Tegnérlunden is a park at the border of city districts
Norrmalm
Norrmalm is a city district in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Norrmalm is part of the larger borough of Norrmalm (''Norrmalms stadsdelsområde'').
The southern part of the district, Lower Norrmalm (''Nedre Norrmalm''), also known as City, cons ...
and
Vasastan in central
Stockholm, Sweden.
History
It was originally erected 1890, but was re-constructed in 1940 under the direction of landscape architect
Erik Glemme. It is home to statues of two Swedish authors. On a hill in the park's eastern part stands
Carl Eldh's massive statue of
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...
, erected in 1942. A statue of
Astrid Lindgren was erected in 1996. It also lies close to
Enskilda Gymnasiet
Enskilda Gymnasiet (EG) is an independent secondary school from the 10th-12th grade and school from the 7th-9th grade, founded in 1913. Enskilda Gymnasiet is located at {{ill, Tegnérlunden 5, sv near Tegnérlunden, in central Stockholm, Swede ...
, one of Sweden's most prestigious schools.
The story of Astrid Lindgren's children's book ''
Mio min Mio'' begins in Tegnérlunden. It is there that the boy Bo Vilhelm Olsson meets the genie that takes him to the Land of Faraway.
References
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Parks in Stockholm