Stockholm Exhibition 1897

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The exhibition area
The exhibition area with the main hall, the new Djurgårdsbron at the bottom left
The main hall with locomotives

The Stockholm Exhibition 1897 ( Swedish Stockholmsutställningen 1897 or Allmänna konst och industriutställningen ) was an art and industrial exhibition in Stockholm that took place in the summer of 1897.

It was supposed to demonstrate what Swedish and Norwegian industrialism (Norway was still in union with Sweden) had achieved. The initiator was the then Crown Prince Gustav, later Gustav V , on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Oskar II's regent .

The exhibition site was on western Djurgården near the Skansen open-air museum , directly on the southern bank of Djurgårdsbrunnsviken . During the summer months, 3,722 exhibitors showed their products in around a hundred buildings and pavilions. The architect in charge was Carl Westman . The large exhibition hall was designed by the architects Ferdinand Boberg and Fredrik Lilljekvist . This hall with the large dome and its four minarets , two of which have lifts , made an oriental impression. There was a viewing platform at a height of 100 meters. The building was constructed entirely of wood and brought Ferdinand Boberg great recognition.

Showing exotic and historical scenes was modern. There was a fairy tale grotto and a fishing pavilion. In the Biological Museum , prepared Nordic birds and mammals were shown in their natural environment. The circular horizon came from the painter Bruno Liljefors .

The exhibition also demonstrated technical innovations such as X-rays and Sweden's first film footage , which King Oskar II showed when he arrived at the exhibition. The film was made in connection with the cinematographic demonstrations by the Lumière brothers at the exhibition.

Of the many buildings there are only a few left today, u. a. the so-called Skånska gruvan by the architect Gustaf Wickman , the Biological Museum and the Nordic Museum , the latter, however, was not quite finished for the exhibition.

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