Saltsjöbaden
Encyclopedia
Saltsjöbaden is a locality
situated in Nacka Municipality
, Stockholm County
, Sweden
with 8,937 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea
.
, a member of the wealthy and influential Wallenberg family
, from farmland which he bought in 1891 through a newly created railway company.
Saltsjöbaden was an independent municipality 1909–1970. In 1971 it was re-integrated into Nacka Municipality.
The local railway (Saltsjöbanan
), built by Wallenberg and completed in 1893, connected Saltsjöbaden with Stockholm, with its terminus at Slussen
. The railway was taken over by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
in the late 1960s and integrated in the Stockholm public transport system
.
Two luxurious hotels (1893) and a sanatorium
were built, designed by architect Erik Josephson. The parish church, Uppenbarelsekyrkan
(the "Church of the Epiphany"), was built 1910–1913 and designed by Ferdinand Boberg
with decoration by Olle Hjortzberg and Carl Milles
, among others. The remainder of the land bought by the railway company was subdivided into plots; with the railway facilitating communications with the city, Saltsjöbaden soon became a popular suburb for the upper and upper middle classes who purchased the plots and developed it with spacious private houses.
When the reformer of late imperial China, Kang Youwei
, visited Sweden after the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform
, he bought an islet of Saltsjöbaden in 1904 and stayed there until he left Sweden in 1907. The islet is sometimes referred to in Chinese as Kang Youwei Island.
The Stockholm Observatory
was 1931-2001 located in Saltsjöbaden (see Saltsjöbaden Observatory). The asteroid 36614 Saltis
, discovered there in 2000, was named after a common nickname of the place.
The larger of the two hotels, Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden, was the location of the negotiations between the Swedish Employers Association
(now the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
) and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation
, which led to the Saltsjöbaden Agreement
of 1938. The agreement materialized into the social democratic class compromise, or form of industrial relations in Sweden, the so-called “Saltsjöbaden spirit”, marked by willingness to co-operate and a cross-class, collective sense of responsibility for developments in the national labour market and in the Swedish economy generally.
In the world of chess
, Saltsjöbaden is famous for the 1948 Interzonal
tournament won by David Bronstein
of the USSR, and the 1952 Interzonal won by Alexander Kotov
, also of the USSR.
Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden hosted the annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group
in 1962, 1973 and 1984.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Nacka Municipality
Nacka Municipality
Nacka Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the capital Stockholm and the western parts are considered a suburban part of the Stockholm urban area.The present municipality was created in...
, Stockholm County
Stockholm County
Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 8,937 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
.
History
Saltsjöbaden (literally "the Salt Sea baths") was developed as a resort by Knut Agathon WallenbergKnut Agathon Wallenberg
Knut Agathon Wallenberg, , was a Swedish banker and politician, he was also Knight of the Order of the Seraphim. He was son of the banker and politician André Oscar Wallenberg, and his wife Catharina Wilhelmina Andersson. In 1878, he married Alice Nickelsen...
, a member of the wealthy and influential Wallenberg family
Wallenberg family
The Wallenberg family is a prominent Swedish banking family, renowned as bankers, industrialists, politicians, diplomats and philanthropists. The most famous of the Wallenbergs, Raoul Wallenberg, a diplomat, worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust...
, from farmland which he bought in 1891 through a newly created railway company.
Saltsjöbaden was an independent municipality 1909–1970. In 1971 it was re-integrated into Nacka Municipality.
The local railway (Saltsjöbanan
Saltsjöbanan
Saltsjöbanan is a suburban rail system between Stockholm and Saltsjöbaden in Nacka, Sweden. It is in length and has eighteen stations in use. An average of 19,600 journeys are made on an ordinary workday. The line is mainly single track, and is isolated from Sweden's national railway network,...
), built by Wallenberg and completed in 1893, connected Saltsjöbaden with Stockholm, with its terminus at Slussen
Slussen
Slussen is an area of central Stockholm, connecting Södermalm and Gamla stan. The area is named after the locks between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The locks themselves allow passage between these two bodies of water...
. The railway was taken over by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik AB, , commonly referred to as SL, is the organisation running all of the land based public transport systems in Stockholm County....
in the late 1960s and integrated in the Stockholm public transport system
Public transport in Stockholm
Public transport in Stockholm consists of bus, metro, regional/suburban rail, light rail, tram and archipelago boat operation in Stockholm County, Sweden. The bus and rail is organized by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik , SL, which is owned by the Stockholm County Council...
.
Two luxurious hotels (1893) and a sanatorium
Sanatorium
A sanatorium is a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with treatment of tuberculosis before antibiotics...
were built, designed by architect Erik Josephson. The parish church, Uppenbarelsekyrkan
Uppenbarelsekyrkan
Uppenbarelsekyrkan is a church in Saltsjöbaden in Nacka Municipality, southeast of Stockholm, Sweden.The church was built in 1910-1913 to designs by Swedish architect Ferdinand Boberg. It was financed by Swedish businessman Knut Wallenberg and inaugurated on his 60th birthday, on May 18, 1913...
(the "Church of the Epiphany"), was built 1910–1913 and designed by Ferdinand Boberg
Ferdinand Boberg
Ferdinand Boberg, born 11 April 1860 in Falun, died 7 May 1946 in Stockholm, was a Swedish architect.He was one of the most productive and prominent architects of Stockholm around the turn of the 20th century. Among his most famous work is an electrical plant at Björns Trädgård in Stockholm, that...
with decoration by Olle Hjortzberg and Carl Milles
Carl Milles
Carl Milles was a Swedish sculptor, best known for his fountains. He was married to artist Olga Milles and brother to Ruth Milles and half brother to the architect Evert Milles...
, among others. The remainder of the land bought by the railway company was subdivided into plots; with the railway facilitating communications with the city, Saltsjöbaden soon became a popular suburb for the upper and upper middle classes who purchased the plots and developed it with spacious private houses.
When the reformer of late imperial China, Kang Youwei
Kang Youwei
Kang Youwei , was a Chinese scholar, noted calligrapher and prominent political thinker and reformer of the late Qing Dynasty. He led movements to establish a constitutional monarchy and was an ardent Chinese nationalist. His ideas inspired a reformation movement that was supported by the Guangxu...
, visited Sweden after the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform
Hundred Days' Reform
The Hundred Days' Reform was a failed 104-day national cultural, political and educational reform movement from 11 June to 21 September 1898 in late Qing Dynasty China. It was undertaken by the young Guangxu Emperor and his reform-minded supporters...
, he bought an islet of Saltsjöbaden in 1904 and stayed there until he left Sweden in 1907. The islet is sometimes referred to in Chinese as Kang Youwei Island.
The Stockholm Observatory
Stockholm Observatory
The Stockholm Observatory is an astronomical institution in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in the 18th century and today part of Stockholm University...
was 1931-2001 located in Saltsjöbaden (see Saltsjöbaden Observatory). The asteroid 36614 Saltis
36614 Saltis
36614 Saltis is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 27, 2000 by Alexis Brandeker at the Stockholm Observatory.- External links :*...
, discovered there in 2000, was named after a common nickname of the place.
The larger of the two hotels, Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden, was the location of the negotiations between the Swedish Employers Association
Swedish Employers Association
The Swedish Employers Association , was a Swedish employers' organization founded in 1902. SAF in 2001 merged with Sveriges Industriförbund and formed Svenskt Näringsliv ....
(now the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is a major interest organisation for business and industry in Sweden. It has 48 member associations representing close to 55.000 member companies with more than 1.5 million employees....
) and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation
Swedish Trade Union Confederation
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation , commonly referred to as LO, is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fifteen Swedish trade unions that organise mainly "blue-collar" workers...
, which led to the Saltsjöbaden Agreement
Saltsjöbaden Agreement
The Saltsjöbaden Agreement is a Swedish labor market treaty signed between the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and the Swedish Employers Association on December 20, 1938, that became a model for other agreements...
of 1938. The agreement materialized into the social democratic class compromise, or form of industrial relations in Sweden, the so-called “Saltsjöbaden spirit”, marked by willingness to co-operate and a cross-class, collective sense of responsibility for developments in the national labour market and in the Swedish economy generally.
In the world of chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, Saltsjöbaden is famous for the 1948 Interzonal
Interzonal
Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, and were a stage in the triennial World Chess Championship cycle.- Zonal tournaments :...
tournament won by David Bronstein
David Bronstein
David Ionovich Bronstein was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics...
of the USSR, and the 1952 Interzonal won by Alexander Kotov
Alexander Kotov
Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific chess author. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation and most of his books were written during the period of Cold War between the...
, also of the USSR.
Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden hosted the annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group
Bilderberg Group
The Bilderberg Group, Bilderberg conference, or Bilderberg Club is an annual, unofficial, invitation-only conference of approximately 120 to 140 guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are people of influence. About one-third are from government and politics, and two-thirds from...
in 1962, 1973 and 1984.