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Art around the City Hall

Among other things, Saint George and the Dragon, Birger jarls cenotaph, Numerous sculptures are visible in the building's niches and on the roof. This includes Carl Eldh's three naturalistic marble statues with the names The Poet, Poet and Painter, for August Strindberg, Gustaf Fröding and Ernst Josephson, who came into place in 1923. These sculptures caused some offense because of their nudity. After the death of the pictured, however, the protests soon fell silent.
Completely dominant in the southeast is Engelbrektsstatyn, which was created by Christian Eriksson and inaugurated in 1932. Down on the wall next to Lake Mälaren's water, Carl Eldh's sculptures are The Song and Dance in bronze.
In the western part of the park there is a copy of Crocus by Tore Strindberg.
Next to Crocus is Näcken, a small fountain sculpture recessed in the quay's paving and performed by Tore Strindberg in 1935.
At one of the pillars in the column row towards the park stands a relief over Carl Larsson, performed by Christian Eriksson.
Walled in Birgerskansen itself sits the old vault from Erik Palmstedt's Old Riddarholm Bridge from the 1780s. Ida Matton's sculpture Loke's prison from 1923 is also included in the vault.
Outside Birgerskansen's western support wall, the Stockholm stock is created by Aron Sandberg.
Erik Rafael-Rådberg's sculpture in granite is attended by Erik Rafael-Rådberg's sculpture in granite showing sculptor Gustaf Sandberg, travelled in 1970.
Sandberg carried out several sculpture work for Stockholm City Hall, including the 7.6 meter high St Eriksstatyn, which would originally be on the town hall tower but is now found in the tower museum.
Outside the entrance of the City Hall Cellar, Baccus stands riding lions created by Ansgar Almquist.
Almquist also designed four facade sculptures on the center party's facade, these depict Olof Skötkung, Johannes Rudbeckius, Olaus Petri and Sten Sture the Elder.
Towards Hantverkargatan, right and left of the main portal, the cutouts of the city from different centuries are visible, these are sculpted by Gustaf Sandberg and carved in granite.
Outside the northwest corner of the town hall is the morning redness of Marcus Lövblad, who depicts a putto in gilded bronze. It was a gift of Stockholm's borgargille to the opening of the town hall in 1923. //Wikipedia

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Station on the blue line going north.

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