Hagaparken ("Haga Park"), or simply Haga in
Solna Municipality
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just north of
Stockholm
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,
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, is a vast and popular nature area, with large lawns, woods and gardens.
Description
Hagaparken is located along the western shoreline of
Brunnsviken and is a part of the
Royal National City Park.
Within the park are
Haga Palace, King
Gustav III's Pavilion, the Chinese Pavilion, the
Haga Echo Temple, the Turkish Kiosk, the
Haga Palace Ruins (which is not really a ruin as it is the remains of a palace never finished) and several other interesting buildings on the grounds (such as the peculiar Copper Tents and also the Butterfly House). Included in the Haga Park is also the
Royal Burial Ground
The Royal Burial Ground is a cemetery used by the British royal family. Consecrated on 23 October 1928 by the Bishop of Oxford, it is adjacent to the Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Royal Mausoleum, which was built in 1862 to house the tomb of Quee ...
of the Swedish Royal family (since 1922), where several members and ancestors of the present Swedish royal Bernadotte family rest.
Ulriksdal Palace
Ulriksdal Palace () is a royal palace situated on the banks of the Edsviken in the Royal National City Park in Solna Municipality, 6 km north of Stockholm. It was originally called ''Jakobsdal'' for its owner Jacob De la Gardie, who had it ...
(
Swedish: ''Ulriksdals slott'') is a royal palace situated in Hagaparken.
History
The master plan for development was originally designed by architect
Fredrik Magnus Piper (1746–1824).
Hagaparken has historically been favoured by Swedish royalty, especially Gustav III who founded it and developed it 1780-1797, and by the famous troubadour
Carl Michael Bellman, a contemporary of
Gustav III
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.
Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw ...
, who is much associated with Haga due to the lyrics of his compositions, poems and his writings. The song ''
Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga'' (The wingéd butterfly is seen in Haga), one of the best-known of Bellman's ''
Fredman's Songs'', is entirely dedicated to the park.
In 1935, Hagaparken became a state building monument and has been part of Sweden's first national city park, the
Royal National City Park, since 1994. Today it is managed by the State Property Agency (''Statens fastighetsverk'') and the Royal Djurgården Administration (''Kungliga Djurgårdens Förvaltning'').
Gallery
File:Oevre Haga.JPG, The Orangery
File:Koppartälten, Hagaparken 3.jpg, Copper Tents
File:Ekotemplet, Hagaparken.jpg, Haga Echo Temple
File:Turkiska Kiosken 1.jpg, Turkish Kiosk
File:Kinesiska paviljongen, Hagaparken.jpg, Chinese Pavilion
See also
*
Painshill – Turkish Tent, Temple of Bacchus, Gothic Temple
References
External links
Sveriges kungahus
Statens fastighetsverk
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Parks in Stockholm
Solna Municipality