The General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm of 1897 ( Swedish : Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen ) also known as Stockholm Exhibition or Stockholm World's Fair ( Stockholmsutställningen ) was a World's Fair staged in 1897 in Stockholm , Sweden .
6-416: Stockholm Exhibition may refer to: General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1897) Stockholm Exhibition (1930) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Stockholm Exhibition . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
12-738: The King with a petition expressing their wish to host an exposition. With royal approval, a commission was appointed and the Government gave formal approval for an exposition of art and industry to be held in 1897. This marked the 25th anniversary of King Oscar's reign. Construction began in 1895 and the Exposition was finally opened on May 15, 1897, by King Oscar II. The 3,722 exhibitors were limited to those from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Russia; even though Canada and Germany tried several times to be allowed to participate. The exhibition site
18-403: The architect Ferdinand Boberg and featuring a 100 metres tall cupola and 4 minarets, was demolished after the exposition however, together with many other pavilions built in non-permanent materials. One theme of the exposition was the new media technologies of the day, including film and the phonograph . The opening ceremonies of the exposition were documented in early recordings, including
24-502: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stockholm_Exhibition&oldid=933143761 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1897) On December 16, 1893, leading societies in Sweden approached
30-664: The opening address by King Oscar II . These recordings have been preserved, and are now available on the internet. After the close of the exposition on October 3, 1897; the large industrial hall was torn down, but the Nordic Museum continued to be used and still remains in Stockholm. Remaining in their original places are the Reinhold Bakery, now a restaurant; the Royal Hunt Club Pavilion, now
36-552: Was located on the island of Djurgården , and many of the structures on the western part of the island originated as part of the exhibition. These include Djurgårdsbron , the main bridge to the island, the Skansens Bergbana , the funicular railway now in the Skansen open-air museum and zoo , and the Nordic Museum . One of the most prominent buildings of the exposition, a 16,820 m² exposition hall in wood, designed by
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