Strindberg Museum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Strindberg Museum (Swedish Strindbergsmuseet) is located in the last dwelling of the writer August Strindberg, in the house he nicknamed the "Blue Tower" (Blå tornet) on Drottninggatan 85, at the corner of Drottninggatan and Tegnérgatan on Norrmalm, Stockholm. The Museum is owned by the by the Strindberg Society of Sweden and was inaugurated in 1973.
Strindberg moved to the house in 1908 and lived there until his death in 1912. The Museum consists of Strindberg's flat and library, as well as an area for temporary exhibitions. Wallpapers and other decorations have been reconstructed in accordance with how the flat looked at the time the writer lived there, but furniture and other details are original.
[edit] External links
- Strindberg Museum, website
