Stora Teatern also called Storan
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Address: Kungsparken 1.
Today Stora Teatern is closed, before it was a place for concerts. In the middle of the 1800´s it was a place for theatre and after 1920´s is was more famous for it´s music theatres as opera and musicals.
You can´t miss this white building when you are walking around in the city. The Theatre is located at Kungsparken close to Avenyn.
History
The Theatre was
inaugurate Sept 15, 1859 in the name New Theatre. The total cost for the building was counted to
100 000 swedish riksdaler but the costs became more expensive, 380 000 riksdaler. The building is built in
renaissance style.
In year 1880 the theatre gots it´s present name, Stora Teatern.
Architect
Architect was Bror Carl Malmberg. Malmberg wanted to built both a scene house and a salon under the same roof.
The building has been renovated through out the years but the original round salon is still intact. The
sculptor Carl Ahlborn has made the stucco and the paintings and the ornament.
Move of the activity
All theatre activity move year 1994 to the new built Opera house in Gothenburgs harbour.
2000 the building was renovated and bought by SAMI (Swedish artist and musicans organisation). After the new inauguration 2003 they offered concerts, party and conference premisis and also a restaurant in the building.
Storan is closed
Sorry to say, Storan closed in June 2010. We hope that Storan will again be opened. But in the meen time you can always walk outside and see this beautiful building.
NEWS - April 2011
To our delight, we have been contacted by Gothenburg Culture Committee which informs Storan once again is open during the summer of 2011. The Higab Group that owns the property has also received bids for activities in the house. So we hope the Great Theatre will again come to life, not just for the Summer :-).
More information: www.storateaterngbg.se |
 Bältespännarparken
is the small park between Trädgårdsföreningen and Stora Teater. The Park is just a small lawn with a small pond in the middle. You pass it when you are walking up at Avenyn.
The Park has got it´s name after the sculpture of Johan Peter Molins "Bältespännarna" who was placed at it´s present place 1914. Here is also a small round pond since the 1980´s. At the summer time it is a fountain and in the winter time it is a rink with ice.
At Christmas time you can also walk around among all the sheds that are place her every Christmas. Every year this is also the place for all the dressed Santa Claus. A special day all Santa Claus shall gather here, then they are counted. Hopefully the record is breaked every year...... |
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 Historic building
Dec 21, 1973 Stora Teatern was declared as a historic building.
It is the exterior and the theatre salon with belonging scene and the first row foyer that belongs to the historic building.
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Source: Göteborgsguiden,
sv.wikipedia.org
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