Stockholm: Konserthuset

Country: Sweden (Sverige)
City: Stockholm

Concert hall, built 1926 by Ivar Tengbom. The complex comprises several halls:

  • Stora salen: Main auditorium. 1970 interior renovation and redecoration. 1982 installation of a concert organ by Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri (>6000 pipes). 2001 interior alterations.
  • Grünewaldsalen: Chamber music hall. Named in honour of the Swedish painter, Isaac Grünewald (1888–1946) who decorated the hall.
  • Aulinsalen: Studio and lecture hall. Named in honour of the Swedish violinist, conductor, and composer, Tor Aulin (1866-1914).

Home to the "Kungliga Filharmonikerna" [Royal Stockholm Phiharmonic Orchestra]. Site of the annual Nobel Prize Award Ceremony on December 10th.

Links: www.konserthuset.se, nobelprize.org

[Stockholm: Konserthuset] Front Text: "Konserthuset, Stockholm - Consert Hall, Stockholm"
Publisher: Sago-konst A.-B., Stockholm
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

[Stockholm: Konserthuset] Front Text: "Stockholm , Konserthuset"
Publisher: Harald Olsen, Stockholm
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

[Stockholm: Konserthuset] Picture: Orpheus monument in front of the Konserthus
Front Text: "Stockholm , Orfeusgruppen (av Milles) vid Konserthuset"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 15 Aug 1937
Publisher: A. B. Alga, Stockholm
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: from Strockholm to Frankfurt am Main (Germany) [postmark illegible]

[Stockholm: Konserthuset] Revers Text: "Stockholm , Konserthuset och Hötorgs-City"
Publisher: AB Grafisk Konst; 130/24
Size: Modern
Not sent.


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