Rålambshovsparken

Rålambshovsparken (English: Rålambshov Park) is a park in the Marieberg district on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]

Rålambshovsparken
Rålambshovsparken in October 2010
TypeUrban park
LocationKungsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
StatusOpen all year

Location

This park passes under a section of Västerbron. In the west, the park borders the Konradsberg campus of Stockholm University, in the east it extends toward promenade of Norr Mälarstrand and to the south-east it opens onto Riddarfjärden.

Sculptures

Rålambshovsparken is home to several sculptures: Monument över Yxman by Eric Grate (1896-1983), Domarring by Egon Möller-Nielsen (1915- 1959), Fjärilen by Elli Hemberg and Färgtorn by Lars Erik Falk (1922-2018). [2] [3] [4] [5]

History

The park opened in 1936 and was one of the first in Stockholm to be designed according to functionalist principles. It was designed by landscape architect Erik Glemme (1905-1959) and resembles the functionalist style popular in that era. In celebration of Stockholm's 700-year anniversary, an amphitheater was added in 1953, with capacity for 5,000 people.

Rålis Skatepark was inaugurated in 2010 under "Lilla Västerbron". [6]

On 8th September 2018 Greta Thunberg announced in the park's theater at the beginning of the People's Climate March that, though her original three-week schoolstrike before the Swedish elections that were due the next day was ending, she and other students had decided to henceforth keep striking school and demanding climate justice every friday.[7][8] The park is therefor the site of the founding of the movement Fridays for Future.

  • Park in summer
  • Playground in fall
  • Amphitheater in winter
  • Rålis Skatepark under "Lilla Västerbron"
  • Monument över Yxman by Eric Grate (1967)
  • Fjärilen by Elli Hemberg (1980)

See also

References
  1. "Rålambshovsparken". Visit Stockholm AB. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  2. "Eric Grate (1896-1983)". signaturer.se. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  3. "Elli Hemberg 1896-1994". saundersfineart.co.uk. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "Lars Erik Falk". gallerilundmark.se. Archived from the original on July 15, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  5. "Egon Möller-Nielsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  6. "Glemme, Erik (1905 - 1959)". KulturNav. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  7. "Greta Thunberg: Speech at the beginning of People's Climate March Sweden 2018".
  8. Our House is on Fire. allen lane. 2020. pp. 265–269. ISBN 978-0-241-44673-7.


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