Hagaparken ("Haga Park"), or simply Haga in Solna Municipality just north of Stockholm , Sweden , is a vast and popular nature area, with large lawns, woods and gardens.
5-750: Hagaparken is located along the western shoreline of Brunnsviken and is a part of the Royal National City Park . Within the park are Haga Palace , King Gustav III's Pavilion , the Chinese Pavilion, the Haga Echo Temple , the Turkish Kiosk, the Haga Palace Ruins (which is not really a ruin as it is the remains of a palace never finished) and several other interesting buildings on the grounds (such as
10-706: The Royal National City Park , since 1994. Today it is managed by the State Property Agency ( Statens fastighetsverk ) and the Royal Djurgården Administration ( Kungliga Djurgårdens Förvaltning ). 59°21′40″N 18°02′00″E / 59.36111°N 18.03333°E / 59.36111; 18.03333 Brunnsviken Brunnsviken (literally The Bay of Wells ) is a 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) by 0.4–0.5 kilometres (0.25–0.31 mi) brackish lake in Sweden located on
15-419: The boundary between Solna Municipality and Stockholm Municipality , connecting to Lilla Värtan through Ålkistan . It has a perimeter of 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). Around Brunnsviken there are a wide range of interesting buildings and facilities. Brunnsviken stretches all the way from Vasastaden, Stockholm in the south to Bergshamra, Solna in the north, with Hagaparken along the western shoreline. In
20-507: The famous troubadour Carl Michael Bellman , a contemporary of Gustav III , who is much associated with Haga due to the lyrics of his compositions, poems and his writings. The song Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga (The wingéd butterfly is seen in Haga), one of the best-known of Bellman's Fredman's Songs , is entirely dedicated to the park. In 1935, Hagaparken became a state building monument and has been part of Sweden's first national city park,
25-895: The peculiar Copper Tents and also the Butterfly House). Included in the Haga Park is also the Royal Burial Ground of the Swedish Royal family (since 1922), where several members and ancestors of the present Swedish royal Bernadotte family rest. Ulriksdal Palace ( Swedish : Ulriksdals slott ) is a royal palace situated in Hagaparken. The master plan for development was originally designed by architect Fredrik Magnus Piper (1746–1824). Hagaparken has historically been favoured by Swedish royalty, especially Gustav III who founded it and developed it 1780-1797, and by
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