Editing Culture in Stockholm (section)

== Architecture ==
{{Main|Architecture in Stockholm}}
[[Image:Stortorget Gamla Stan Buildings.JPG|thumb|Historical buildings at [[Stortorget]] in [[Gamla Stan]].]]

The city's oldest section is [[Gamla stan]] (Old Town), located on the original small islands of the city's earliest settlements and still featuring the [[medieval]] street layout. Some notable buildings of Gamla Stan are the large [[German Church, Stockholm|German Church]] (''Tyska kyrkan'') and several mansions and palaces: the ''[[Riddarhuset]]'' (the House of Nobles), the [[Bonde Palace]], the [[Tessin Palace]] and the [[Oxenstierna Palace]]. The oldest building in Stockholm is the [[Riddarholmskyrkan]] from the late 13th century. After a fire in 1697 when the original medieval castle was destroyed, [[Stockholm Palace]] was erected in a [[baroque]] style. [[Storkyrkan]] Cathedral, the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Stockholm, stands next to the castle. It was founded in the 13th century but is clad in a baroque exterior dating to the 18th century.

As early as the 15th century, the city had expanded outside of its original borders. Some pre-industrial, small-scale buildings from this era can still be found in [[Södermalm]]. During the 19th century and the age of industrialization Stockholm grew rapidly, with plans and architecture inspired by the large cities of the continent such as [[Berlin]] and [[Vienna]]. Notable works of this time period include public buildings such as the [[Royal Swedish Opera]] and private developments such as the luxury housing developments on [[Strandvägen]].

[[Image:Stockholms-stadsbibliotek-2003-04-14.jpg|thumb|left|[[Stockholm Public Library]], built 1928.  Architect [[Gunnar Asplund]].]]
In the 20th century, a nationalistic push spurred a new architectural style inspired by medieval and renaissance ancestry as well as influences of the [[Jugendstil|Jugend]] / [[Art Nouveau]] style. A key landmark of Stockholm, the [[Stockholm City Hall]], was erected 1911–1923 by architect [[Ragnar Östberg]]. Other notable works of these times are the [[Stockholm Public Library]] and the Forest Cemetery, [[Skogskyrkogården]]

[[Modernism]] characterized the style of the [[Stockholm International Exhibition (1930)]] and the development of the city as it grew in that decade. New residential areas sprang up such as the development on [[Gärdet]] while industrial development added to the growth, such as the KF manufacturing industries on Kvarnholmen located in the [[Nacka Municipality]]. In the 1950s, suburban development entered a new phase with the introduction of the [[Stockholm metro]]. The modernist developments of [[Vällingby]] and [[Farsta]] where internationally praised. In the 1960s this suburban development continued but with the aesthetic of the times, the industrialised and mass-produced blocks of flats received a large amount of criticism.

At the same time that this suburban development was happening the most central areas of the inner city were being redesigned. [[Sergels Torg]], with its [[Hötorget buildings|five high-rise office towers]] was created in the 1960s, followed by the total clearance of large areas to make room for new development projects. The most notable buildings from this period is the ensemble of the [[The House of Culture (Stockholm)|House of Culture]], [[Stockholm City Theatre|City Theatre]] and [[Sveriges Riksbank|National Bank]] building, designed by architect [[Peter Celsing]].

=== Notable buildings ===
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Image:Hoghus 1-5 2007a.jpg|The [[Hötorget buildings]] in 2007
File:Royal Castle in Stockholm (by Pudelek).jpg|[[Stockholm Palace]], the northern facade
File:Stockholm March 2015 02.jpg|The [[Parliament House, Stockholm|Parliament House]]
File:Damesykkel i Gamla Stan i Stockholm.jpg|The [[Stockholm City Hall]]
Image:sthlm_sergelstorg_MH5Y4176.jpg | Modern construction at [[Sergels Torg]]
Image:Riddarholmskyrkan02.jpg | One of the oldest buildings in Stockholm, [[Riddarholmskyrkan]]
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