Universitetet metro station

Universitetet
Stockholm metro station
Coordinates	59°21′54″N 18°3′16″E / 59.36500°N 18.05444°E / 59.36500; 18.05444Coordinates: 59°21′54″N 18°3′16″E / 59.36500°N 18.05444°E / 59.36500; 18.05444
Owned by	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
History
Opened	12 January 1975
Passengers
2019	13,700 boarding per weekday[1]
Services
Preceding station   Stockholm metro   Following station Tekniska högskolan towards Fruängen T14 line Bergshamra towards Mörby centrum
Location

Universitetet ("the University") is a Metro station in the Frescati area, close to Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet), and the Museum of Natural History. It was opened on 12 January 1975 as the northern terminus of the extension from Tekniska högskolan. On 29 January 1978, the line was extended north to Mörby centrum.^[2][3]

Since the 1990s, the art on the station consists of tiles featuring Carl von Linné and the UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights. This artwork is by Belgian and Parisian artist . The station includes 12 large tiles panels all dedicated to the travels of Linné around the Baltic.^[4] The artist used the travels as the starting point to develop the theme of nature and the ecological problems we are all living now in the world. The work was created in Lisbon on azulejos tiles, then brought to Stockholm. It represents in its conception and its production a real European work of art.

Not far from the station is the Universitetet railway station and several bus lines.

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External links[]

• Images of Universitetet station
• www.inscrire.com

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