Brunkebergsåsen

Brunkebergsåsen on a Stockholm map of 1637

A revolutionary hand-written bill from the Stockholm riots during the Revolutions of 1848, calling for a demonstration at the Brunkeberg with the demand of dethroning King Oscar I and instituting a Swedish Republic.

Brunkebergsåsen was an esker that once reached over much of Stockholm's Norrmalm district. Geologically, it is a part of the much larger Stockholmsåsen. It formed a considerable obstacle to traffic, effectively dividing Norrmalm into a western and an eastern part. Consequently, most of it has been dug away over the centuries to make room for the development of that district. The pedestrian tunnel Brunkebergstunneln and, since the 1910s, the eastern part of Kungsgatan cut through Brunkebergsåsen's southern part. Conspicuous remnants of the esker can bee seen in the vicinity of Johannes kyrka, at Observatorielunden, and Vanadislunden.

See also

• Battle of Brunkeberg

Further reading

Essay, with several maps, on the city's development in Stockholm City Museum's publication CITY, Del I Byggnadsinventering 1974-75, pp 9–37 (Swedish)