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, con ...
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
Erik Glemme (27 May 1905- 20 January 1959) was a Swedish designer and landscape architect.
Biography
Glemme was born in Jönköping, Sweden. He trained at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm from 1927 to 1929. He apprenticed with
a ...
. It is home to statues of two Swedish authors. On a hill in the park's eastern part stands
Carl Eldh
Carl Eldh (10 May 1873 – 26 January 1954) was a Swedish artist and sculptor. Full name: Carl Johan Eldh (signs on artwork as "''C.J. ELDH''"). Older brother to Albert Eldh.
Biography
Eldh was born in Östhammar Municipality, Uppland, the s ...
'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 ...
, erected in 1942. A statue of
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...
was erected in 1996. It also lies close to
Enskilda Gymnasiet, 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