Danviken Hospital

Danvikens hospital was a historical Swedish hospital, insane asylum and retirement home in Stockholm, active in 1558–1861. The area belonged to Stockholms kommun until 1984, when it was transferred to Nacka kommun.

Photo: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Building
Description: building in Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Roof shape: mansard

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Danviksbro and Henriksdal railway station.

Danviksbro

Bridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Danviksbron or, alternatively, Danviksbro is a bascule bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting the eastern end of Södermalm to the eastern municipality Nacka. Danviksbro is situated 170 metres southwest of Danviken Hospital.

Henriksdal railway station

Railway station

Henriksdal railway station

Photo: Jordgubbe, Public domain.

Henriksdal railway station is situated 260 metres south of Danviken Hospital.

Skansen

Theme park

Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Skansen is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era. Skansen is situated 1¼ km north of Danviken Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Danviken and Danviksklippan.

Danviken

Suburb

Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Danviken is a suburb.

Danviksklippan

Neighborhood

Photo: Ainali, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Danviksklippan is a neighborhood.

Danvikstull

Neighborhood

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Danvikstull is a neighborhood.

Danviken Hospital

Categories: hospital, architectural ensemble, and former hospital
Location: Stockholm, Stockholms domkyrkoförs., Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.31439° or 59° 18′ 52″ north

Longitude

18.10739° or 18° 6′ 27″ east

Inception

1725

Levels

2

Open location code

9FFW8474+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

roof-shape=mansard

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Swedish—“Danviken Hospital” goes by many names.

Norwegian Bokmål: “Danvikens Hospital”
Norwegian: “Danvikens hospital”
Swedish: “Danvikens hospital”

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