12 Sights in Solna, Sweden (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Solna, Sweden. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 12 sights are available in Solna, Sweden.

Sightseeing Tours in Solna

1. Tornparken

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Tornparken is a park in central Sundbyberg. In the park there is, among other things, a paddling pool, a playground and a football field, there were also leisure activities there, but the house where the business was run burned down in 2003 and the municipality took the decision not to invest in a reconstruction. There is also a dance floor and during the 1940s and 1950s it was very popular to gather there and dance. Midsummer was also celebrated here every year, organized by Sundbybergs Hembygdsförening. During the 1970s, they invested in sing-along chirp evenings, which was very popular.

Wikipedia: Tornparken (SV)

2. Ulkriksdal Palace

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Ulriksdal Palace is a royal palace situated on the banks of the Edsviken in the Royal National City Park in Solna Municipality, 6 km north of Stockholm. It was originally called Jakobsdal for its owner Jacob De la Gardie, who had it built by architect Hans Jacob Kristler in 1643–1645 as a country retreat. He later passed on to his son, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, from whom it was purchased in 1669 by Queen Hedvig Eleonora of Sweden. The present design is mainly the work of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and dates from the late 17th century.

Wikipedia: Ulriksdal Palace (EN)

3. Ulriksdals slottskapell

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At the initiative of Karl xv 1863-1865, the castle of this castle was established at Alder Castle. It preceded at least two other chapels, the first of which was in the 1660s, when gabriel de la gardie owned the castle. The chapel was enclosed in the north wing of the castle and built according to the blueprint of Yean Delavalle. The building of the castle is used today for, among other things, navigation, worship of faith, school closures and baptism.

Wikipedia: Ulriksdals slottskapell (SV)

4. Pelouse

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Hagaparkens pelouse, or Stora Pelousen for short, is the large lawn in Hagaparken in Solna. "Pelouse" is French and means lawn or lawn. The Haga Park pelouse is surrounded by walking paths on four sides, it is about 300 meters long and 200 meters wide and has an area of about 60,000 square meters. Stora Pelousen, like the entire Haga Park, has been part of the world's first national city park since 1994; National City Park Stockholm-Solna.

Wikipedia: Hagaparkens pelouse (SV)

5. prins Oscar Bernadottes familjegrav

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prins Oscar Bernadottes familjegrav

Prince Oscar Carl August Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg was a Swedish religious activist, the second son of King Oscar II of Sweden and his consort, Sofia of Nassau. Born as a Prince of Sweden and Norway, he was known as Prince Oscar, Duke of Gotland. However, by marrying contrary to Swedish constitutional requirements, he lost those titles, becoming instead Luxembourgish nobility as Prince Bernadotte and Count of Wisborg.

Wikipedia: Prince Oscar Bernadotte (EN), Website

6. Orangerimuseet

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Orangerimuseet

The Orangery Museum is a sculpture museum in Ulriksdal Municipality, Solna Municipality, Sweden. The building's predecessor was erected in the 1660s. The current orangery was added in the early 1700s and was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. In 1988, King Carl XVI Gustaf decided to make the orangery a sculpture museum available. The orangery is open in the summer months for guided tours.

Wikipedia: Orangerimuseet (SV)

7. Råsunda vattentorn

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Råsunda water tower stands at Näckrosvägen 31A in the district of Råsunda in Solna municipality. The tower was designed by architect Sigge Cronstedt and inaugurated in 1910. Operations were discontinued in the early 1950s. Since 1994, the tower has been converted into apartments. The building is externally very well preserved and has a high cultural-historical value.

Wikipedia: Råsunda vattentorn (SV)

8. Haga Palace ruins

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Haga Palace ruins

Haga Castle Foundation or Stora Haga Castle Ruins are the remains of Gustav III's grand plan for Stora Haga Castle in Haga Park. In the commission to design the castle, no less than six architects were involved. Construction did not reach the ground before the king was assassinated in March 1792 and construction stopped. Today, only the castle's basement walls remain.

Wikipedia: Haga slottsgrund (SV)

9. Museum of Queen Kristina's coronation carriage

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The Museum of Queen Christina's Coronation Ceremony is a museum in the stable building on Ulriksdal Castle grounds, Solna Municipality, Sweden. The museum displays, among other things, the reconstructed coronation body from Queen Christina's coronation on 20 October 1650. The stable with the coronation carriage is open for booked group visits.

Wikipedia: Museet för drottning Kristinas kröningsekipage (SV)

10. Ekensbergskyrkan

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Ekensbergskyrkan in Solna belongs to Ekensbergskyrkan parish, a parish within Equmeniakyrkan, originally mission church. Ekensbergskyrkan is located on an oak-covered hill in central Solna, just a few meters from where Råsundastadion was previously located.

Wikipedia: Ekensbergskyrkan (SV)

11. Confidencen

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Confidencen, or Ulriksdal Palace Theatre, is a theatre in the park of Ulriksdal Palace in Solna, in the Swedish capital Stockholm. Built in the 1750s and restored from the late 20th century, it is the oldest Rococo theatre in Sweden.

Wikipedia: Confidencen (EN), Website

12. The Temple of Echo

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The Haga Echo Temple was built in 1790 as a summer dining room for Gustav III who loved to dine outdoors. It is situated in Hagaparken in Solna just north of Stockholm. The architect was Carl Christoffer Gjörwell.

Wikipedia: Haga Echo Temple (EN)

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