Sergels torg

Sergels torg (Swedish torg - Market and Square) is a public square in central Stockholm, Sweden. The square is named after the sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel, whose studio was near the place. The Sergels Torg and the surrounding development emerged in the 1950s as part of the redevelopment of Norrmalm ( Norrmalmsregleringen ).

He is well known due to several characteristics, among others due to the traffic circle in the form of a super ellipse. This was designed in 1959 by the Danish mathematician Piet Hein. The 37 -meter-high glass column in the middle is the crystal vertical accent, 1974 by Edvin Öhrström. The official name is rarely used, usually it is referred to by the Stockholmers as crabs (Eng. " the floor" ).

On the west side of the actual square is a lower preferred surface that is covered with black and white plates and is one level below the square. This is also the entrance to station T -Centralen and underground shopping malls. Just north of the square are the five city high-rise buildings, the "five trumpets ", 72 m high and with 19 floors. They were designed by renowned Swedish architect Sven Markelius Backstroem & Reinius and David Helldén and from 1955 to 1966 built. South of the square is Stockholm's Kulturhuset the architect Peter Celsing. To the east is the main branch of SEB AB, Sweden's largest bank.

The big street Sveavägen that runs from the square to the north, is now well known for the most is that Olof Palme was murdered there (but a few hundred meters from Sergels torg away, at the height Tunnelgatan ).

Pictures

Fountain with glass obelisk in 2004

Kulturhuset and the glass obelisk in 2007

Seen five City skyscrapers from Kulturhuset from

Stockholm's Culture Festival at Sergels Torg 2011

Stockholm's Culture Festival at Sergels Torg 2011

Sergels torg (2011)