 17th century a baiting arena was built at the location.
The Nordic Museum (Swedish: Nordiska museet) is a museum located on Djurgarden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the Early Modern age (which for purposes of Swedish history is said to begin in 1520) until the contemporary period.
The present building, the design of Isak Gustaf Clason, was completed in 1907. Originally, it was intended to be a national monument housing the material inheritance of the nation. It was, however, only half-completed for the Stockholm Exposition 1897, and it never was completed to the extent originally planned, three times the actual size. It takes its style from Dutch-influenced Danish Renaissance architecture rather than any specifically Swedish historical models. The core of the "cathedralesque" building is taken up by a huge main hall passing through all the stories up to the roof and dominated by the enormous sculpture of King Gustav Vasa, the Swedish so called founder-king. For the construction, brick and granite was used for the walls, while concrete was used for the roof.
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