Medieval Lund was a city of churches and the needs of the cathedral led to Lund becoming the foremost centre of education within the Nordic region. As early as 1438, the Franciscan order had already established a centre for general studies. Located in the current Klostergatan, it provided a university level of education.Much of the […]
Lund Cathedral is the largest and most beautiful example of Romanesque style architecture in Scandinavia. It has been awarded three stars by the Michelin Guide and nominated as one of the seven wonders of Sweden by the national radio. Each year, the cathedral, which is open daily, is visited by over half a million people. […]
On 27 and 28 January 2017, the Museum of Sketches for Public Art was reopened on Finngatan 2. A new entrance, a museum shop and not least a restaurant have been added. The extension, designed by the architect duo Elding Oscarsson, is made of concrete and rust red Corten steel. Two anonymous donors account for […]
Driven by an endless desire to paint and draw, 24-year-old Carl Fredrik Hill moved to Paris where he pursued a productive artistic life. However, he did so with a strong, guilt-ridden father complex and sadness due to not having the time to demonstrate to his father what he was capable of. Suffering from chronic schizophrenia […]
C. H. Hertz’s father Gustav – Nobel laureate in physics in 1925. Gustav’s uncle Heinrich Hertz (1857-94) researched electromagnetism and gave the name to the frequency measurement Hertz. His research became the foundation of modern radio communication. When Hellmuth was born, his father worked in Berlin. He then took a job at Philips in Eindhoven to […]
Akademiska Föreningen (The Academic Society building) with its fivestorey corner towers and renaissance architecture, was built in 1851 to drawings by architect H.J.Strömberg for the Academic Society. In 1911 the building was extended with a large round tower designed by architect Fredrik Sundbärg. New construction to the north and extensive interior renovation in 1946 and […]
Esaias Tegnér was to change the Lund literary scene. He came to Lund in 1799 and was appointed professor of Greek in 1812. In a letter to Esaias written by his brother Elof, there is evidence that the poetry of Skåne was not afforded particularly high value: “I know that you dislike displaying your poetic […]
Opposite ”Folkets Hus” stands a sculpture dedicated to Lund’s greatest artist, Carl Fredrik Hill (1849 – 1911). His childhood home was on Skomarkaregatan. After many years studying art in Paris, where he suffered bouts of insanity, he returned to his family home in Lund, where he remained until his death, looked after by his sisters. […]
