Skansen

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Skansen

Main entrance
Established	11 October 1891 (1891-10-11)
Location	Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Coordinates	59°19′34″N 18°06′13″E / 59.32611°N 18.10361°E / 59.32611; 18.10361
Type	Open-air living museum and zoo
Visitors	1,369,431 (2016)[1]
Director	John Brattmyhr
Website	www.skansen.se/en/

Skansen (Swedish: [ˈskǎnːsɛn]; "the Sconce") is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.

The term "skansen" has become a generic term referring to other open-air museums and collections of historic structures, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, but also in the United States, e.g. Old World Wisconsin and Fairplay, Colorado.

History

The 19th century was a period of great change throughout

After extensive travelling, Hazelius bought around 150 houses from all over the country (as well as one structure from Telemark in Norway) and had them shipped piece by piece to the museum, where they were rebuilt to provide a unique picture of traditional Sweden. Only three of the buildings in the museum are not original, and were painstakingly copied from examples he had found. All of the buildings are open to visitors and show the full range of Swedish life from the Skogaholm Manor house built in 1680, to the 16th century Älvros farmhouses.

The open-air museum

Skansen attracts more than 1.3 million visitors each year.

In early December the site's central Bollnäs square is host to a popular Christmas market that has been held since 1903, attracting around 25,000 visitors each weekend. In the summer there are displays of

Funicular railway

Since 1897, Skansen has been served by the

Skansen is also served by trams on line 7.

Keepers of Skansen

Gallery

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  Skogaholm Manor
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  The west wing of Skogaholm Manor in early summer. It contains a library, china pantry and five guest rooms.
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  Allsång på Skansen ("Sing-along at Skansen") is a popular annual event.
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  World's largest cigar at the Tobacco and Matchstick Museum
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  Skansen on a winter afternoon
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  Summerhouse of Swedenborg
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  The funicular railway
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  A

  Sami

  hut
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  Seglora Church
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  A brown bear at Skansen
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  House from Blekinge County now at Skansen
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  A docent demonstrating spinning at Skansen
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  Entrance Building

See also

• Culture in Stockholm
• Royal National City Park
• The Baltic Sea Science Center, located on the same site
• Västernorrland County Museum

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skansen.

• Official website
• Andy Carvin's Skansen Gallery
• Skansen-akvariet
• Panoramic virtual tour of brown bear enclosure at Skansen
• The Skansen Funicular Railway