Swedbank stadium
Swedbank stadium is the home arena of Malmö FF, the arena has a capacity of 24000 spectators. It was inaugurated in June 2009 associated whit the Under 21 European cup.
It cost 695 million Swedish kronor to build the stadium.
The stadium is owned by three parts, PEAB AB who owns 50 % of the stadium, Erling Pålsson technology and real estate AB got 25 % and Malmoe FF got 25 %. The attendance record is 24.148 spectators, this record was set the 7Th November 2010
But that is just traditional fact, you can’t really understand how much a old building can mean for you if you haven't been there yourself and experienced everything. Swedbank Stadium is my second home, I have laughed, cried, sung my voice apart and expressed so many feelings on that stadium. And when 20.000 people stands like one united family and singing their team to victory is one hell of a feeling.
7th October 2010, Swedbank Stadium, Malmö.
The clock is around 18.10 and Malmö is empty, at least it feels like that. Every soul in Malmö was a part of one happy family, everyone was singing the same song, “Guldet ska hem, guldet ska hem, guldet ska hem till Malmö igen”
Malmö FF is playing their last game of the season, Malmö and Helsingborg (their main rival) is competing against the gold in Swedish football, the both teams had 65 points untill the last game, Malmö is leading their match whit 2-0 against Mjällby AIF, Helsingborg is heading for a draw against Gefle IF, 2-2.
The clock strikes 18.15 and the referee Jonas Eriksson is checking his watch, “93 minutes played, time to blow of this game.” And so he did.
Malmö won the league for the 16th time, and 24000 crazy fans stormed the pitch to celebrate. The party was going on all night long and I remember myself going right from the party to school the day after. We sang, drank, and celebrated together as one big family, i have never been so happy in my whole life!
Linus
Lilla torg
This little square is in the old town of central Malmö, just until Stortorget. Around the square there is a majority of restaurants and in the summer it is full of people eating and drinking beer. In the past was the squere used as a farmer’s markets but today we have department stores and supermarkets insteed. Lila Torg is a very good measting palce where you and your friends can take a good drink and something to eat with the sunlight on you. The square was for some years used as a skating rink in the winter time, but now the track is moved to Stortorget.
You can finde a well in the middle of the square from 1973. On the well edges you can se the artist Thure Törns reliefs that tell os about the old trade. From the 1590’s has the squares merchants sold their gods on the square. The seller had booths at the market: the bakers in the South, butchers shop in the west, fish were soaked in the east and the hawks in the north.
Eventually, the sheds were built on to real house.
At the beginning of the 1900s wanted the city to sort in (butiksgytter) and the architect Salomon Sorenson drew a market hall that covered the entire square. So it was until 1965, when the market hall was demolished and the square restored to the current appearance of cobblestone.
Matilda
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilla_torg_(Malm%C3%B6) Hämtad 2012-03-06
http://www.malmo.se/Medborgare/Stadsplanering--trafik/Stadsplanering--visioner/Malmos-stadsmiljo/Torg-A-O/Lilla-Torg.html hämtad 2012-03-15
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonhouse/2559363960/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Hämtad 2012-05-02
The statue of king Karl X
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The statue of the king Karl X Gustav is placed on Stortorget in central Malmö. The statue radiates Swedish and Scanian history and is a huge tourist attraction.
When swedish people hear the name Karl X Gustav they often associate it with the historical event of Scania became Swedish. Karl X, which at that time was king of Sweden (1654 - 1660), marched over the frozen sea during the winter, to Denmark and conquered Scania. The Statue was raised in 1894 - 96 to honor the king for the peace in Roskilde, 1658, were he conquered Halland, Scania and Blekinge from Denmark. Scania patriots often find it provoking to have a statue of the king that ”took them away from Denmark”. They think you should change it to a more neural work of art.
Karl X Gustav was born on November 8th 1622. He was not originally in the line to inherit the throne, though he was just the cousin but also the nearest relative to queen Kristina. Karl was good on warfare and because of that he increased the Swedish territory during his reign. He died in 1660 due to pneumonia.
The artist behind the cavalier statue was John Börjeson. He lived between 1835 - 1910 and was a well known and skilled Swedish sculptor. He have for instance created statues of Karl XI Gustav, Magnus Stenbock and Erik Gustaf Geijer.
The square were the statue is placed is called Stortorget. The construction of the square started in 1538. It has always been considered the centrum of Malmö, and many famous buildings stand next to the square, buildings such as Rådhuset, Hotel Kramer, Kockska huset and the pharmacy Lejonet.
The statue of Karl X Gustav contains a lot of history that affect all of the Swedish and Scanian population and will always be a big topic of conversation, especially in Scania.
Louise
References
Website
Bortmedkarlxgustavnu.org (1924) Bort med Karl X Gustav på Stortorget i Malmö nu!. [online] Available at: http://www.bortmedkarlxgustavnu.org/ [Accessed: 7 Mar 2012].
Dotoday.se (n.d.) DoToday - Sevärdheter i Malmö. [online] Available at: http://www.dotoday.se/sv/malmo/guides/sevardheter-i-malmo/9677520-g [Accessed: 7 Mar 2012].
Malmo.se (2009) Offentlig konst - Malmö stad. [online] Available at: http://www.malmo.se/Medborgare/Kultur--noje/Arkiv--historia/Kulturarv-Malmo/L-O/Offentlig-konst.html [Accessed: 7 Mar 2012].
Ne.se (2012) Karl X Gustav | Nationalencyklopedin. [online] Available at: http://www.ne.se/lang/karl-x-gustav [Accessed: 7 Mar 2012].
Sv.wikipedia.org (2012) John Börjeson - Wikipedia. [online] Available at: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Börjeson [Accessed: 7 Mar 2012].
Sv.wikipedia.org (2011) Stortorget, Malmö - Wikipedia. [online] Available at: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stortorget,_Malmö [Accessed: 7 Mar 2012].
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Swinnen, J. (2009) Statue of King Karl X Gustav of Sweden on the town square in Malmö. [image online] Available at: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_X_Gustav.jpg [Accessed: 2012-03-07].
Slagthuset
How would you like to party like an animal in a place where millions of pigs been slaughtered? That is what you are doing while dancing in the local club Slagthuset. I dont think that people think of that when the are dancing their asses of.
Slagthuset was from the beginning a local butcher factory in Malmo. The year was 1904 when Salomon Sorensen got the contract to sketch up the blueprints. Salomon Sorensen is an architect. In 1901 city council approved the building of slagthuset. The increased demands on the quality of the meat was one of the major reasons why the slaughter house was built.
In the early 1990s it became more of an entertainment center for Malmo and they started with disco, theater and restaurants. The name Slagthuset comes from its origins in the early 1900's when there was a slaughterhouse. Slagthuset is counted as Scandinavia's largest nightclub, with its 8,500 square meters, but now only 1000 square meters is used for the club. There are many theatrical performances and musicals like, Grease and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Claes and Anita Schmidt, who owned Slagthuset said that fall of 2009, everything will end: the night club, theater and conferences. But it did not shut down because of that. The owners of Luftkastellet took over. But big changes had to be made because of the new law on alcohol.
A 13 story building adjacent to the slaughter house is included in their concept and was finished 1993. The firm, which accounted for the planning and architecture was Ahlsen and Lindström architects.
Today it is Öresundsgruppen that stands for all operations at the club and arranges all the nights at Slagthuset. Now the club goes under the name of Slagthuset White, famous artists and DJs like David Guetta, Avicii, Axwell and Laidback Luke has played at Slagthuset.
Sebastian
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3. Tyke L. Tykesson, Björn Magnusson staaf. “ Arkitekterna som formade Malmö” 1996 2:a reviderade upplagan Carlssons Bokförlag : Stockholm.
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3. Tyke L. Tykesson, Björn Magnusson staaf. “ Arkitekterna som formade Malmö” 1996 2:a reviderade upplagan Carlssons Bokförlag : Stockholm.
Malmöhus castle
Malmo house is a famous building that almost everyone who lives in Malmo knows where it is, it was built as a fortress during the 1430-century to protect the future of Malmo. They were King Erik of Pomerania, who built the castle and it took years to build, as protection against the Danish and other enemies of Sweden had during that time.
Malmo castle was a fortress and was placed to protect Malmö against the enemy during that time was Danish, the castle had many guns that were directed towards the sea and was at was at one end of the wall which to day no longer exists. Malmo Castle was a castle to around the 1800s when they made the castle to a museum in 1842. Then it was just a small natural history museum, they moved frequently around the museum to invidious schools and facilities for it had little space until on caught the eye of Malmo castle. Malmo house has been a museum for a long time and has very large collection of historical objects and stories you can read about the collection, the collection become so large that they needed other facilities were they could have their objects. The museum can offer anything from old clothes to animals and outdoor activities check it out if you want to know more about Malmo.
Anton T
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Watertower in Sofielund
The watertower in Sofielund is quite an old and exciting building, it stood ready for use in 1916. Before they received the water tower they had to bring the water by drilling artesian wells. The water tower was made by the city architect Salomon Sörensen. Salomon Sörensen was inspired by the Art Nouveau/ Youth style and national romantic waves. The tower is 54 meters tall and it is built 11 meters above sea level. It can hold as much as 2300m³ of water. The tower has brought itself a quite an awkward name for the way it looks. People around Malmö calls it after a genus. When you see it you will understand why. When the building finally was done it had cost 310 000 SEK but do not think it was cheap back then. 310 000 was really a lot of money and still is. Only that today, such a building costs a couple of million SEK. So Salomon Sörensen, the man who made the Water tower in Sofielund possible was a Swedish architect. Born in 1856 29th of April in Lund and died on the 7th of Mars 1937. He was a man who liked to study and didn’t hesitate to travel some to reach the knowledge. He drew all sorts off buildings, as for example. Slaughteringhouse, waterstations and meeting halls. He is one of the architects who were the most active during his career with over a hundered finished buildings in Malmö. The water tower in Södervärn is a part of the very strict and serious infrastructure that Salomon Sörensen created and a lot of of his other projects look somewhat the same. The building makes you believe it is an old building going back to medieval times.
Södervärn has a lot of history. Some things stretching as far back as 1800-century when the city was building a sewer although they didn’t think they would need it until twenty years later. For the sewerssystem you would need a pumpstation and this building they placed in the east of the city, pumping all the stuff in to sea. It was Salomon Sörensen who also created the pumpstation which you can see while driving in to Malmö coming from the highway E22 just before you see the shopping center Entré.
The watertower is in a place in Malmö called “Södervärn” and there is also “Östervärn” and “Värnhem”. Östervärn had once a trainstation which originally were created in 1892 by “Malmö-Simrishams järnväg” and at “Lundavägen” you can find two very small buildings which is one of few kept urban buildings that was along the edged drive-ins to Malmö before the industrial revolution.
In Värnhem though there is a lot of other good stuff. There is the busstation and you have the very famous “Entré”. Entré is a shopping center in Värnhem and was brought up in 2009. And it is the first building you see when driving on the highway E22 from Lund to Malmö. Värnhem is a great meeting place for people and it has a lot of great shops.
Andreas Perlaky BG10B
Källor
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Unknown. (n.d.) Wikipedia - Salomon Sörensen. [internet] Hittas på: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_S%C3%B6rensen [Besökt: 12/3-12].Unknown. (n.d.) Watertower in Södervärn. [Bild på internet] Hittas på: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/S%C3%B6derv%C3%A4rnstornet%2C_Malm%C3%B6.jpg/450px-S%C3%B6derv%C3%A4rnstornet%2C_Malm%C3%B6.jpg [Besökt: 12/3-12].
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Tyke L. Tykesson Björn Magnusson Staaf “Arkitekterna som formade Malmö” 1196 2a reviderade upplagan Carlssons Bokförlag: Stockholm
Unknown. (n.d.) Sofielund. [internet] Hittas på: http://www.klinteberg.se/genealogy/histories/Hans_Kretschmer.pdf [Besökt: 19/3 -12].
Turning Torso
From a long distance you can see Turning Torso raise towards the sky above all the buildings in Malmo. The strange building amazes a lot of people. The building is constructed in a way that tricks our eyes to belivie it is leaning. The local press loves to write about Turning Torso, the building has also been noticed international.
Turning Torso is Sweden's and Scandinavia's tallest building with 1904 meters tall and its 54 floors attracts many tourists from all around the world. The building is located at Malmo west harbour AKA ‘’BO01’’. The architect behind the beautiful building is the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
The vision of HSB Turning Torso is based on a sculpture called Twisting Torso. The sculpture is a white marble piece based on the form of a twisting human being, created by Santiago Calatrava, a trained sculptor, architect and engineer.
In 1999 when the first plan was made for BO01, there was a 25 floor building instead of turning torso sketched on the construction map with HSB named as the owner. The management of the company that arranged the exhibition BO01 had at this stage contacts with Santiago Calatrava. They wanted him to design a temporary information pavilion for the exhibition and build a building that would be beautiful and attract tourists to Malmo. Discussions began that Calatrava would draw this building. As Calatrava dedicated himself in the task, the building was getting higher and higher and later successfully built.
The apartments were originally planned to become condominiums with prices between two and nine million, depending on the size of the apartement. For example an apartment with 3 rooms would cost four to five million with a monthly rent fee of about 4 000. The construction of the building began on 14th february 2001 and the building officially opened 27 August 2005. The building is a promising and beautiful building in which Malmo hopes to take inspiration from in the ongoing construction of the new buildings in Hyllie.
Turning Torso is Sweden's and Scandinavia's tallest building with 1904 meters tall and its 54 floors attracts many tourists from all around the world. The building is located at Malmo west harbour AKA ‘’BO01’’. The architect behind the beautiful building is the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
The vision of HSB Turning Torso is based on a sculpture called Twisting Torso. The sculpture is a white marble piece based on the form of a twisting human being, created by Santiago Calatrava, a trained sculptor, architect and engineer.
In 1999 when the first plan was made for BO01, there was a 25 floor building instead of turning torso sketched on the construction map with HSB named as the owner. The management of the company that arranged the exhibition BO01 had at this stage contacts with Santiago Calatrava. They wanted him to design a temporary information pavilion for the exhibition and build a building that would be beautiful and attract tourists to Malmo. Discussions began that Calatrava would draw this building. As Calatrava dedicated himself in the task, the building was getting higher and higher and later successfully built.
The apartments were originally planned to become condominiums with prices between two and nine million, depending on the size of the apartement. For example an apartment with 3 rooms would cost four to five million with a monthly rent fee of about 4 000. The construction of the building began on 14th february 2001 and the building officially opened 27 August 2005. The building is a promising and beautiful building in which Malmo hopes to take inspiration from in the ongoing construction of the new buildings in Hyllie.
Shirzad
Slottsparken
Slottsparken is one of the bigger parks in the central parts of Malmö. Before it was a park it was a military training ground in the 19th century. When the military stopped training there for a while it became marsh ground and that’s what they built the park in 1897-1900. It was after a big industrial/craft fair that they decided to build this park and they turned to the danish architect Edvard Glæsel and the american landscape architect Olmesteds. They had two different opinions about what the park should be like. Olmsteds wanted to build a park for all ages and social classes. Edward wanted to make a big greenfield site but they decided to take Olmsteds suggestion instead.
Frederick Law Olmsted was born in April 26 1822 and died August 28 1903. He is called the father of American landscape architecture and he co-designed parks like Central Park and Prospect Park in New York. He also made a career in journalism and he wrote about public gardens. He worked for New York Times which is an American daily newspaper.
One of the statues that is build in this park is The Man and Pegasus and it was Carl Milles who created this in 1949. It is a man with his foot on a flying Pegasus and it is a horse with wings, a creature from the Greek mythology. And there is copies in USA and Japan of this statue.
Today there are often events like “Rocktåget” and “Folkfesten”.
Tim
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slottsparken,_Malmö
http://www.malmo.se/Medborgare/Idrott--fritid/Natur--friluftsliv/Parker/Parker-A-O/Slottsparken.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted
Malmö Stadium
Malmö Stadion is for many (including me) associated with joy, sadness and extreme passion since it was the home ground for the successful football team Malmö FF
e of 157,5 m. It was the length you used to run in ancient competitions.
Sweden was the designated host of the 1958 FIFA world cup finals. So a new arena was needed. In only 15 months the Malmö Stadion was constructed. Stadion was built with both a football field and areas for track and field.
The first match ever played at Malmö Stadion was a world cup game between Argentina and West Germany. This is also the game when the all time attendance record was set. 30,953 people came to see West Germany defeat Argentina by three goals to one.
After the world cup in 1958, local football team Malmö FF began using the Malmö Stadion as their home ground. This is where Malmö FF grew to become one of the most successful football teams in Sweden. One of the biggest games ever played in the Malmö Stadion was between Malmö FF and Austria Vienna. It was the second game in a two game series of the semifinal in the prestigious European cup. After playing 0-0 in Austria, it was now time to play in Malmö. The winner would be sent to play the finale in Munich. After a freekick the ball reached Tommy Hanssons’ head and the ball went in to the net. Malmö went on to lose 1-0 to Nottingham Forrest in Munich. Malmö is by far the only Swedish team to reach the final of the European Cup.
The season of 2008 was the last season Malmö FF played at Malmö Stadion. The future of Malmö Stadion is not yet decied, some say it might be replaced with a new bathhouse others would like it to stay the way it is now. Stadion is still in use by Malmö atlethics club; MAI and Football team IFK Malmö. Malmö Stadion is also used as a venue for concerts
Even though the majestic football ground isn’t full of supporters cheering on their team anymore, it will forever be in the hearts of MFF supporters.
e of 157,5 m. It was the length you used to run in ancient competitions.
Sweden was the designated host of the 1958 FIFA world cup finals. So a new arena was needed. In only 15 months the Malmö Stadion was constructed. Stadion was built with both a football field and areas for track and field.
The first match ever played at Malmö Stadion was a world cup game between Argentina and West Germany. This is also the game when the all time attendance record was set. 30,953 people came to see West Germany defeat Argentina by three goals to one.
After the world cup in 1958, local football team Malmö FF began using the Malmö Stadion as their home ground. This is where Malmö FF grew to become one of the most successful football teams in Sweden. One of the biggest games ever played in the Malmö Stadion was between Malmö FF and Austria Vienna. It was the second game in a two game series of the semifinal in the prestigious European cup. After playing 0-0 in Austria, it was now time to play in Malmö. The winner would be sent to play the finale in Munich. After a freekick the ball reached Tommy Hanssons’ head and the ball went in to the net. Malmö went on to lose 1-0 to Nottingham Forrest in Munich. Malmö is by far the only Swedish team to reach the final of the European Cup.
The season of 2008 was the last season Malmö FF played at Malmö Stadion. The future of Malmö Stadion is not yet decied, some say it might be replaced with a new bathhouse others would like it to stay the way it is now. Stadion is still in use by Malmö atlethics club; MAI and Football team IFK Malmö. Malmö Stadion is also used as a venue for concerts
Even though the majestic football ground isn’t full of supporters cheering on their team anymore, it will forever be in the hearts of MFF supporters.
Simon
References
En.wikipedia.org (2011) Malmö Stadion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6_Stadion [Accessed: 19 Mar 2012].
Malmo.se (1958) Malmö stadion - Malmö stad. [online] Available at: http://www.malmo.se/Medborgare/Idrott--fritid/Anlaggningar/Stadionomradet/Malmo-stadion.html [Accessed: 19 Mar 2012].
Sydsvenskan.se (2012) Sydsvenskan-Nyheter dygnet runt. [online] Available at: http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/mff-100-ar/viktigaste-malet-genom-alla-tider/ [Accessed: 19 Mar 2012].By Håkan Malmström
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En.wikipedia.org (2011) File:South Stand, Malmö Stadion.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South_Stand,_Malm%C3%B6_Stadion.jpg [Accessed: 19 Mar 2012].
Malmo.se (1958) Malmö stadion - Malmö stad. [online] Available at: http://www.malmo.se/Medborgare/Idrott--fritid/Anlaggningar/Stadionomradet/Malmo-stadion.html [Accessed: 19 Mar 2012].
Sydsvenskan.se (2012) Sydsvenskan-Nyheter dygnet runt. [online] Available at: http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/mff-100-ar/viktigaste-malet-genom-alla-tider/ [Accessed: 19 Mar 2012].By Håkan Malmström
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En.wikipedia.org (2011) File:South Stand, Malmö Stadion.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South_Stand,_Malm%C3%B6_Stadion.jpg [Accessed: 19 Mar 2012].
The Crown Prince
Kronprinsen, located in Malmö is the fifth highest building in Sweden. The building has 27 floors which makes the skyscraper 82 meters high. The construction of the skyscraper started in 1959 and lasted until 1964. The plan with Kronprinsen was a block with office, shopping and properties in the same building. Kronprinsen was the highest building in Malmö for many years, until 2005 when Turning Torso was completed.
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Kronprinsen from close range in 2006:
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Inside the building you can find both apartments, restaurants and a bowling alley. From the resturant you have a nice view over Malmö and if you are lucky you can see all the way to Copenhagen over Öresund. In the bottom of the building you can find a shopping mall with about forty stores. The outside if the building is covered with small pieces of blue tiles in seven different types of blue, with the dark blue closest to the ground and then lighter and lighter blue all the way up to the top. There are a totaly amount of 1.9 million blue tiles on Kronprinsen.
Kronprinsen is located in the “west inner city” of Malmö where you also can find the nice park Slottsparken which is very close to Kronprinsen. Kronprinsen is one of the biggest trademarks of Malmö and was used as the trademark of the Eurovision Song Contest when the competition was held in Malmö in 1992. There were once three professional climbers that climbed the whole outside of the tower in 1989.
Simon
Sources:
Sv.wikipedia.org (n.d.) Kronprinsen - Wikipedia. [online] Available at: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronprinsen [Accessed: 1 Mar 2012].
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronprinsen En.wikipedia.org (n.d.) Kronprinsen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronprinsen [Accessed: 1 Mar 2012].
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Beal Frederick 2010: Stadsbiblioteket 2010-04-27. Information collected: 01-03-2012
http://www.malmo.se/Medborgare/Kultur--noje/Arkiv--historia/Kulturarv-Malmo/H-K/Kronprinsen.html
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronprinsen En.wikipedia.org (n.d.) Kronprinsen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronprinsen [Accessed: 1 Mar 2012].
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Beal Frederick 2010: Stadsbiblioteket 2010-04-27. Information collected: 01-03-2012
http://www.malmo.se/Medborgare/Kultur--noje/Arkiv--historia/Kulturarv-Malmo/H-K/Kronprinsen.html
The Swedish Melancholy
In the middle of Malmo´s city life there is a man made of bronze that stands and weeps for himself, the statue The Swedish Melancholy. He stands in the shade under a big three looking depressed and anguished.
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The statue is created by a Swedish artist and movie maker named Marie-Louise Ekman. The Swedish melancholy got mounted 2005 on the South Promenade in the center of Malmo, but was created some years earlier. The reason it did not get mounted until 2005 was because the statue was supposed to stand in a suburb of Malmo called Limhamn. But when they were about to mount the Swedish Melancholy there, the people of Limhamn began complaining about not wanting it. The people of Limhamn considered themselves to happy to have a sad statue in their district. After the rejection from Limhamn the statue was put in a basement for some years, until the state gardener Gunnar Eriksson got the idea that the statue could stand on the South Promenade.
The chaos of where to put the statue has made the Swedish Melancholy Malmo's most debated public artwork. The statue received so much attention by all this chaos that Mats Weman and Stefan Berg decided to make a movie about it. The film was comically named “I have cried a lot in Limhamn” and the creators even got Marie-Louise Ekman to be in the film.
After all the problems when everybody thought the statue would have peace at last. The Swedish Melancholy got vandalized and lost his nose. When they were about to fix the nose problem they also noticed that the statue suffered from irregular water pressure. So they had to saw off the head to fix the problem which cost 30 000 Swedish kronor. But luckily the beheading gave the statue extra publicity and fame.
Marie-Louise Ekman got the inspiration to the statue´s look by her husband, Gösta Ekman. Whom is a famous actor and movie maker in Sweden. No one really knew why Marie-Louise made the sad statue looking like her man. The Swedish Melancholy was created to show the feeling melancholy.
Nowadays the Swedish Melancholy stands peacefully by The South Promenade and have succeeded to avoid any more trouble.
Johan B
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Sydsvenskan.se (2005) Brons-Gösta gråter ojämnt och tappar huvudet - Malmö - Sydsvenskan - Nyheter dygnet runt. [online] Available at: http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/article123778/Brons-Gosta-grater-ojamnt-och-tappar-huvudet.html [Accessed: 11 Mar 2012].
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S:t Petri Church
Are you interested in good art and big old buildings with a a lot of history behind them? If you answered yes to one or both of the questions above, then a visit to S:t petri Church in Malmoe is definitely something for you!
S:t petri church was founded in the beginning of the 1300-century. The church is dedicated to the two apostols Petrus and Paulus. The church is built in gothic architecture which was used a lot in the 1100-1400 century for a a lot of churcs and Cathedrals in Europe. Its biggest inspiration is the S:t Mary´s church in Lübeck. One other church in Sweden that is also built after this style is for example “Uppsala domkyrka”. The tower on S:t petri church has collapsed 2 times during the 1400-century.
So who was Petrus and Paulus then? Petrus was a good friend and an important person to Jesus. He witnessed many importants events and was according to the tradition the first Bishop of Rome. He was born in Bestaida in Galileen, and he died 64 A.D. by Crucifixion. Paulus was born year 3 in Taulus and died in 64-65 A.D. by execution by sword. He had a big influence on the early spread of Christianity. Some people even say Paulus was just as important for Christianity as Jesus. He made a huge impact on it because of his letters in the New testament. Petrus and Paulus have the same Saint day(29th of june) and that is because they both died that day. So that is the reason why the church is dedicated to both of them.
Since S:t Petris churchs beginning it has been used for citizen in Malmoe to express their cultural and spiritural needs. The church was first used for Catholicism before the reformation when it switched over to protestantism, the religion most people in sweden are today. The S:t Petri Congression is the oldest congression in Malmoe and one of the biggest. The congession have approximately 12.000 members and it is still growing.
The Chuch is not far away from the Malmoe centralstation so if you got some time over or just wanna be amazed by the incredible art you, should definitely stop by the S:t Petri church, you will not regret it.
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Since S:t Petris churchs beginning it has been used for citizen in Malmoe to express their cultural and spiritural needs. The church was first used for Catholicism before the reformation when it switched over to protestantism, the religion most people in sweden are today. The S:t Petri Congression is the oldest congression in Malmoe and one of the biggest. The congession have approximately 12.000 members and it is still growing.
The Chuch is not far away from the Malmoe centralstation so if you got some time over or just wanna be amazed by the incredible art you, should definitely stop by the S:t Petri church, you will not regret it.
Philip
References:
Svenska Kyrkan (2009) S:t Petri Kyrka. [online] Available at: http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=661885.
Wikipedia (2009) S:t Petri Kyrka. [online] Available at:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Petri_kyrka,_Malm%C3%B6.
Wikipedia (2007) Paulus. [online] Available at: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulus.
WIkipedia (2008) Petrus. [online] Available at: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus.
Malmö operas main stage was officially opened in 1944, after decades of planning and construction delays duo to the raging world war.
The legendary director Max Reinhardt was consulted, and on his recommendation a big revolving stage and an auditorium was built. The building could fit 1500 audience. Max Reinhardt, originally Maximlian Goldman, was a famous Austrian director. He was one of his era's leading theater directors in Germany and Austria, and influenced many European actors and directors.
The renowned master architect Sigurd Lewerentz and his colleagues Erik Lallerstedt and David Helldén created one of the functionalist architectual masterpiece. The foyer is considered to be particularly beautiful, adorned with artwork by Carl Milles and Isaac Grünewald. Since 1994, the theater has been monument marked. It means that the building is of an importance (in this case historical importance) to the people, and too valuable to destroy/abandon.
Malmö’s opera house has one of the biggest auditoriums in northern Europe. It can contain up to 1500 spectators. The size of the auditorium can vary with the help of adjustable walls. The smallest auditorium has 407 seats.
The stage itself is among the biggest in Europe. It is 25 m deep and 25 m high. The stage area is 600 square meters and the revolving stage is 20 m in diameter.
Over the years the theater has changed in step with the modern technological advances. For example, new audio and lightning systems were installed. And the text machine. A machine which translates languages spoken in plays to help the audience comprehend. It makes presenting plays feel more … original.
Source:
Malmoopera.se (1944) Operahuset och scenerna | Malmö Opera. [online] Available at: http://www.malmoopera.se/besok-operan/operahuset
Malmö operas main stage was officially opened in 1944, after decades of planning and construction delays duo to the raging world war.
The legendary director Max Reinhardt was consulted, and on his recommendation a big revolving stage and an auditorium was built. The building could fit 1500 audience. Max Reinhardt, originally Maximlian Goldman, was a famous Austrian director. He was one of his era's leading theater directors in Germany and Austria, and influenced many European actors and directors.
The renowned master architect Sigurd Lewerentz and his colleagues Erik Lallerstedt and David Helldén created one of the functionalist architectual masterpiece. The foyer is considered to be particularly beautiful, adorned with artwork by Carl Milles and Isaac Grünewald. Since 1994, the theater has been monument marked. It means that the building is of an importance (in this case historical importance) to the people, and too valuable to destroy/abandon.
Malmö’s opera house has one of the biggest auditoriums in northern Europe. It can contain up to 1500 spectators. The size of the auditorium can vary with the help of adjustable walls. The smallest auditorium has 407 seats.
The stage itself is among the biggest in Europe. It is 25 m deep and 25 m high. The stage area is 600 square meters and the revolving stage is 20 m in diameter.
Over the years the theater has changed in step with the modern technological advances. For example, new audio and lightning systems were installed. And the text machine. A machine which translates languages spoken in plays to help the audience comprehend. It makes presenting plays feel more … original.
Source:
Malmoopera.se (1944) Operahuset och scenerna | Malmö Opera. [online] Available at: http://www.malmoopera.se/besok-operan/operahuset
Abdullah
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