Lill-Janskogen, (English: "''Little
Jan
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Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Num ...
's Forest''"), is a park in
Stockholm,
Sweden.
Description
It is located on northern
Djurgården
Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...
and is a popular area for recreational activities. The Ugglevik spring was a traditional drinking water source in the Lill-Jansskogen forest. The name derives from the nearby bay,
Uggleviken. Today only the well pavilion, dating from 1902, remains and the water is undrinkable.
In the middle of Lill-Jansskogen is Ugglevik reservoir (''Uggleviksreservoaren''). This water reservoir dates from 1935 and was designed by the functionalist architect Paul Hedqvist (1895-1977).
For the
1956 Summer Olympics, the park hosted part of the event portion of the
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
events.
1956 Summer Olympics equestrian official report.
p. 96.
Gallery
Image:Djurgarden_Lilljan_3.jpg, Ugglevik spring pavilion
File:Uggleviksreservoaren.jpg, '' Ugglevik reservoir''
Image:Djurgarden_Lilljan_2.jpg, '' Ugglevik reservoir''
Image:Djurgarden_Lilljan_5.jpg, '' Ugglevik reservoir''
See also
* Geography of Stockholm
References
External links
Venues of the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrian venues
Djurgården
Parks in Stockholm
Urban forests
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