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19-413: Campus Konradsberg is named after the psychiatric hospital Konradsberg which was erected 1855–1871 based on plans by the architect Albert Törnqvist and is thereby the oldest building in the area. Fredhälls folkskola , drawn by Paul Hedqvist, is located to the far left on Campus Konradsberg and was inaugurated in 1938. In the 1950s, additional school buildings were added to the elementary school. Konradsberg

38-890: A few years after the move, Stockholm University decided that the College of Teachers would be integrated into the university's other activities at Frescati and the premises at Campus Konradsberg were therefore submitted step by step. Akademiska Hus then chose to develop the Campus Konradsberg into a school campus for schools with special qualification. An agreement was signed with the National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools  [ sv ] ( Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten ) and several special schools moved here, including Manillaskolan , Hällsboskolan , and Stockholm International Montessori School . The latter moved into Konradsberg's old main building. After changing to

57-476: A perimeter of 8.9 km (5.5 mi). The highest point is at Stadshagsplan at 47 metres (154 ft). The total population is 71,542 (December 31, 2020). Administratively, it is subdivided into the five districts Kungsholmen , Marieberg , Fredhäll , Kristineberg and Stadshagen . Franciscan friars from the Grey Friar's Abbey, Stockholm , began living on the island in the 15th century. Because of this,

76-525: A plot of land in the area in the 1770s. 59°19′48″N 18°00′52″E  /  59.33000°N 18.01444°E  / 59.33000; 18.01444 Kungsholmen Kungsholmen is an island in Lake Mälaren in Sweden , part of central Stockholm , Sweden. It is situated north of Riddarfjärden and considered part of the historical province Uppland . Its area is 3.9 km (1.5 sq mi) with

95-498: A school campus, about 3,000 children and young adults from preschool to high school receive their schooling here. Akademiska Hus Campus sold Konradsberg to Skolfastigheter i Stockholm AB (SISAB) in 2014. The property value exceeded 2 billion SEK. Konradsberg Konradsberg or Konradsbergs hospital is a former mental hospital on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm , Sweden . The Stockholm Institute of Education now uses

114-429: A worldwide group of companies and at the beginning of the 20th century had more than 2,000 employees. The industrial breakthrough led to a huge population explosion . The population grew from just over 4,000 people in 1860 to 26,000 in 1890. During the 1880s several apartment blocks were built to remedy the housing shortage. In the early 20th century a radical structural change took place on Kungsholmen. The traits from

133-447: Is H-shaped with a one-way corridor system. The middle of the building is equipped with a clock as well as a roof lantern decorated with a cross. The first 101 patients were moved to Konradsberg from Danvikens Hospital November 29, 1861. Many old trees grow in the surrounding park. The area was previously fenced in and the public was not allowed on to the premises until the 1980s. The name Konradsberg comes from Konrad Heijsman who owned

152-511: The Swedish Empire collapsed in the beginning of the 18th century the crown embarked on a generous economic policy to develop Kungsholmen, which was then largely empty of buildings. The entails were turned into factories and hospitals . In Hornsberg a cotton mill was established, at Marieberg a porcelain factory. In the early 19th century the military began to settle in Kungsholmen, which at

171-475: The 1850s, a comprehensive debate had risen where several significant doctors, including Magnus Huss , demanded Stockholm to improve the conditions for the patients. There was already a psychiatric hospital in Danviken which was in very poor condition with dark premises and moisture. The mental hospital was built at the beach and was therefore difficult to renovate. Konradsberg is located in a park area. The building

190-791: The School of Education moved into the area, which in addition to educational premises also provided a sports facility, called Rörelsecentrum (today Konradsbergs idrottshall ). A total of 23 houses were prepared which are named after famous authors, psychologists, educators and philosophers, such as "House B" ( Elsa Beskow ), "House C" ( Marie Curie ), "House F" ( Friedrich Fröbel ), "House G" ( Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig ), "House J" ( Émile Jaques-Dalcroze ), "House O" ( Elise Ottesen-Jensen ) "House R" ( Jean-Jacques Rousseau ), "House S" ( Sokrates ), "House Q" ( Stina Quint ), and "House Z" (Laurin Zilliacus). Only

209-453: The crossroads Beskowgatan, Lenngrensgatan, and Dahlgrensgatan. The streets were named after famous authors, just like in Fredhäll . The blocks were named after constellations such as Delfinen , Södra Korset , Tvillingarna and Stora Björnen , Lilla Björnen , Enhörningen , and Vågen . Hedvigsbergs malmgård , one of the historically valuable buildings, was demolished in the year 1943, while

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228-606: The island was named Munklägret (the Monks' encampment). The monks subsisted on cattle-breeding and fishing. They also managed the brickyard Själakoret at Rålambshov . As a result of the Swedish Reformation , which was concluded at the parliament in Västerås 1527, the monks were expelled and the area became property of the crown. At the end of the 16th century, Johan III (son of Gustav Vasa ) established an additional brickyard on

247-511: The northern bank of the island. In 1635 the first bridge to Munklägret was built. A few years later Queen Kristina donated large areas of land in the western part of the island to some of the generals from the Thirty Years War . They built magnificent entails and laid out great gardens. 1644 the crown donated the eastern part of Munklägret to the authorities of the city of Stockholm, which then received its first city plan. Three years later

266-447: The old hospital building. From August 2009 the charter school Stockholm's International Montessori School used the building. Campus Konradsberg is named after the psychiatric hospital. Konradsberg was one of Sweden's first psychiatric hospitals and was built 1855-1871 after designs by the architect Albert Törnqvist . The building had a castle-like appearance and was quickly given the nickname Dårarnas Slott (Lunatic Castle). In

285-563: The old industrial district are swept away and instead housing and public institutions were erected. St. Görans church was designed by architect Gustaf Améen (1864–1949) and built in 1910. At the division of the Kungsholmen parish in 1925, the new parish was named after the church. The residential areas in Fredhäll and in Kristineberg were built in the 1930s after a functionalist city plan. The bridges Västerbron and Tranebergsbron were also built

304-488: The remainder of the island was donated. In order to facilitate migration to Munklägret, privileges were given to artisans and manufacturers. For example, they were allowed to set up operations there without having to belong to the guilds and they were exempted from tax for ten years. In 1672 Munklägret became a separate parish (Kungsholmen) and the whole island was renamed Kungsholmen, meaning King's Island in Swedish. When

323-493: The rest was left standing. In 1999 a new detailed plan won legal force that preserved most of the historic buildings in the campus area and enabled extensive renovations and extensions. The area was then owned by Akademiska Hus, which rebuilt and expanded the buildings for the Stockholm Institute of Education . Among the architects who were employed were Brunnberg & Forshed arkitektkontor and Johan Celsings . In 2003,

342-542: The time was still a sparsely populated idyll. When Samuel Owen settled in Kungsholmen, it had begun developing into a marked district factories and workers. This development was accentuated when the Bolinder brothers start building up their business at Klara Sjö, west of the Kungsbron , (King's Bridge) in the mid-19th century. The company AB Separator was established at the end of the 19th century. AB Separator would soon become

361-401: Was used for psychiatric care until 1995. Plans to demolish the hospital buildings were already made in the 1940s. Only the elementary school would remain; the rest including the entire Konradsberg park would be converted into residential blocks. A city plan from 1944 clearly shows how it was planned. North of the newly constructed Rålambsvägen, Heidenstamsgatan and Lagerlövsgatan stretched along

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