Riddarholmsbroarna
Riddarholmsbroarna is a sculpture created by Bengt Inge Lundkvist in Stockholm , Sweden .
It is located at Munkbron 7 on the west side of Stockholm's old town Gamla stan .
The bronze sculpture , erected in 1981 and created between 1970 and 1975, is reminiscent of the various bridges that connected Gamla stan with the island of Riddarholmen a little further west . The monument consists of two slender granite columns on which an elongated piece of bronze, reminiscent of a stylized bridge, rests. The four bridges that existed or exist between the two islands are shown in relief on the bronze.
On the left on the south side you can see the wooden bridge built in 1738 and another 1751, which existed until 1784. The first stone bridge can be seen in a large oval , which was built by the architect Erik Palmstedt from 1784 to 1789 and existed until 1867. To the right of this you can see the cast iron bridge built by Erik Adolf Unge in 1867 . It existed until 1952. On the north side of the bronze is a picture of today's reinforced concrete bridge . It was built in 1956 based on a design by the architect Gunnar Lené under the direction of the engineer Erik Wretblad . The bridges are each marked with a monogram of the king, Adolf Fredrik , Gustav III, who ruled at the time of construction . , Charles XV. and Gustaf VI. Adolf , provided. In addition, inscriptions in Swedish tell the history of the bridges.
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Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 29.2 ″ N , 18 ° 4 ′ 1 ″ E