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To protect the population from air attacks, around 14,500 "nuclear-proof" shelters of varying sizes were built in Stockholm County until the 1990s, providing approximately 1.7 million places. When applying for building permits for new constructions or extensions, the builders were required to obtain a "shelter permit" from the municipality ...
Pages in category "Abandoned buildings and structures" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Stockholm: 1994 558; ii, iv (cultural) Skogskyrkogården, "The Woodland Cemetery", is a cemetery located south of central Stockholm, in Gamla Enskede district. It was designed by architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz on the site of former gravel pits overgrown with pine trees. It was built in 1917–1920, with additional buildings ...
In 1994, Skogskyrkogården was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site and although it does not have the number of famous interments as the Norra begravningsplatsen, its much older counterpart in northern Stockholm, it is a major tourist attraction. At the Tallum Pavilion (a building designed originally by Asplund as staff facilities), visitors can ...
Stockholm two walls drawn in a map of the city in 1500-century. Blue lines represent the older, inner city wall. Red lines represent the newer, outer city wall. The Walls of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms stadsmurar) were a medieval fortification and defense system that would protect the city from attack on all sides. While the old city walls ...
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Stockholm's first recognizably modern facility for the treatment of the mentally ill was at Konradsberg, completed 1861 and later renamed Rålambshov. [3] Over the course of the 19th century Sweden determined that each county should have its own psychiatric facility to meet the needs of the community; Stockholm ultimately developed two: Långbro and, in 1932, Beckomberga Hospital.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, the area was still used as a farm. Since the farm was abandoned, the area has been kept as a park. In the 1970s there were plans to develop the area as a suburb, mainly to accommodate government agencies, state-owned enterprises and other offices moving out from central Stockholm (they needed larger ...