Birger jarls torn

Birger jarls torn is a defensive tower on the northwest corner of , an islet in , the old town of . The building has been named for Birger Jarl who traditionally is attributed as the founder of Stockholm, but it was built several hundred years later and the name is mostly the product of a 17th-century myth.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: 16:th century defence tower on Riddarholmen in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Birger Jarls Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and Riddarholmen.

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, Stockholms centralstation, is 's busiest rail station, in the Norrmalm district of . It is directly connected to the Cityterminalen bus station, the Stockholm City commuter train station and the T-Centralen metro station, with a tram stop.

Islet
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is a small islet in central , Sweden. The island forms part of , the old town, and houses a number of private palaces dating back to the 17th century.

Church
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Riddarholmen Church is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs. is situated 210 metres southeast of Birger jarls torn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gamla stan and Stockholm.

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pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in , containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.

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is 's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within . The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.

Neighborhood
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is a part of lower in the central part of . It has its name from . Today the name, though not often used in daily speech, has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm.

Birger jarls torn

Latitude
59.32588° or 59° 19′ 33″ north
Longitude
18.06163° or 18° 3′ 42″ east
Inception
1530
Levels
4
Height
14 metres (47 feet)
Open location code
9FFW83G6+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34590001
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q3139248
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Birger jarls torn” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “比爾耶爾塔”
  • Chinese: “比耶亞爾塔”
  • Finnish: “Birger Jarlin torni”
  • Finnish: “Birger-jaarlin torni”
  • French: “tour Birger Jarl”
  • French: “Tour Birger Jarl”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Birger jarls tårn”
  • Norwegian: “Birger jarls tårn”
  • Swedish: “Birger jarls torn”
  • Swedish: “Birger Jarls torn”

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Highlights include Överkommissariens hus and Gamla Auktionsverket.

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