Redevelopment of Norrmalm
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The redevelopment of Norrmalm (
Stockholm subway was facilitated through the city. As a result of the project, over 750 buildings were demolished to make way for new infrastructure and redevelopment.[citation needed
]
The renewal of Norrmalm was the largest Swedish
urban development project to date and engaged a large part of Sweden's architectural élite. The Norrmalm renewal has been criticised and admired throughout Sweden and internationally, and is regarded as one of the larger and most full-of-character of all city renewals in Europe in the aftermath of World War II, even including the cities that were severely damaged during the war.[1] Key politicians behind the massive urban renewal project included Yngve Larsson and Hjalmar Mehr
.
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Rudberg 1989, p. 146
Printed sources
- SELIBR 1794231.
- Stockholms stadsmuseum; Persson, Mats (1976). City: byggnadsinventering 1974-75. D. 1 [Stadsbyggnadshistorisk översikt och byggnadshistoriskt register över kvarteren Adam & Eva - Käpplingeholmen] (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Stadsmuseet. SELIBR 130003.
- Stockholms stadsmuseum; Persson, Mats (1976). City: byggnadsinventering 1974-75. D. 2 [Byggnadshistoriskt register över kvarteren Ladugårdsbron - Österbotten] (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Stadsmuseet. SELIBR 130004.
- Rudberg, Eva (1989). Sven Markelius, arkitekt (in Swedish). Stockholm: Arkitektur. SELIBR 7754407.
- Råberg, Marianne; Lundkvist, Ingvar, eds. (1985). Husen på malmarna: en bok om Stockholm (in Swedish). Stockholm: Prisma i samarbete med Stockholms stadsmuseum. SELIBR 8357892.
- Selling, Gösta (1970). Esplanadsystemet och Albert Lindhagen. Stockholm stads monografiserie (in Swedish). Stockholmia förlag. SELIBR 14718158.
- Sjöbrandt, Anders; Sylvén, Björn (2000). Stockholm - staden som försvann: [bilder i färg från 1950- och 60-talen] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Natur och kultur/LT. SELIBR 7230856.
- Skårfors, Rikard (1999). Beslutsfattandets dilemma: planarbete och opinionsyttringar rörande trafikleder i Stockholm 1945-1975. Working papers in transport and communication history, 1104-6988 ; 1999:2 (in Swedish). Umeå: Research Group "Transports and Communications in Perspective", Depts. of Economic History, Umeå Univ. and Uppsala Univ. SELIBR 2838557.
Literature
- Per Olgarsson (2009). Recording and Characterizing the Modern City Centre of Stockholm (PDF). Stockholm City Museum.
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