Stockholm Olympic Stadium

  • Summer Olympic Games 1912
  • Summer Olympic Games 1956 ( riding)
  • Games of Djurgårdens IF (1936-2013)
  • Games of AIK Solna (1912-1936)
  • DN Galan (since 1967)
  • Bandymeisterschaft
  • Concerts

The Stockholm Olympic Stadium was built in 1910-1912 for the Olympic Summer Games 1912. The built by architect Torben Grut device will hold approximately 14,500 spectators and was often the venue for major sporting events. A crowd of around 25,000 consummated on June 10, 1956 at the opening ceremony of the Equestrian Games to the Olympic Summer Games 1956 150 participants from 29 nations, including eleven women in the Olympic stadium. Due to the strict Australian quarantine rules, the equestrian events could not be held in Melbourne and the default venue Stockholm was selected.

The stadium was from 1936 to 2013 home of the football team Djurgårdens IF, and every summer the IAAF Diamond League athletics DN Galan meeting takes place. In June the stadium goal of the Stockholm Marathon. About 50 times here the final of the Swedish Bandymeisterschaft was discharged. 1959 while a visitor record was set with 28,848 spectators. In today monumental stadium and musical events. So were, inter alia, Coldplay, U2, AC / DC, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Williams and many others on.

Gallery

Aerial view of the stadium ( before a concert by the Rolling Stones)

Clock tower of the Olympic Stadium

View of the north stand (target curve) with the towers

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