Stockholm Public Library

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Stockholm Public Library is a landmark early 20th-century building in Stockholm, Sweden, renowned for its cylindrical main hall and as one of architect Gunnar Asplund’s most celebrated works of Nordic Classicism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
cultural institution
public library
architect Gunnar Asplund
architecturalStyle Modernism
Nordic Classicism
constructionStart 1924
country Sweden
genre public architecture
hasArchitecturalFeature clerestory windows in rotunda
monumental entrance staircase
plain brick exterior
hasCollectionType audio-visual materials
books
children’s literature
foreign-language literature
periodicals
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasDomeOrRotunda yes
hasFunction cultural venue
lending library
reference library
study space
hasPart book stacks
central rotunda
cylindrical main hall
reading rooms
hasReadingRoomCapacity hundreds of visitors
hasWebsite https://biblioteket.stockholm.se
heritageDesignation byggnadsminne
heritageStatus listed building
inception 1928
influenced later modern library design
locatedIn Stockholm
Vasastan
locatedInContinent Europe
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
notableFor Nordic Classicism architecture
cylindrical main hall
innovative library design
openingDate 1928
operatedBy Stockholm Public Library self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stockholms stadsbibliotek
ownedBy Stockholm
surface form: City of Stockholm
partOf Stockholm Public Library self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stockholm City Library system
primaryLanguage Swedish
significantBuildingFor Gunnar Asplund
streetAddress Sveavägen 73
touristAttraction true

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Nordic Classicism hasNotableWork Stockholm Public Library
City – Norrmalm contains Stockholm Public Library
subject surface form: Norrmalm
this entity surface form: Stockholm City Library annexes
Stockholm Public Library operatedBy Stockholm Public Library self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stockholms stadsbibliotek
Stockholm Public Library partOf Stockholm Public Library self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stockholm City Library system
Gunnar Asplund notableWork Stockholm Public Library
Gunnar Asplund notableWork Stockholm Public Library
this entity surface form: Stockholm City Library main building
Gunnar Asplund designed Stockholm Public Library
Medborgarplatsen hasNearbyBuilding Stockholm Public Library
this entity surface form: Stockholm City Library branch (Södermalm library near the square)