Saga (cinema)

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Saga cinema in Kalmar

The Saga in Kalmar is the oldest cinema in Sweden , which is always in operation. The cinema, which opened in 1906, is located at Södra vägen 12 north of the old town in the Malmen district , where it is housed in a wooden garden house from the 19th century. The cinema’s only projection room has 173 seats. The current owner, the regional insurance company Länsförsikringar Kalmar , has leased the house to Kalmarbiografer HB .

history

On the initiative of Messrs Björkman and Nylander from the trading company Kristianstads Biografteater , a forerunner of the Svensk Filmindustri , the film theater was opened on February 12, 1906. In the first five years of its existence it was still called Biografteatern Göta and offered 90 spectators. In the course of a change of ownership in 1911, the cinema was renamed Biorama and expanded to 360 seats. In 1939 the cinema was given a new look after renovations that included new murals, wider seating and new lighting. At the same time the cinema was with neon neon sign are modern advertised, but the term Biorama proved to be too long for the sign. So a shorter name was finally found with the term Saga , which at the time was widely used in Swedish cinemas. In 1983 and 1997/98 the house was renovated again, which brought the old wall paintings by Edward Hald and Vicke Lindstrand to light.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Cecilia Axelsson: Kalmar har lands äldsta bio i bruk ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In Östran.se (Östra Småland och Nyheterna) of April 11, 2004, accessed on May 17, 2011 (Swedish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ostran.se
  2. ↑ a b Biostaden Kalmar: Information , accessed on May 17, 2011 (Swedish)
  3. ↑ a b www.bioprogrammet.nu: Information om Saga i Kalmar , accessed on May 17, 2011 (Swedish)
  4. ↑ a b c Destination Kalmar AB - Kalmar Turistbyrå: Sveriges äldsta biograf som ännu är i drift ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 17, 2011 (Swedish) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kalmar.com
  5. ↑ a b c Kjell Furberg: Evenemang - SAGA i Kalmar , accessed on May 17, 2011 (Swedish)

Coordinates: 56 ° 39 '48 "  N , 16 ° 21' 7.8"  E