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'''Berzelii Park''' is a small [[park]] in central [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], located next to [[Nybroplan]] and [[Norrmalmstorg]]. The park was opened in [[1853]] and is named after the Swedish chemist [[Jöns Jacob Berzelius]], who stands statue in the middle of the park. There are also other monuments in and around the park, including art by [[Carl Milles]] and a humorous statue of [[Hans Alfredsson]] sticking his head out of the sewer. |
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'''Berzelii Park''' is a small park in central [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. The park is the location of the China Theater (''[[Chinateatern]]''), and the [[Berns Salonger|Berns Salonger Restaurant and Theater]]. |
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Berzelli Park is also the location of the luxurious [[Bern|Berns restaurant]]. |
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=== Planning and construction === |
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In the hot summer of [[1951]], Berzelii Park was the scene of the so called ''Berzelii Riots'', when bored, and usually drunk young people used to gather in the park night after night. The continuing riots escalated and reached their peak on the night of August 26, when there was a stand off between 3000 young people and policemen called in from five different cites, including [[military police]]. |
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Berzelii Park was named after the Swedish chemist [[Jöns Jacob Berzelius]]. The work on establishing the park was begun in 1852, under the leadership of Knut Malte Forsberg. The park's opening ceremony took place on the morning of July 13, 1858. |
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=== Monuments added === |
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The [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences|Academy of Sciences]] initiated funding for a statue honoring Berzelius, which was to stand in the middle of the park. Artist [[Carl Gustaf Qvarnström]] (1810-1867) was commissioned to do the work. He went to [[Munich]] to model the statue and had [[Ferdinand von Miller]] cast it in bronze. It became the first public statue of a "[[commoner]]" to be produced in full figure. As the new park installations were still considered too fragile to receive a large crowd, the statue was secretly inaugurated in the middle of the night following the opening ceremony. |
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Other monuments have been added in and around the park, including art by [[Carl Milles]], and a humorous statue of [[Hans Alfredsson]] (seen sticking his head out of a sewer). |
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==Location== |
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The park today is located in or near the city districts of [[Norrmalm]] and [[Östermalm]], next to the [[Nybroplan]] and the [[Norrmalmstorg]]. The area surrounding Berzelii Park was part of [[Nybroviken]] bay until the mid-19th century. In the mid-1830s, a new bridge across the bay was being planned for the 25th anniversary of King [[Charles XIV of Sweden|Charles XIV]]. On the request of the king, the part of the bay inside the bridge was replaced with landfill, which transformed the existing bridge into more of a [[quay]]. This old bridge, ''Ladugårdslandsbron'', was demolished in 1845, but the replacement bridge wasn't opened until 1848 due to technical problems (caused by the load from the landfill). One of the cast iron railings from the old bridge is still found in the park today.<ref name="Järbe-39-43">Järbe, pp 39-43.</ref> |
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==Later development== |
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Berzelii Park initially failed to develop as intended. A report published in 1890 described its lawns as "consisting mostly of dandelions," and the raised area surrounding the statue as a "sand hill". However, the situation improved when Alfred Medin became city gardener, and the same journalist later wrote enthusiastically about the park.<ref name="Järbe-39-43" /> |
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== See also == |
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* [[Geography of Stockholm]] |
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* {{cite book | title = Dofternas torg - Hur Packartorget blev Norrmalmstorg | first = Bengt | last = Järbe | publisher = Byggförlaget | year = 1995 | isbn = 91-7988-100-9 | language = Swedish}} |
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 27 October 2023
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | Norrmalm, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Status | Open all year |
Berzelii Park is a small park in central Stockholm, Sweden. The park is the location of the China Theater (Chinateatern), and the Berns Salonger Restaurant and Theater.
History[edit]
Planning and construction[edit]
Berzelii Park was named after the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius. The work on establishing the park was begun in 1852, under the leadership of Knut Malte Forsberg. The park's opening ceremony took place on the morning of July 13, 1858.
Monuments added[edit]
The Academy of Sciences initiated funding for a statue honoring Berzelius, which was to stand in the middle of the park. Artist Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810-1867) was commissioned to do the work. He went to Munich to model the statue and had Ferdinand von Miller cast it in bronze. It became the first public statue of a "commoner" to be produced in full figure. As the new park installations were still considered too fragile to receive a large crowd, the statue was secretly inaugurated in the middle of the night following the opening ceremony.
Other monuments have been added in and around the park, including art by Carl Milles, and a humorous statue of Hans Alfredsson (seen sticking his head out of a sewer).
Location[edit]
The park today is located in or near the city districts of Norrmalm and Östermalm, next to the Nybroplan and the Norrmalmstorg. The area surrounding Berzelii Park was part of Nybroviken bay until the mid-19th century. In the mid-1830s, a new bridge across the bay was being planned for the 25th anniversary of King Charles XIV. On the request of the king, the part of the bay inside the bridge was replaced with landfill, which transformed the existing bridge into more of a quay. This old bridge, Ladugårdslandsbron, was demolished in 1845, but the replacement bridge wasn't opened until 1848 due to technical problems (caused by the load from the landfill). One of the cast iron railings from the old bridge is still found in the park today.[1]
Later development[edit]
Berzelii Park initially failed to develop as intended. A report published in 1890 described its lawns as "consisting mostly of dandelions," and the raised area surrounding the statue as a "sand hill". However, the situation improved when Alfred Medin became city gardener, and the same journalist later wrote enthusiastically about the park.[1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Järbe, Bengt (1995). Dofternas torg - Hur Packartorget blev Norrmalmstorg (in Swedish). Byggförlaget. ISBN 91-7988-100-9.
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