Biologiska museet is a museum located in
Djurgården
Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, , 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 Skansen, the small resident ...
in
Stockholm
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. It exhibits a collection of stuffed European birds and mammals in dioramas. Some of the
diorama
A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional model either full-sized or miniature. Sometimes dioramas are enclosed in a glass showcase at a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies like mili ...
backgrounds were created by artist
Bruno Liljefors
Bruno Andreas Liljefors (; 14 May 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a Swedish artist. He is perhaps best known for his nature and animal motifs, especially with dramatic situations. He was the most important and probably most influential Swedish wi ...
, known for his dramatic paintings of
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion#Europe, subregion of northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It can sometimes also ...
n wildlife. The museum was built in 1893
after a design by architect
Agi Lindegren
August "Agi" Lindegren (December 29, 1858 – 16 November 1927) was a Swedish architect and illustrator.
Biography
Lindegren was born at Hudiksvall in Gävleborg County, Sweden. He studied at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm i ...
who was inspired by medieval Norwegian
stave churches
A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing
Timber framing () and "post-and- ...
.
Gallery, building
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Gallery, interior
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See also
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Museums in Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
References
External links
Official homepage (Swedish and English)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biological Museum (Stockholm)
Museums in Stockholm
Natural history museums in Sweden
Museums established in 1893
1893 establishments in Sweden
1890s establishments in Stockholm