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22-546: Administratively, it is subdivided into the five districts Kungsholmen , Marieberg , Fredhäll , Kristineberg and Stadshagen . Franciscan friars from the Grey Friar's Abbey, Stockholm , began living on the island in the 15th century. Because of this, the island was named Munklägret (the Monks' encampment). The monks subsisted on cattle-breeding and fishing. They also managed the brickyard Själakoret at Rålambshov . As

44-460: A bacon slice, which is why the house was nicknamed Bacon-Hill . A large part of today's building in Marieberg originated in the early 1960s and goes back to a 1958 city plan, signed by Göran Sidenbladh. The plan for the area was originally drawn up by architect Åke Ahlström and was intended for a concerted development of different tall houses with different functions and different proportions. In

66-539: A cotton mill was established, at Marieberg a porcelain factory. In the early 19th century the military began to settle in Kungsholmen, which at the time was still a sparsely populated idyll. When Samuel Owen settled in Kungsholmen, it had begun developing into a marked district factories and workers. This development was accentuated when the Bolinder brothers start building up their business at Klara Sjö, west of

88-480: A few years after moving in, Stockholm University decided that the Stockholm Institute of Education should be integrated into the university's other operations at Frescati and the premises at Campus Konradsberg were therefore gradually phased out. The campus area's then owner, Akademiska Hus , then chose to develop Campus Konradsberg into a school campus for schools with special competence, among them

110-685: A larger fenced area is the Russian Embassy. Down by the water is the Sea Scouts in Triewald's malmgård . To the east lies Smedsudden with Smedsuddsbadet. In the early 2000s, the Stockholm Institute of Education had its premises in the former mental hospital Konradsberg and Fredhälls folkskola . Campus Konradsberg was created for the Stockholm Institute of Education, which was expanded with several new buildings. Already

132-537: A plot for the National Archives main building and blocks for two tall residential buildings (Dragspelshuset/Erlanderhuset and the so-called Bacon-Hill). In Marieberg are Rålambshovsparken and Mariebergsparken as well as the northern part of Västerbron . The National Archives, the National Board of Health and Welfare and some of the major newspapers also have premises in Marieberg. However, only

154-547: A result of the Swedish Reformation , which was concluded at the parliament in Västerås 1527, the monks were expelled and the area became property of the crown. At the end of the 16th century, Johan III (son of Gustav Vasa ) established an additional brickyard on the northern bank of the island. In 1635 the first bridge to Munklägret was built. A few years later Queen Kristina donated large areas of land in

176-601: Is a district located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm City Centre , Sweden . Marieberg is part of the Borough of Kungsholmen . It is located west of Fridhemsgatan/ Riddarfjärden , south of Drottningholmsvägen and east of Essingeleden /Viktor Rydbergs gata. In the south Marieberg borders the Mariebergsfjärden. Marieberg has its name after the Marieberg malmgård (suburban manor), which

198-604: Is mentioned in Carl Michael Bellman 's 1790 song " Ge rum i Bröllopsgåln din hund! ", Fredman's Epistle 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 's boat as she returns from Hessingen in Lake Mälaren to Stockholm. This article about

220-483: Is reminiscent of this. Up until the early 1960s, the popularly named Millis was still a large fenced area, including the later newspaper area (between Rålambsvägen and the later Gjörwellsgatan), the current embassy area Lilla berget , and the Stora berget above Smedsudden. The development of the area began with Wivalliusgatan's house down by the water. A little later, the two large residential buildings were erected on

242-472: The Kungsbron , (King's Bridge) in the mid-19th century. The company AB Separator was established at the end of the 19th century. AB Separator would soon become a worldwide group of companies and at the beginning of the 20th century had more than 2,000 employees. The industrial breakthrough led to a huge population explosion . The population grew from just over 4,000 people in 1860 to 26,000 in 1890. During

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264-581: The guilds and they were exempted from tax for ten years. In 1672 Munklägret became a separate parish (Kungsholmen) and the whole island was renamed Kungsholmen, meaning King's Island in Swedish. When the Swedish Empire collapsed in the beginning of the 18th century the crown embarked on a generous economic policy to develop Kungsholmen, which was then largely empty of buildings. The entails were turned into factories and hospitals . In Hornsberg

286-418: The 1880s several apartment blocks were built to remedy the housing shortage. In the early 20th century a radical structural change took place on Kungsholmen. The traits from the old industrial district are swept away and instead housing and public institutions were erected. St. Görans church was designed by architect Gustaf Améen (1864–1949) and built in 1910. At the division of the Kungsholmen parish in 1925,

308-696: The Manilaskolan and the Hällsboskolan and Stockholm International Montessori School. Serafimerlasarettet Serafimerlasarettet (Seraphim Hospital), popularly known as Serafen , was the first modern hospital in Sweden. It was located in Kungsholmen in Stockholm and active from 1752 to 1980. The current building still houses the local emergency department of Serafen. The hospital

330-410: The editors remain in Marieberg, the printing press moved to Akalla in the 1990s. Marieberg's cityscape is dominated by the 23-storey high Dagens Nyheter Tower , where the letters at the top of the house constantly alternate between Dagens Nyheter and Expressen , as well as the slightly lower SvD-huset in red brick. Near the bridge to Lilla Essingen , Mariebergsbron , is Villa Adolfsberg. Within

352-548: The heights of Marieberg. The light plastered building (due to its wrinkled facade also called "Dragspelshuset") in the neighborhood of Lysbomben was built in 1961–1962. It is a 16-storey house with 210 apartments and about 1,200 m of office space. To the west, the Riksbyggen built the Silvieberg 3 property in the 1960s, a residential complex with alternating bands of reddish-brown and light-plastered parts, reminiscent of

374-399: The military moved out and the large hospital Serafen is supplanted (on another location) by the more modern Saint Göran Hospital . 59°20′N 18°2′E  /  59.333°N 18.033°E  / 59.333; 18.033 Marieberg, Stockholm 59°19′42.34″N 18°1′6.88″E  /  59.3284278°N 18.0185778°E  / 59.3284278; 18.0185778 Marieberg

396-576: The new parish was named after the church. The residential areas in Fredhäll and in Kristineberg were built in the 1930s after a functionalist city plan. The bridges Västerbron and Tranebergsbron were also built the same decade, and Sankt Eriksbron received its current dimensions. The Stockholm metro was drawn through Kungsholmen in the 1950s, first out to Vällingby and later also another line to Solna , Sundbyberg and Järvafältet . At this time

418-458: The northern part, an industrial area was established for the graphic industry, intended for the newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet ' s printing plants, distribution centers and editorial offices. To the south and west of Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet ' s new buildings, the city plan continued with a plot for a foreign embassy (Russian Embassy in Stockholm),

440-598: The western part of the island to some of the generals from the Thirty Years War . They built magnificent entails and laid out great gardens. 1644 the crown donated the eastern part of Munklägret to the authorities of the city of Stockholm, which then received its first city plan. Three years later the remainder of the island was donated. In order to facilitate migration to Munklägret, privileges were given to artisans and manufacturers. For example, they were allowed to set up operations there without having to belong to

462-813: Was Marieberg's porcelain factory (1758–1788), as well as the Marieberg military area (with, among others, the Higher Artillery School ( Högre artilleriläroverket ) 1818–1869, the Train Battalion ( Trängbataljonen ) 1885–1891, the Field Telegraph Corps 1908–1937, the Signal Regiment 1937–1940, as well as the Swedish Army Signal School (1945–1958). There was also an ammunition factory at Marieberg 1876–1950. The Marieberg Stone ( Mariebergsstenen )

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484-612: Was erected in the 1640s on the shores of Lake Mälaren for the Riksråd Bengt Skytte . He named the farm after his daughter Maria , the wife of the Master of the Horse Gustav Adam Banér. Of this first settlement, only Triewald's malmgård is preserved today, which is called Mangården on Petrus Tillaeus' map from 1733 and may be identical to Marieberg's malmgård . In the area south of Rålambsvägen

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