Kulturhuset

The Kulturhuset is a cultural center in the Norrmalm neighborhood of Stockholm.

The decision to create a cultural center in the city center of Stockholm, was passed in the wake of urban renewal during the 1950s and 1960s. The new building should act against the commercialization of the center of Stockholm. 1965 launched the city council an architectural competition, the architect Peter Celsing won with his proposal.

This was preceded by the construction of the Moderna Museet, which contributed a part of the project to build cultural space in Stockholm. A working group with Pontus Hultén was planning now, with the Kulturhuset to promote an extended concept of art, the everyday culture and the possibilities of the craft and the industry ( " Gatans stämning och verkstadens Möjligheter " ) shows.

During the reconstruction of the Reichstag building in Stockholm, the Swedish Parliament met provisionally in Kulturhuset. Im there adjoining hotel you established the corresponding offices of the officials until the renovations were completed in 1983.