Berzelii Park is a small park in central Stockholm , Sweden . The park is the location of the China Theater ( Chinateatern ), and the Berns Salonger Restaurant and Theater .
12-464: Berzelii Park was named after the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius . The work on establishing the park was begun in 1852, under the leadership of Knut Malte Forsberg. The park's opening ceremony took place on the morning of July 13, 1858. The Academy of Sciences initiated funding for a statue honoring Berzelius, which was to stand in the middle of the park. Artist Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810-1867)
24-692: Is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting natural sciences and mathematics and strengthening their influence in society, whilst endeavouring to promote the exchange of ideas between various disciplines. The goals of the academy are: Every year, the academy awards the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry , the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ,
36-584: The Crafoord Prize , the Sjöberg Prize and several other awards. The academy maintains close relations with foreign academies, learned societies and international scientific organizations and also promotes international scientific cooperation. The Academy of Sciences is located within the Stockholm region's Royal National City Park . The academy has elected about 1,700 Swedish and 1,200 foreign members since it
48-411: The 1860s, when they were replaced by the single Bihang series (meaning: supplement to the transactions). Starting in 1887, this series was once again split into four sections ( afdelning ), which in 1903, became independent scientific journals of their own, titled "Arkiv för..." (archive for...). These included: Further restructuring of their topics occurred in 1949 and 1974. Other defunct journals of
60-460: The academy include: The academy was founded on 2 June 1739 by naturalist Carl Linnaeus , mercantilist Jonas Alströmer , mechanical engineer Mårten Triewald , civil servants Sten Carl Bielke and Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm , and statesman/author Anders Johan von Höpken . The purpose of the academy was to focus on practically useful knowledge, and to publish in Swedish in order to widely disseminate
72-700: The academy's findings. The academy was intended to be different from the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala , which had been founded in 1719 and published in Latin . The location close to the commercial activities in Sweden's capital (which unlike Uppsala did not have a university at this time) was also intentional. The academy was modeled after the Royal Society of London and Academie Royale des Sciences in Paris, France, which some of
84-447: The load from the landfill). One of the cast iron railings from the old bridge is still found in the park today. Berzelii Park initially failed to develop as intended. A report published in 1890 described its lawns as "consisting mostly of dandelions," and the raised area surrounding the statue as a "sand hill". However, the situation improved when Alfred Medin became city gardener, and the same journalist later wrote enthusiastically about
96-416: The mid-1830s, a new bridge across the bay was being planned for the 25th anniversary of King Charles XIV . On the request of the king, the part of the bay inside the bridge was replaced with landfill, which transformed the existing bridge into more of a quay . This old bridge, Ladugårdslandsbron , was demolished in 1845, but the replacement bridge wasn't opened until 1848 due to technical problems (caused by
108-514: The park, including art by Carl Milles , and a humorous statue of Hans Alfredsson (seen sticking his head out of a sewer). In mid 1951, youth riots occurred in the park. The park today is located in or near the city districts of Norrmalm and Östermalm , next to the Nybroplan and the Norrmalmstorg . The area surrounding Berzelii Park was part of Nybroviken bay until the mid-19th century. In
120-510: The park. 59°19′57″N 18°04′29″E / 59.33250°N 18.07472°E / 59.33250; 18.07472 This article about a location in Stockholm County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( Swedish : Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien ) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it
132-438: Was commissioned to do the work. He went to Munich to model the statue and had Ferdinand von Miller cast it in bronze. It became the first public statue of a " commoner " to be produced in full figure. As the new park installations were still considered too fragile to receive a large crowd, the statue was secretly inaugurated in the middle of the night following the opening ceremony. Other monuments have been added in and around
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#1732869451394144-586: Was founded in 1739. Today, the academy has about 470 Swedish and 175 foreign members which are divided into ten "classes", representing ten various scientific disciplines: The following persons have served as permanent secretaries of the academy: The transactions of the academy ( Vetenskapsakademiens handlingar ) were published as its main series between 1739 and 1974. In parallel, other major series have appeared and gone: The academy started publishing annual reports in physics and chemistry (1826), technology (1827), botany (1831), and zoology (1832). These lasted into
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