Gamla Tekniska Högskolan / The Old Technical University
Kv. Vega 4
Arkitekt för exteriören var den kände Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, som gav byggnaden en stildräkt i nyrenässans. Både byggnadens gestaltning och dess inre planlösning kom att bli förebild för flera av de skolbyggnader som uppfördes i landet under 1800-talets slut. Gamla Tekniska Högskolan är därför sedan 1935 byggnadsminnesförklarad.
Efter hand som KTH, från 1910-talet slut och framåt, successivt flyttade över till sina nya lokaler vid Valhallavägen, har byggnaden inrymt flera olika verksamheter och idag fungerar den gamla skolan kontor för olika företag.
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(English translation:)
The Old Technical University is one of the first large institutional buildings built in Sweden. The school building, which was completed in 1863, was built for the Danish Technological Institute, which later changed its name to the Royal Institute of Technology.
The exterior
was by the well-known architect, Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander, who gave the building a Neo-Renaissance design. The building's design and its interior layout both came to be models for several of the school buildings that were built in the country during the late 19th century. Since 1935, the Old University of Technology has been declared a landmarked building.
From the end of the 1910s onwards, the University gradually moved to its new premises at
Valhallavägen, and the building has subsequently housed several different activities. Today the old school serves as office space for different companies.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1863.
Location. 59° 20.395′ N, 18° 3.306′ E. Marker is in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm County). It is in Norrmalm. Marker is on Drottninggatan, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Drottninggatan 95A, Stockholm, Stockholms län 113 60, Sweden. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Spökslottet / Haunted Mansion (Scheffler's Palace) (within shouting distance of this marker); Drottninggatan 116A (within shouting distance of this marker); F D Stockholms Högskola / Stockholm University (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); August Strindberg (about 180 meters away);
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