Statue of Berzelius in the centre of Berzelii Park
Planning and constructionedit
Berzelii Park was named after the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius. The work on establishing the park was begun in 1852, under the leadership of Knut Malte Forsberg. The park's opening ceremony took place on the morning of July 13, 1858.
Monuments addededit
The Academy of Sciences initiated funding for a statue honoring Berzelius, which was to stand in the middle of the park. Artist Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810-1867) was commissioned to do the work. He went to Munich to model the statue and had Ferdinand von Miller cast it in bronze. It became the first public statue of a "commoner" to be produced in full figure. As the new park installations were still considered too fragile to receive a large crowd, the statue was secretly inaugurated in the middle of the night following the opening ceremony.
Other monuments have been added in and around the park, including art by Carl Milles, and a humorous statue of Hans Alfredsson (seen sticking his head out of a sewer).
Locationedit
The park today is located in or near the city districts of Norrmalm and Östermalm, next to the Nybroplan and the Norrmalmstorg. The area surrounding Berzelii Park was part of Nybroviken bay until the mid-19th century. In the mid-1830s, a new bridge across the bay was being planned for the 25th anniversary of King Charles XIV. On the request of the king, the part of the bay inside the bridge was replaced with landfill, which transformed the existing bridge into more of a quay. This old bridge, Ladugårdslandsbron, was demolished in 1845, but the replacement bridge wasn't opened until 1848 due to technical problems (caused by the load from the landfill). One of the cast iron railings from the old bridge is still found in the park today.[1]
Later developmentedit
Berzelii Park initially failed to develop as intended. A report published in 1890 described its lawns as "consisting mostly of dandelions," and the raised area surrounding the statue as a "sand hill". However, the situation improved when Alfred Medin became city gardener, and the same journalist later wrote enthusiastically about the park.[1]
berzelii, park, small, park, central, stockholm, sweden, park, location, china, theater, chinateatern, berns, salonger, restaurant, theater, berzelli, parkentrance, typeurban, parklocationnorrmalm, stockholm, swedenstatusopen, year, contents, history, planning. Berzelii Park is a small park in central Stockholm Sweden The park is the location of the China Theater Chinateatern and the Berns Salonger Restaurant and Theater Berzelli ParkEntrance to Berzelii ParkTypeUrban parkLocationNorrmalm Stockholm SwedenStatusOpen all year Contents 1 History 1 1 Planning and construction 1 2 Monuments added 2 Location 3 Later development 4 See also 5 References 6 SourcesHistory edit nbsp Statue of Berzelius in the centre of Berzelii ParkPlanning and construction edit Berzelii Park was named after the Swedish chemist Jons Jacob Berzelius The work on establishing the park was begun in 1852 under the leadership of Knut Malte Forsberg The park s opening ceremony took place on the morning of July 13 1858 Monuments added edit The Academy of Sciences initiated funding for a statue honoring Berzelius which was to stand in the middle of the park Artist Carl Gustaf Qvarnstrom 1810 1867 was commissioned to do the work He went to Munich to model the statue and had Ferdinand von Miller cast it in bronze It became the first public statue of a commoner to be produced in full figure As the new park installations were still considered too fragile to receive a large crowd the statue was secretly inaugurated in the middle of the night following the opening ceremony Other monuments have been added in and around the park including art by Carl Milles and a humorous statue of Hans Alfredsson seen sticking his head out of a sewer Location editThe park today is located in or near the city districts of Norrmalm and Ostermalm next to the Nybroplan and the Norrmalmstorg The area surrounding Berzelii Park was part of Nybroviken bay until the mid 19th century In the mid 1830s a new bridge across the bay was being planned for the 25th anniversary of King Charles XIV On the request of the king the part of the bay inside the bridge was replaced with landfill which transformed the existing bridge into more of a quay This old bridge Ladugardslandsbron was demolished in 1845 but the replacement bridge wasn t opened until 1848 due to technical problems caused by the load from the landfill One of the cast iron railings from the old bridge is still found in the park today 1 Later development editBerzelii Park initially failed to develop as intended A report published in 1890 described its lawns as consisting mostly of dandelions and the raised area surrounding the statue as a sand hill However the situation improved when Alfred Medin became city gardener and the same journalist later wrote enthusiastically about the park 1 See also editGeography of StockholmReferences edit a b Jarbe pp 39 43 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Berzelii park Sources editJarbe Bengt 1995 Dofternas torg Hur Packartorget blev Norrmalmstorg in Swedish Byggforlaget ISBN 91 7988 100 9 59 19 57 N 18 04 29 E 59 33250 N 18 07472 E 59 33250 18 07472 nbsp This article about a location in Stockholm County Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Berzelii Park amp oldid 1182145742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
