Stockholm Olympic Stadium

Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stockholm stadium
Game Djurgårdens IF - IFK Göteborg in April 2006
Data
place	Stockholm , Sweden
Coordinates	59 ° 20 '43 "  N , 18 ° 4' 43"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '43 "  N , 18 ° 4' 43"  E
owner	Stockholm city
start of building	1910
opening	1912
surface	Natural grass
architect	Torben Grut
capacity	14,500 seats
playing area	105 × 68 m
Societies)
Djurgårdens IF (1936-2013) AIK Solna (1912-1936) Stockholm Nordic Vikings (1994–1995)
Events
1912 Summer Olympics 1956 Summer Olympics (riding) DN Galan (since 1967) Bandy championship Concerts

The Stockholm Olympic Stadium was built between 1910 and 1912 for the 1912 Summer Olympics . The facility, built by the architect Torben Grut , holds around 14,500 spectators and has often been the setting for major sporting events. In front of around 25,000 spectators on June 10, 1956, 150 participants from 29 nations, including eleven women, moved into the Olympic Stadium at the opening ceremony of the equestrian games for the 1956 Summer Olympics . Because of the strict Australian quarantine regulations , the equestrian competitions could not take place in Melbourne and Stockholm was selected as a replacement location.

The stadium was the home of the Djurgårdens IF football team from 1936 to 2013 , and the IAAF Diamond League track and field event DN Galan takes place every summer . In June, the stadium is the destination of the Stockholm Marathon . The final of the Swedish bandy championship has been held here around 50 times . In 1959 a visitor record was set with 28,848 spectators. Music events are also held in the stadium, which is now a listed building . So occurred u. a. Coldplay , U2 , AC / DC , Michael Jackson , Bruce Springsteen , Robbie Williams , Rammstein and many others.

gallery

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  Opening of the 1912 Summer Olympics

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  Aerial view of the stadium (before a Rolling Stones concert)

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  Clock tower of the Olympic Stadium

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  View of the north stand (finish curve) with the towers

Web links

Commons : Stockholm Olympic Stadium  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• dif.se: Stockholm's Olympic Stadium ( Memento from August 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English, Swedish)
• Stockholm Olympic Stadium as a 3D model in SketchUp's 3D warehouse
• stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
• groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2001