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A section of a wall of Sofia skola, an elementary school in the Södermalm district of Stockholm. It was the last of a number of "elementary school palaces" built in Stockholm from the 1880's and Sofia skola was inaugurated in 1910. The architecture shows a clear influence from "art nouveau".
"Folkskola" literally means "people's school". This was the name of the school system decided by the Parliament in 1842, when every parish in the country was ordered to provide basic education for all children.
I have erazed a wire from the right part of the picture and its shadow down the wall. Normally I don't like to change reality, but in this case I was disturbed by the interference in the architect's ideas. |
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Hej Gert,
Quite a modest photo from your side, I normally expect more colours! But the architecture is anyhow interesting, the patter on the wall seems quite modern. The Gothenburg jury gives it two smileys!
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Gunnar
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Hej Gert.
I've past this sign a few times and always been fashinated over it, I think the the word "folkskola" has a certain impact and gives a historic feeling of nasty teachers and nauty school kids in scool shorts and cap "Anderssonskan Kalle"
hälsar Anders
