Sergels torg
Sergels torg ( Swedish torg - market or square) is a public square in central Stockholm , Sweden . The square is named after the sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel , whose studio was near the square. The Sergels torg and the surrounding buildings were built in the 1950s as part of the renovation of Norrmalm ( Norrmalmsregelingen ).
Various peculiarities have made the place known. The roundabout in the form of a superellipse should be mentioned among other things . This was designed in 1959 by the Danish mathematician Piet Hein . The 37 m high glass column in the middle is the crystal vertical accent , designed in 1974 by Edvin Öhrström . This official name is seldom used, however, usually the Stockholmers - somewhat derisively - refer to the work of art as pinning ( Eng . " The stick ").
On the west side of the actual square is a lower area that is covered with black and white panels and is one level below the square. This is also the entrance to the T-Centralen station and underground shopping malls. To the north of the square are the five city skyscrapers, the "five trumpets" , 72 m high and each with 19 floors. They were designed by well-known Swedish architects such as Sven Markelius , Backström & Reinius and David Helldén and built from 1955 to 1966. South of the square is Stockholm's Kulturhuset, designed by the architect Peter Celsing . To the east is the main branch of SEB AB , the largest Swedish bank.
The large road Sveavägen , which runs north from the square, is probably best known today for the fact that Olof Palme was murdered there (but a few hundred meters from Sergels torg, at Tunnelgatan ).
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Black and white pattern of the lower seat 2008
Fountain with glass obelisk 2004
Kulturhuset and the Glass Obelisk 2007
The five city skyscrapers seen from the Kulturhuset
Stockholm's Culture Festival at Sergels Torg 2011
Stockholm's Culture Festival at Sergels Torg 2011
Sergels torg (2011)
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Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 57 ″ N , 18 ° 3 ′ 55 ″ E