Serafimerlasarettet (Seraphim Hospital), popularly known as ''Serafen'', was the first modern hospital in Sweden. It was located in

Kungsholmen Kungsholmen is an island in Lake Mälaren in Sweden, part of central Stockholm, Sweden. It is situated north of Riddarfjärden and considered part of the historical province Uppland. Its area is with a perimeter of . The highest point is a ...

in Stockholm and active from 1752 to 1980. The current building still houses the local emergency department of Serafen. The hospital is mentioned in

Carl Michael Bellman Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ...

's 1790 song " Ge rum i Bröllopsgåln din hund!",

Fredman's Epistle ''Fredmans epistlar'' (English: ''Fredman's Epistles'') is a collection of 82 poems set to music by Carl Michael Bellman, a major figure in Swedish 18th century song. Though first published in 1790, it was created over a period of twenty years ...

no. 40, where even the priest at the wedding party steals from the collection meant for the hospital; and in Epistle 48, " Solen glimmar blank och trind", where it is one of the sights seen from

Ulla Winblad Ulla Winblad was a semi-fictional character in many of Carl Michael Bellman's musical works. She is at once an idealised rococo goddess and a tavern prostitute, and a key figure in Bellman's songs of ''Fredman's Epistles''. The character was part ...

's boat as she returns from

Hessingen The Essingen Islands ( sv, Essingeöarna) are a group of two islands— Stora Essingen and Lilla Essingen—in the Swedish lake of Mälaren, located southwest of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. Both Essingen islands are mainly residential areas, the sm ...

Lake Mälaren A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

to Stockholm. File:Serafimerlasarettet in 1868.jpg, The Serafimerlasarettet as it looked in 1868, from across Klara Sjö File:Gripenhielmska malmgården 2011a.jpg, The original hospital building, ', purchased 1749 File:Serafimer portal 2011.jpg, The hospital gate, built 1792

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