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| View from Stadshusparken (Riddarholmen Church in the background) |
Stockholm City Hall⭐⭐⭐was designed by architect Ragnar Östberg and is built from 8 million bricks. The 106-meter tall tower has three crowns, which is the Swedish national coat of arms, at its apex.[2]
Stockholm City Hall became famous for its grand ceremonial halls and unique art pieces, but especially for being the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet which is held each year in the Blue Hall on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.From the Blue Hall, guests are invited up a stairway to the Golden Hall (Gyllene salen) to dance. The walls of the Golden Hall are covered with more than 18 million glass and gold mosaic pieces, the artwork of artist Einar Forseth.
The City Hall attracts close to 400,000 visitors a year.
Photo Gallery
The below photos were taken on 04/03/2023.
View of Stadshusparken Park
City Hall Inner Yard
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| Nobel memorial plague on the wall |
Ceremonial Halls
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| Blue Hall (Blå hallen) |
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| The Council Hall (Rådssalen) |
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| The Prince's Gallery named after the painter Prince Eugen who executed the murals |
Prince's Gallery
Around the year 1916, Prince Eugen decided to carry out the wall paintings in the northern part of the gallery. This wall section is nearly 45 meters long and is divided by five tall windows. Between the years 1917 and 1923, the prince worked on the al fresco paintings that show various Stockholm motifs called "Stockholm's beaches". His idea was to illustrate the view that mainly appears through the hall's windows to the south, i.e. Riddarholmen with Riddarholm church, Mariaberget and Katarina church, also Tegelviken and Klara lake. However, it was never intended to reproduce a naturalistic view of the view, he did not want to compete with the city itself.
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| Golden room with "Mälardrottning" |
Venue of the Nobel Prize banquet inside Stockholm City Hall (YouTube link)
Stockholm Concert Hall
The Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine and literature are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, while the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway. Since 1969 an additional prize has been awarded at the ceremony in Stockholm, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, which was established in 1968 on the occasion of the Riksbank’s 300th anniversary.The award ceremony in Stockholm has, almost without exception, taken place at Konserthuset Stockholm (the Stockholm Concert Hall) since 1926.
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