Sveavägen
Sveavägen is a major street in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sveavägen originates at
Solna Municipality and the Haga Park
. It is often known as the busiest road in Sweden.
Sveavägen follows a straight line from Sergels torg up to Sveaplan and Wenner-Gren Center where it takes a sharp left turn until the junction at Norrtull where it becomes Norra Stationsgatan.
Between
Stockholm metro runs underneath Sveavägen. Both stations have access from the street.[1]
History
Prime Minister
assassinated on 28 February 1986 at the corner Sveavägen and Tunnelgatan.[2]
Notable buildings
Notable buildings located on Sveavägen include:
- Stockholm school of economics - a private business school located in the city district Vasastan at Sveavägen 65. The main building of the school was designed by Ivar Tengbom and built 1925–1926.
- Stockholm Concert Hall inaugurated in 1926 lies to the east of Hötorget in the city district Norrmalm and is the main hall for orchestral music in Stockholm.
- Hötorget buildings in the city district Norrmalm.
- Wennergren center named after the businessman Axel Wenner-Gren consists of three buildings named Helicon, Pylon and Tetragon.
- Stockholm Public Library, one of the city's most notable structures
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sveavägen.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Stockholm". urbanrail. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Stening, Anders; Arvidsson, Ulf; Gleisner, Ann-Sophie. "Palmemordet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2010. (subscription required)
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